Researchers/Supervisors

Nontobeko Mvubu

SANTHE Supervisor


University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN),
Durban, South Africa

Collaboration Interests
  • Bioinformatics
  • Molecular biology
  • TB Immunology

Nontobeko Mvubu is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Microbiology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, and a tuberculosis (TB) researcher. Her work focuses on identifying host and pathogen markers that can be exploited for the development of novel treatment strategies, using both in vitro and in vivo infection models.

SANTHE is a pan-African consortium, with the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) serving as the operational site lead and funded by the Science for Africa Foundation through the DELTAS Africa programme; the Gates Foundation; Gilead Sciences Inc.; Aidsfonds; and the Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard.