Funded VALIDATE Fellowships
VALIDATE Fellowships are competitively awarded to excellent Early Career Researcher (Associate) Members to fund two years' independent scientific research with the aim of producing initial/pilot data, and a funding and experience track record, that can be used by the Fellow to go on to obtain independent external funding and launch their career as a Principal Investigator and/or Group Leader. Find out more about our VALIDATE Fellows and their research below.
2022-2024
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Identifying persister Mycobacterium tuberculosis biosignatures
CIATEJ, Mexico
Evaluation of the efficacy of BCGΔBCG1419c vaccination plus a booster of EsxG/EsxH-derived peptides to prevent tuberculosis progression caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains prevalent in Latin America
2018-2021
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Identification of latency associated antigens and biosignatures associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis
University of Oxford, UK
Characterising the BCG-induced antibody response to inform the design of improved vaccines against M.tuberculosis, M.leprae and M.bovis
