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Head of Programmes - SANTHE
Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa
Email: victoria.kasprowicz@santheafrica.org
VALIDATE Role:
Network Affiliate
Research Keywords:
TB, Research Capacity Strengthening
Biography:
Victoria has a PhD in Immunology and her most recent research aims to identify biomarkers for TB and better understanding the impact of HIV on the immunological response to TB in individuals infected with both pathogens. Since 2008 Victoria has been actively engaged in research efforts in Africa where she currently works as Head of Programmes for the Sub-Saharan African Network for TB/HIV Research Excellence (SANTHE). SANTHE is currently based at 7 institutes in 8 African countries (South Africa, Cameroon, Botswana, Rwanda, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe). She has a special interest in developing partnerships to enhance HIV and TB research on the continent, strengthen researcher engagement with local communities and share learning around research capacity strengthening. She is helping to establish the Enhancing Scientific Capacity for Africa through Learning And Teamwork in monitoring and Evaluation (ESCALATE) network.
Related Websites:
LinkedIn Profile
Key Publications:
- Kasprowicz VO, Waddilove KD, Chopera D, Khumalo S, Harilall S, Wong EB, Karita E, Sanders EJ, Kilembe W, Gaseitsiwe S, Ndung’u T. Developing a diversity, equity and inclusion compass to guide scientific capacity strengthening efforts in Africa. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 Dec 20;3(12):e0002339. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002339. eCollection 2023.
- Kasprowicz VO, Jeffery C, Mbuvi D, Bukirwa V, Ouattara K, Kirimi F, et al. How to improve research capacity strengthening efforts: learning from the monitoring and evaluation of four research consortia in Africa. Health Res Policy Syst. 2023 Oct 25;21(1):109. doi: 10.1186/s12961-023-01056-9.
- Mthembu M, Baiyegunhi O, Mdleleni Y, Ndlovu L, Keal H, Waddilove K, Yarrow JC, Kasprowicz V, Ndung'u T, Wong EB.
- A PowerPack of SuperScientists: An innovative concept by African scientists to address gender bias and inequity in science – Wellcome Open Res. 2023 Feb 24;7:87. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17668.2. eCollection 2022.PMID: 37456907
- Singer SN, Ndumnego OC, Kim RS, Ndung'u T, Anastos K, French A, Churchyard G, Paramithiothis E, Kasprowicz VO, Achkar JM.
- Plasma host protein biomarkers correlating with increasing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection activity prior to tuberculosis diagnosis in people living with HIV – EbioMedicine 2022 Jan;75:103787. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103787. Epub 2021 Dec 27.PMID: 34968761
- Kasprowicz VO, Chopera D, Waddilove KD, Brockman MA, Gilmour J, Hunter E, Kilembe W, Karita E, Gaseitsiwe S, Sanders EJ, Ndung'u T.
- African-led health research and capacity building – is it working?- BMC Public Health. 2020 Jul 14;20(1):1104. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08875-3.
- Wong EB, Gold MC, Meermeier EW, Xulu BZ, Khuzwayo S, Sullivan ZA, Mahyari E, Rogers Z, Kløverpris H, Sharma PK, Worley AH, Lalloo U, Baijnath P, Ambaram A, Naidoo L, Suleman M, Madansein R, McLaren JE, Ladell K, Miners KL, Price DA, Behar SM, Nielsen M, Kasprowicz VO, Leslie A, Bishai WR, Ndung'u T, Lewinsohn DM
- TRAV1-2+ CD8+ T cells including oligoclonal expansion of MAIT cells are enriched in the airways in human tuberculosis- Commun Biol. 2019 Jun 5;2:203. doi: 10.1038/s42003-019-0442-2. eCollection 2019
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