Theron Grant
Grant is an Associate Professor in the Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, in Cape Town, South Africa. He is also a member of the DST/NRF Centre for Excellence in Tuberculosis Research and the South Africa Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, both of which are embedded within Stellenbosch University.
His core research interests are: (1) the design and field evaluation of improved diagnostics for tuberculosis and drug resistance, (2) the transmission and aerobiology of tuberculosis, including drug-resistant tuberculosis, and most recently (3) the microbiome in the context of tuberculosis. He hasa record of accomplishment of recruiting tuberculosis patients in Africa for high impact clinical trials.
He has led several projects on tuberculosis diagnostics, which have measured their impact on long-term patient outcomes. He has held a Training Fellowship in Public Health and Tropical Medicine from the Wellcome Trust, He is a European and Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership Senior Fellow, and hold a Newton Advanced Fellowship from the British Royal Society. In a relatively short period, He has published approximately 60 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, and have registered one patent. This work has attracted international recognition and awards. He holds a P-rating from the South African National Research Foundation (the highest rating available to researchers <35 years old).