Steering Committee Professor Lynn Morris | Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Innovation Lynn Morris is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research and Innovation at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has a DPhil from the University of Oxford and is Research Professor and Director of the Antibody Immunity Research Unit based at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS). Over the last 28 years she has made significant contributions to understanding the antibody response to HIV and is responsible for performing validated antibody assays for HIV clinical trials. Lynn is an NRF A-rated scientist, has published over 270 papers holding an H-Index of 63 and has featured in the Web of Science list of highly cited researchers. She is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), the Royal Society of South Africa (FRSSA) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). Dr Mongezi Mdhluli | Chief Research Operation Officer in the Office of the South African Medical Research Council President Dr Mongezi Mdhluli is the Chief Research Operation Officer (CROO) in the office of the SAMRC President. He is responsible for the research operations of the SAMRC, the Project Management Office, Research Operations (including laboratory operations) Ethics Committee and the Research Integrity Office, and overseeing the efficient operations of the Insectary and PUDAC. Prior to the CROO position, Mongezi was employed in the SAMRC as a Scientist and then moved to head the supply Chain Management Division. Mongezi completed his PhD at the University of the Western Cape and MBA at the University of Stellenbosch Business School. Ms Mastoera Sadan | Programme Manager of PSPPD II in the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of the national government of the Republic of South Africa Ms Sadan is the Programme Manager of the Programme to Support Pro-poor Policy Development Phase II (PSPPD II) Prior to this, she managed the PSPPD Phase I from 2007-2012. The Programme is located within the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. She was previously a Senior Policy Analyst in the Social Sector in the Policy Coordination and Advisory Services (PCAS) in the Presidency. She was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Oxford in 2002/03. She holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and is currently a doctoral candidate at Rhodes University. Her doctoral research is examining the trajectory of poverty policies and programmes in South Africa in the post-apartheid period. Ms Sadan also chairs this CoE’s Scientific Advisory Committee.
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