Valerie Mizrahi
Valerie Mizrahi | |
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| Born | 1958 |
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| Fields | Molecular biology |
Valerie Mizrahi FRS (born 1958) is a South African molecular biologist.[1]
Biography
The daughter of Morris and Etty Mizrahi, she was born in
Career
She went on to earn a
South African Institute for Medical Research and University of the Witwatersrand, remaining there until 2010. Her research has been focused on the treatment of tuberculosis, and drug resistance.[4] In 2011, she became director of the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine at the University of Cape Town.[5] Mizrahi is director of a research unit of the South African Medical Research Council and leads the University of Cape Town branch of the Centre of Excellence in Biomedical TB Research.[3]
Mizrahi received the
American Academy of Microbiology since 2009.[6] She was named to the Order of Mapungubwe in 2007. From 2000 to 2010, she was an International Research Scholar of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; in 2012, she was named a Senior International Research Scholar for the Institute until 2017.[3] In 2013, she was awarded the Institut de France's Christophe Mérieux Prize for her work in tuberculosis research.[7] Mizrahi was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2023.[8]
Honours and awards
- 2000: L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science
- 2007: Order of Mapungubwe - Silver
- 2013: Christophe Mérieux Prize
- 2018: Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award[9]
Personal life
Valerie has two daughters, and her father is the honorary president of the Johannesburg Sephardic Hebrew Congregation. She grew up speaking
Judeo-Spanish at home.[2]
Publications
Scholia has a profile for Valerie Mizrahi (Q22006961).
- Effects of Pyrazinamide on Fatty Acid Synthesis by Whole Mycobacterial Cells and Purified Fatty Acid Synthase I. Helena I. Boshoff, Valerie Mizrahi, Clifton E. Barry. Journal of Bacteriology, 2002
- The impact of drug resistance on Mycobacterium tuberculosis physiology: what can we learn from rifampicin?. Anastasia Koch, Valerie Mizrahi, Digby F Warner. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 2014
References
- ^ a b c "Targeting TB in South Africa" (PDF). TWAS Newsletter. 22 (1): 35–40. 2010.
- ^ a b Valerie Mizrahi – woman scientist and mother. ESefarad
- ^ a b c "Jewish Report Art, Sport, Science & Culture Award" (PDF). South African Jewish Report.
- ^ Valerie Mizrahi, Ph.D.. KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV
- ^ Bio Valerie Mizrahi at the Institute of Infectious Disease & Molecular Medicine
- ^ Meet the team. Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis (TB) Research
- ^ "Prof. Valerie Mizrahi Winner of the 2013 Christophe Mérieux Prize". Fondation Mérieux. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Valerie Mizrahi". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award". University of Cape Town. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
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