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Rebecca Tadokera
Country of origin: Zimbabwe Currently in: South Africa, Cape Town General field of specialization: Other-
Current Research Activities
Other
Epidemiological Research into TB and HIV
Publications resulting from Research:
1. Hypercytokinaemia accompanies HIV-associated TB-IRIS.
Tadokera R, Meintjes GA, Wilkinson KA, Rangaka MX, Skolimowksa KH, Rebe K , Chegou NN, Walzl G, Maartens G, and Wilkinson RJ. European Respiratory Journal 2011; 37: 1248–1259
2. Corticosteroid modulated immune activation in the TB immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome.
Graeme Meintjes, Keira H Skolimowska, Katalin A Wilkinson, Anali Conesa-Botella, Kerryn Matthews, Rebecca Tadokera, Molebogeng X Rangaka, Kevin Rebe, Dominique J Pepper, Chelsea Morroni, Robert Colebunders, Gary Maartens, Robert J Wilkinson (Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. August 15, 2012 vol. 186(4), 369-377)
3. The Role of IL-10 related family of cytokines in the immunopathogenesis of TB-IRIS.
Rebecca Tadokera, Graeme Meintjes, Keira H Skolimowska, Gary Maartens, Molebogeng X Rangaka, Robert J Wilkinson, Katalin A Wilkinson (The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2013,207(7): 1148-1156)
4. Matrix metalloproteinase-7 and tissue damage in paradoxical HIV-Tuberculosis associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome.
Rebecca Tadokera, Graeme A Meintjes, Katalin A Wilkinson, Keira H Skolimowska, Naomi Walker, Jon S Friedland, Gary Maartens, Paul T G Elkington, Robert J Wilkinson (Eur J Immunol. 2013 Oct 18).
5. Cytotoxic mediators in paradoxical HIV-tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome.
Katalin A Wilkinson, Naomi F Walker, Graeme Meintjes, Mark P Nicol, Keira H Skolimowska, Kerryn Matthews1, Rebecca Tadokera, Ronnett Seldon, Gary Maartens, Molebogeng X Rangaka, Gurdyal S. Besra, Robert J Wilkinson (Journal of Immunology, Jan 2015)
6. Time to scale up IPT in South Africa: An Advocate’s call
Rebecca Tadokera and Marcus Low (NSP Review, October 2015)
7. HIV Testing in South Africa: Has the wave broken
Rebecca Tadokera (NSP Review, October 2015)
8. Gene Expert in South Africa: The first five years
Rebecca Tadokera and Nesri Padayatchi (NSP Review, December 2015
9. Urinary Mycobacterium-Tuberculosis Lipids As Biomarkers During Tuberculosis Treatment
Rebecca Tadokera, Richard Olatokunbo Akinola, Brandy-L Young, Zac McDonald, Steve D Lawn, Robin Wood, Nicky Mulder and Jonathan Blackburn (Manuscript in preparation)
10. Investigating the epidemiological links between different genotypic families of TB and the socio-economic risk factors associated with TB transmission in a high TB and HIV burdened community in Cape Town, South Africa.
Rebecca Tadokera, Linda-Gail Bekker, Monika Kamkuemah and Keren Middelkoop (Manuscript in preparation)
11. Mechanisms of immunopathology in HIV-1 and tuberculosis coinfection: a prospective, observational study
Walker NF PhD, Wilkinson KA PhD, Meintjes G PhD, Tezera L PhD, Goliath R, Peyper J MBChB, Tadokera R PhD, Coussens AK PhD, Wilkinson R FRCP, Friedland JS FMedSci, and Elkington PTFRCP. (Manuscript under review, Lancet Infectious Diseases
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchAdministrationOtherI am employed as a research specialist at the Human Sciences Research Council. While my research interest lies in TB, TB epidemiology, effect of socio-economic determinants, I am also heavily involved in HIV epidemiological research. I have also been recently appointed as an part-time Technical Assistance Consultant for UNOPS/Stop TB Patnership.
Affiliations
South African Women in Science and Engineering (SAWISE) -
Other Awards
Jan 2013Claude Leone Postdoctoral fellowshipThis was an award to fund my postdoctoral research work on a Project entitled: An Investigation into mycobacterial lipids as potential bio-markers for Tuberculosis drug treatment response.Jun 2009CIDRI-Wellcome Trust funded Postgraduate FellowshipAward to fund postgraduate research studies on a thesis entitled: Immunological characterization of the HIV-Tuberculosis associated Immune reconstitution inflammatory Syndrome.Dec 2010Best Publication Award by a young researcher in Basic Sciences for 2010Received an award for the Best Publication Award by a young researcher in Basic Sciences for 2010, University of Cape Town, Faculty of Health Sciences
