Professor Catherine Orrell
Affiliations
- Full Member, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine
- Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town
- Desmond Tutu HIV Centre
- HIV and other Infectious Diseases Research Unit (HIDRU), South African Medical Research Council.
Key Expertise
Co-Infection
Main Research Focus
Catherine Orrell is an HIV Clinician and Clinical Pharmacologist , currently Unit Director of the HIV and other Infectious Diseases Research Unit (HIDRU) at the SAMRC. She is also an investigator at the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre and a Full Professor at the University of Cape Town. She has been PI on a range of HIV treatment and prevention efficacy, toxicity, interaction and dosing studies and is experienced in conducting research in both state-of-the-art research facilities; and in community settings
Most Significant Paper Authored in 2024
Denying access to long-acting injectable treatment for HIV: an open letter.
Malaba T, Henn J, Waitt C, Myer L, Khoo S, Taegtmeyer M, Orrell C; DolPHIN3 consortium. (2024).
This letter focuses the disparities in drug access between resource-rich and resource-limited countried. 1 This disparity is perpetuated by pharmaceutical companies, who conduct their research in our setting, but then refuse to market and make available a product of critical importance.