Professor Carolyn Williamson
Carolyn Williamson is Head of Division of Medical Virology; Member of the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM); Member of the Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa (CIDRI-Africa); and a Research Associate of the Centre for AIDS Research in South Africa (CAPRISA).
Carolyn Williamson’s research is focused on HIV-1 basic and translational research aimed at informing vaccines discovery, biomedical interventions, and a cure. She is interested in understanding mechanisms of transmission, B and T cell epitopes, immunogen design, and elucidating mechanisms of protection through the characterising HIV-1 breakthrough infections in HIV vaccine, microcode and passive immunisation trials. She is also involved in research characterising latent reservoirs in HIV-1 infected women. Carolyn has published over 150 peer review articles and has extensive experience in mentoring Honours, MSc and PhD candidates, as well as early career investigators. Carolyn participates in numerous multi-centre national and international studies including the Centre for AIDS Programme for Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (CAVD), the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), and the Medical Research Council (MRC) Strategic Health Innovation Partnerships (SHIP).