Prof Meintjes is the Second Chair and Deputy Head of the UCT Department of Medicine. He is an infectious diseases physician and an active researcher in the fields of HIV and tuberculosis (http://www.idm.uct.ac.za/Graeme_Meintjes). He also holds the SARChI Chair of Poverty-related Infections.  He is the Chair of the Department’s Undergraduate Education Committee. This committee meets fortnightly and includes all Medicine course convenors, all designated clinician educators in the Department and all course administrators. The committee oversees course and assessment planning, seeks to develop and implement innovative approaches to teaching, and to address challenges and issues within courses as they arise.