Associate Professor Pieter Naude
Associate Professor
Position
- Associate Professor in the Division of Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
- Director of the Neuroscience Institute Brain Bank
- Co-Head of the Brain Behaviour Unit
- Head of the Translational Neuroscience Group
- Senior Lecturer
Research Areas
- Neuroinflammation
- Biomarkers
- Molecular neurobiology
- Behavioural and cognitive research
- Translational neuroscience
Current projects
- Neuroimmune mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental and behavioural impairments in HIV-exposed uninfected children
- Biological mechanisms involved in the effects of prenatal exposure to psychological adversities on child neurodevelopment
- The Neuroscience Institute Brain Bank: the first human brain bank on the African continent
- The Impact of HIV Proteins on the Neurodevelopment of HIV-Exposed Uninfected Offspring