Clive Gray

Clive Gray is Professor of Immunology at Stellenbosch University and is group leader of RIRCA. He has published over 140 papers on various aspects of human immunology and with a focus on HIV and reproductive immunology. His research focuses on the inflammatory mechanisms involved in precipitating pre-term birth and adverse birth outcomes by investigating cellular and molecular events in placentae collected from mothers infected with HIV and CMV.

He also leads a newly NIH funded consortium: NexT generatIon traininG in HIV Research: Immunity in the First 1000 days in mother-infant dyadS (TIGRIS), consisting of investigators and educators in Africa, North America and Europe around reproductive immunology and HIV.

He is also Chair of the Education Committee of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) – Education Committee – IUIS.

He is the President of the Federation of African Immunological Societies (FAIS) which aims to advance the field of immunology on the African continent – The Federation of African Immunological Societies.

Professor Gray is passionate about building global immunology capacity and is Director of the Immunopaedia Foundation that runs the award-winning on-line immunology education and teaching Immunopaedia platform Immunopaedia – Free Immunology Education.