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Pascal O. Bessong holds a master’s degree in Medical Microbiology and Parasitology from the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria. He did his doctoral studies on the molecular virology of HIV. For this, he received training at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa, under the mentorship of Professor Lynn Morris; and at the Laboratoire REGER, UMR 5097 CNRS-Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, France, under the mentorship of Professors Simon Litvak and Marie-Line Andreola. He did his postdoctoral training at the Myles H. Thaler Center for AIDS and Human Retrovirus Research, University of Virginia, USA, under the mentorship of Professor David Rekosh. His postgraduate training was supported, at different times, through fellowship awards from the National Research Research Foundation of South Africa; Ellison Medical Foundation, USA; Fogarty International Center/NIH, USA; the French Government; and the International Society for Infectious Diseases. He enjoys scientific mentorship from Professor Richard Guerrant, University of Virginia, USA.
Bessong is a virologist, and an experienced professor with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education sector for more than 17 years. His research focuses on microbiological investigations for translational science and global health, using innovative approaches and technologies. Specifically, he is interested on viral and human determinants of HIV drug resistance and the sustainability of antiretrovirals towards the UNAIDS 2030 target on viral suppression. He is also interested in the interactions of gut microbiota and antimicrobial resistance, and the interactions of gut infections with growth, cognitive development, and vaccine response in young children. He has more than 15 years of experience in the establishment and maintenance of prospective, community-based birth and adult cohorts for observational biomedical investigations.
A former Head of the Department of Microbiology, University of Venda, Bessong is the Principal Investigator of the AIDS Virus Research Laboratory; Founding Head of the HIV/AIDS & Global Health Research Programme; Director of the SAMRC-UNIVEN Antimicrobial Resistance and Global Health Research Unit; and Visiting Scholar at the School of Medicine, University of Virginia, USA. Professor Bessong is a C1 rated scientist of the National Research Foundation (2017); an elected member of the Academy of Science of South Africa; a Registered Natural Professional Scientist; and Associate Editor of the South African Journal of Science (Cell, molecular biology, and Health). Professor Bessong maintains a website and blog at https://bessongthemicrobiologist.com.
His scientific contributions and opinions, in over 170 peer reviewed articles, have been published in top tier and influential journals such as Science, The Lancet HIV, PLOS Medicine, Lancet Global Health, Clinical Infectious Diseases, BMJ Global Health, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, EBiomedicine, and Bulletin of the World Health Organization. He has hosted visiting scientists on antimicrobial resistance within the framework of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship awards, and the US National Science Foundation fellowships. He has given research seminars at institutions in South Africa, Botswana, Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, and the United States. Professor Bessong has successfully trained more than 60 MSc/PhD students and postdoctoral fellows.
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Southern African journal of infectious diseasesno. 1 (2024): 575-575
SOUTHERN AFRICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASESno. 1 (2024)
Lisa Arrah Mbang Tambe,Phindulo Mathobo,Mukhethwa Munzhedzi,Pascal Obong Bessong,Lufuno Grace Mavhandu-Ramarumo,Julian Tang
VIRUSES-BASELno. 11 (2023): 2146-2146
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneno. 2 (2023): 436-442
SSRN Electronic Journal (2022): 102246-102246
medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2022)
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#Papers: 208
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