Keertan Dheda
Keertan Dheda MBBCh (Wits), FCP(SA), FCCP, PhD (Lond), FRCP (Lond), born in 1969, is a Professor of Mycobacteriology and Global health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) with an extra-mural joint appointment at the University of Cape Town (UCT), where he is a Professor of Respiratory Medicine. He is a global research leader in the field of TB immunopathogenesis and TB diagnosis (Google h-index of 100  and Scopus h-Index of 79 [As of 2023].