Valerie Mizrahi

Background

Mizrahi, Valerie was born on August 23, 1958 in Harare, Zimbabwe. Daughter of Morris and Esther (Surmany) Mizrahi. arrived in South Africa, 1986.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Cape Town, South Africa, 1979. Bachelor of Science with honours, University Cape Town, South Africa, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University Cape Town, South Africa, 1983.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow Pennsylvania State University, 1983—1986. Associate senior investigator SmithKline Beecham & French Research and Development, 1987-1988. Head molecular biology unit South African Institute Medical Research, since 1989.

Reader, professor University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, since 1992. With South African Institute for Medical Research. Current director, Molecular Mycobateriology Research Unit jointly funded by: South African Medical Research Council, South African Institute for Medical Research, and University Witwaterstand.

Current alternate director Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research. International research scholar Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland. Speaker in field.

Achievements

• Valerie Mizrahi has been listed as a noteworthy molecular biologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, South African Women in Science and Engineering (chair 1995-1996), Academy of Sciences South Africa, Centre for the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Programme of Research in South Africa, Third World Academy Sciences. Fellow Royal Society South Africa (Meiring Naude medal 1992).

Interests

• Avocation: music.

Connections

Daughter of Morris and Esther (Surmany) Mizrahi. M. Basil Stanley Sher, July 6, 1987. Children: Danielle Sher, Natalie Sher.

Father:

Morris Mizrahi

Mother:

Esther (Surmany) Mizrahi

Spouse:

Basil Stanley Sher

child:

Danielle Sher Mizrahi

child:

Natalie Sher Mizrahi