Stephen Lawn BMedSci MB BS MRCP MD DTM&H DipHIVMed
- Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, IIDMM
- University of Cape Town
- Anzio Road
- Cape Town
- 7925
- T: +27 21 650 6970
- F: +27 21 650 6963
Stephen Lawn is a Reader in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and an Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He completed his clinical training in Infectious Diseases in London and has previously worked for the Universities of Ghana in West Africa and was a Research Fellow for four years at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.
With funding from the Wellcome Trust, Stephen has been based at the University of Cape Town in South Africa since 2005. Here he has conducted clinical, epidemiological and laboratory studies on HIV-associated tuberculosis (TB) in the context of the rapid scale-up of antiretroviral treatment (ART). Recent research has focused in particular on evaluation of new TB diagnostics for screening for HIV-associated TB and on the role of ART in TB prevention and control of the HIV-associated TB epidemic.
Affiliation
Teaching
- Coordinator for AIDS MSc module
- Distance learning tutor for Diploma in Infectious Diseases (TB module)
- DTM&H and DTN
- Post-graduate teaching at the University of Cape Town
Research
- Wellcome Trust funded research based at the Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM) at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa. Stephen is conducting research on tuberculosis in the context of scale-up of antiretroviral treatment (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa. This particularly focuses on new diagnostics for HIV-associated TB in patients accessing ART and the role of ART in the control of the HIV-associated TB epidemic.
Disciplines
- Epidemiology
- Immunology
- Immunopathology
- Medicine
- Microbiology
Disease and Health Conditions
- HIV/AIDS
- Infectious disease
- Tuberculosis
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Selected publications
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Screening for HIV-associated tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance before antiretroviral therapy using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay: a prospective study.
Lawn, S.D. ; Brooks, S.V. ; Kranzer, K. ; Nicol, M.P. ; Whitelaw, A. ; Vogt, M. ; Bekker, L.G. ; Wood, R. ;
PLoS Med, 2011; 8(7):e1001067
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Diagnostic accuracy of a low-cost, urine antigen, point-of-care screening assay for HIV-associated pulmonary tuberculosis before antiretroviral therapy: a descriptive study.
Lawn, S.D. ; Kerkhoff, A.D. ; Vogt, M. ; Wood, R. ;
Lancet Infect Dis, 2011;
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Antiretrovirals and isoniazid preventive therapy in the prevention of HIV-associated tuberculosis in settings with limited health-care resources.
Lawn, S.D.; Wood, R.; De Cock, K.M.; Kranzer, K.; Lewis, J.J.; Churchyard, G.J.;
Lancet Infect Dis, 2010; 10(7):489-498
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Short-term and long-term risk of tuberculosis associated with CD4 cell recovery during antiretroviral therapy in South Africa.
Lawn, S.D.; Myer, L.; Edwards, D.; Bekker, L.G.; Wood, R.;
AIDS, 2009; 23(13):1717-25
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Early mortality among adults accessing antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa.
Lawn, S.D.; Harries, A.D.; Anglaret, X.; Myer, L.; Wood, R.;
AIDS, 2008; 22(15):1897-908
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Tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution disease: incidence, risk factors and impact in an antiretroviral treatment service in South Africa.
Lawn, S.D.; Myer, L.; Bekker, L.G.; Wood, R.;
AIDS, 2007; 21(3):335-341
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Burden of tuberculosis in an antiretroviral treatment programme in sub-Saharan Africa: impact on treatment outcomes and implications for tuberculosis control.
Lawn, S.D.; Myer, L.; Bekker, L.G.; Wood, R.;
AIDS, 2006; 20(12):1605-12
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Early mortality among adults accessing a community-based antiretroviral service in South Africa: implications for programme design.
Lawn, S.D.; Myer, L.; Orrell, C.; Bekker, L.G.; Wood, R.;
AIDS, 2005; 19(18):2141-8
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