MycoClinics S5 E4 with Lauren Richards and Jeremy Nel

  • 4 June 2026
  • 4:00pm - 5:30pm
  • Online
  • Free to attend
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Dr Lauren Richards is a specialist physician with a subspecialty in infectious diseases and works at Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg. She holds an MMed in Internal Medicine (University of the Witwatersrand) and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Royal College of Physicians). Her research focuses on opportunistic infections in advanced HIV disease, and she has co-authored national guidelines on managing anti-tuberculosis drug–induced liver injury and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections in people living with HIV.

Dr Jeremy Nel is a physician and infectious diseases specialist, and the head of infectious diseases at Helen Joseph Hospital and the University of the Witwatersrand. He completed a transplant infectious diseases fellowship at the University of North Carolina, is past president of the Infectious Diseases Society of South Africa, and is an active member of the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society. He has published widely in the fields of HIV and infectious diseases.