Head: TBTC Unit
    CAPRISA
    Doris Duke Medical Research Institute
    Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine
    University of KwaZulu-Natal
    Private Bag X7
    Congella
    4013

    Tel: +27-31-260-4574
    Fax: +27-31-260-4566
    padayatchin@ukzn.ac.za

Dr Nesri Padayatchi

Nesri Padayatchi, MD, is the CDC(Durban), Site Manager for the START project of CAPRISA. She has 18 years Clinical and Research experience in the management of Tuberculosis and the related problems. She was the manager of the Provincial Tuberculosis Referral Hospital for 14 years. She was also the acting Director of the Medical Research Council's(SA) Tuberculosis Lead Program from 1999 to 2003.    She has been a recipient of the Columbia University-South Africa Fogarty AIRTP fellowship and has completed her MS in epidemiology from Columbia University. The focus of her MS has been Temporal trends in drug resistant Tuberculosis (1998-2001). She has extensive experience in participating in multi- centre clinical trials from 1996 to date.


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