You are cordially invited to the 4th Food Security and Safety Seminar by Prof. David R. Katerere, Research Chair of Pharmaceutical and Biotech Advancement in Africa at Tshwane University of Technology.
Topic: Ancient grains for food security and safety.
About guest speaker:
Prof David Katerere is the Research Platform Chair of Pharmaceutical and Biotech Advancement in Africa (PBA2) at Tshwane University of Technology. He is the Chair of the Faculty Research Ethics Committee, a position he has held since 2018. He has been a member of the FCRE since 2014 and was previously Chair of the MRC Animal Ethics Scientific Review Committee (2006 – 2009).
Prof Katerere holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Science from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. He has worked in pharmaceutical and biotech practice and research in the past 25 years in 4 countries on 3 continents. He has several inventions to his name including the nutraceutical, Niselo and CovidConnect App for use in clinical trials and post-recovery and KovaNix hand and surface sanitizer. He has published over 50 journal articles and is co-editor of three books: Ethnoveterinary Botanical Medicines (T&F) (2010), Systems Analysis Approach for Complex Global Challenges (Springer) (2018) and Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge for the Modern Era (T&F) (2019).
He is a member of advisory committees of SAHPRA and the Global Health Supply Chain Consortium, co-founded by faculty at University of Michigan and University of Southern California. Prof Katerere teaches and researches across the pharmaceutical and biotech value chain including product development from medicinal plants (for food, nutraceuticals and medicines), and clinical testing, cannabis based medicines substandard and falsified medicines / vaccines and medicine governance.
He was a part competitive Toastmaster and is now a keen Rotarian and president (2022 – 2023) of Pretoria Capital Club.
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