Jonathan Peter MBChB, MMed, FCP (SA), PhD

Associate Professor Jonathan Peter is Head of the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at Groote Schuur Hospital. He also heads the Allergy and Immunology Unit at the University of Cape Town Lung Institute. In February 2016, he became the first HPCSA registered allergist in the College of Physicians, South Africa. He is the recipient of a number of awards for medical training including the 2012/2013 Oxford Nuffield Medical Fellowship where he undertook sub-specialist training in Clinical Immunology and Allergy at the John Radcliffe Hospital and a post-doctoral period in the laboratory of TB vaccinologist, Professor Helen McShane. Jonathan has over 50 publications in high impact factor journals, and an H-index of 27. In 2015, he was awarded a Silver Scientific Merit Award as an outstanding early-career researcher by the South African Medical Research Council. His current clinical and research interests include urticaria and angioedema, drug and food additive allergy, indigenous therapies for allergic diseases and primary immunodeficiency diseases.