Jonathan Peter
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Cape Town
South Africa
Biography
Formal lectures in Allergy are given to the 3rd and 5th year medical students. In addition the unit participates in the SSM (Specialised Student Module) programs for 3rd year medial students. Post-graduate teaching includes training candidates for the Diploma in Allergy exam of the CMSA, paediatric registrar training, lectures to Pharmacology fellows, nurses, MSc and PhD students. The unit has also started a MPhil Allergology programme for sub-specialists in Allergology. The unit is an accredited unit for subspeciality training in Allergology and is currently involved with the training of one adult allergology and 3 paediatric allergology subspecialists.
Research Interest
The unit has several ongoing basic research programs studying immunological mechanisms underlying sublingual immunotherapy, complement deficiency (C5 & C6), latex allergy (using recombinant component allergy testing) and novel African allergen identification
Publications
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Peter JG, Heckmann JM, Novitzky N. Recommendations for the use of immunoglobulin therapy for immunomodulation and antibody replacement. SAMJ, November 2014; 104(11): 796.
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Peter J, Ress S, Gray C. Guest Editorial: Immunology as a medical discipline in South Africa: Why, how and what form? SAMJ, November 2014; 104(11): 785-786.
