Teamwork is key for Professor Valerie Mizrahi, the director of the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM) at the University of Cape Town (UCT). However, TEAM goes a little further for her and the institute she leads; it is a combination of things that holds them accountable to the research they facilitate and conduct, and the stakeholders who enable it.
TEAM is an acronym for Transformation, Education, Advocacy and Mentorship. Professor Mizrahi explained the concept during her delivery of the Wolfson Memorial Lecture on 22 November 2021.
UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng said that the lecture was established in 2012 to honour the many generous contributions to UCT by the late Lord Wolfson of Marylebone and the Wolfson Foundation.
“This event takes place physically here in the Wolfson Pavilion, now home to the IDM on our medical campus. This…