Marcus Low

3 weeks ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Marcus Low |Nathan Geffen

Medical research as we know it in South Africa is facing an existential threat. (Image: BulentYILDIZ/Pixabay) Comment & Analysis3rd April 2025 | Marcus Low and Nathan Geffen The sudden and severe US cuts to grants from the world’s largest health research funder threaten to unravel the medical research landscape in South Africa. A crucial question now is whether the government will turn this crisis into an opportunity for renewal.

1 month ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Amy Green |Tiyese Jeranji |Marcus Low |Yogan Pillay

Health research in South Africa is facing an unprecedented crisis due to the ongoing termination of funding from the United States government. (Photo: CDC/Unsplash) News & Features15th April 2025 | Catherine Tomlinson Health research in South Africa has been plunged into crisis with the abrupt termination of several large research grants from the US, with more grant terminations expected in the coming days and weeks.

1 month ago | brnw.ch | Marcus Low |Nathan Geffen

The sudden and severe US cuts to grants from the world's largest health research funder threaten to unravel the medical research landscape in South Africa. A crucial question now is whether the government will turn this crisis into an opportunity for renewal, write Marcus Low and Nathan Geffen. South Africa has many of the world's best HIV and TB researchers.

1 month ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Marcus Low |Nathan Geffen

SPOTLIGHT OP-ED   Medical research as we know it in South Africa is facing an existential threat.

1 month ago | allafrica.com | Marcus Low |Nathan Geffen

Medical scientists at the University of Cape Town have been hit especially hard by funding cuts by the United States government. South Africa has many of the world's best HIV and TB researchers. Until recently, this research excellence was widely recognised by the fact that local research groups kept winning grants to conduct critically important studies. These grants were not given away as charity or international aid but were awarded through highly competitive processes.