Mohamed F. Jeebhay

Professor Mohamed Jeebhay, is an occupational medicine specialist, and holds joint appointments as Head of the Occupational Medicine Division in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine as well as in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Prior to this he was the Head of Department and Director of the School of Public Health and Family Medicine (2012-2017) at UCT. Professor Jeebhay established the first occupational medicine specialist training programme at UCT in 2004 and also convenes the MPhil (Occupational Health) and the PhD programme in Occupational Medicine. He has served on many statutory committees of the National Ministries of Health and Labour relating to occupational health and safety. He is a previous recipient (1998) of the International Award in Occupational Health and Safety of the American Public Health Association (APHA). In 2011 he was accepted as a fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini, which is based in Italy. He is rated by the National Research Foundation as an internationally acclaimed (B2-rated) research scientist. Professor Jeebhay leads the research programme on occupational allergens and asthma in the Centre for Environmental and Occupational Health Research (CEOHR). His research has a major focus on environmental risk factors and preventive approaches for work-related allergy and asthma. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Current Allergy & Clinical Immunology and the African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine. He was Chair of the Environmental and Occupational Allergy Group of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) for the 2019-2022 term.