Clinical Research - The Aurum Institute

It's time to End TB

In recognition of World TB Day and for the rest of TB Month, Aurum is highlighting some of its staff working to End TB. ...
New Tuberculosis Vaccine Raises Hopes

But one more large trial is needed, says TB activist. A new vaccine to prevent tuberculosis in young people and adults has been announced. One of the world’s most prestigious medical journals, the ...
We Know How To Conquer Tuberculosis

Op-ed in The NY Times in line with a letter sent in by Aurum Institute's Professor Gavin Churchyard: In 1962, the renowned epidemiologist George Comstock had a realization that would help rid modern ...
ECHO finds no substantial difference in HIV risk among DMPA-IM, copper IUD, and LNG implant users

DURBAN (South Africa) 13 June 2019 – A pivotal clinical trial to address a long-standing question about the relationship between hormonal contraceptive use and the risk of HIV acquisition has found...
Experimental HIV vaccine regimen ineffective in preventing HIV

No safety concerns found; NIH and partners discontinue vaccinations. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has stopped administ...
#IASONEVOICE: COVID-19 weighs on SA’s HIV and TB burden

Tanya Nielson, Managing Director of the Clinical Research Division, has been featured in the International AIDS Society (IAS) #IASONEVOICE campaign. The IAS is the world’s largest association of HI...
Aurum conducts COVID-19 contact tracing

After a medical doctor at an academic hospital in Gauteng tested positive for COVID-19, a team of Aurum staff were deployed to trace more than 300 patients who were possible contacts of the clinician....
Celebrating women in science this IWD

In recognition of International Women’s Day, Aurum celebrates some of its leading UNESCO data states, less than 30% of the world’s researchers are women. Not a single country can claim to have...
Aurum receives PPE donation from GHI Architectural Solutions

The team at Aurum's Tembisa Clinical Research Site was recently the recipient of a generous donation of 100 goggles from GHI Architectural Solutions. It is one of the three Aurum sites participatin...
Aurum staff appointed to Vanderbilt University

The Aurum Institute is proud to announce that 10 senior staff members have been appointed in various adjunct positions at the Department of Medicine in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. T...
Clinical trials at Aurum

The Aurum Institute's Clinical Research Division is preparing to start several COVID-19 trials. Professor Vinodh Edward, Regional Chief Operating Officer: Health Research, explains why clinical tria...
World Pharmacy Month: Aurum celebrates its pharmacists

Aurum staff have been living up to this year’s World Pharmacy Day theme; Pharmacists Transforming Global Health, volunteering for national duty at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pharmacist El...
Aurum Launches Covid-19 Trials in Tembisa

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COVID-19: Women on the frontline

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Coronavirus vaccine: How will poorer countries get a fair shot?

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The Aurum Institute awarded grant by NIH for Clinical Trials Unit

JOHANNESBURG, 1 DECEMBER 2020 - The Aurum Institute has been awarded a seven-year grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) to drive the scientific agendas of t...
World Aids Day 2020: Gains against HIV should not be derailed by COVID-19

Let us not lose sight of HIV in the face of COVID-19. This was the World AIDS Day message from Professor Dave Clark, Group Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer: Southern Africa at the...
Aurum staff participate in international HIV/AIDS awareness campaign

Staff from The Aurum institute’s Rustenburg Clinical Research Site, participated in an international campaign to mark National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD). This is a US commemoration obse...
New publication: Aurum staff part of an important TB prevention study

The results of an important tuberculosis study that involved staff from The Aurum Institute’s Clinical Research Division (CRD), has been published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases Journal. The art...
Aurum hosts first meeting as SAHTAC secretariat

The Aurum Institute recently hosted the annual general meeting of the South African Health Technologies Advocacy Coalition (SAHTAC), the first since it took over the secretariat role this year. Spea...