Valerie Mizrahi

Born| 1958 (age 67-68)

Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)

Citizenship| South African
Known for| Tuberculosis
Awards| L'Oréal-UNESCO Award, 2000

Order of Mapungubwe, 2007

Christophe Mérieux Prize, 2013
Scientific career
Fields| Molecular biology

Valerie Mizrahi FRS (born 1958) is a South African molecular biologist.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 2 Career
* 3 Honours and awards
* 4 Personal life
* 5 Publications
* 6 References

## Biography

The daughter of Morris and Etty Mizrahi, she was born in Harare, Zimbabwe and was educated there. Her family is a Sephardi Jewish family from the Greek island of Rhodes.[2]

## Career

She went on to earn a BSc in chemistry and mathematics and then a PhD in chemistry at the University of Cape Town.[3] From 1983 to 1986, she pursued post-doctoral studies at Pennsylvania State University. Mizrahi then worked in research and development for pharmaceutical company Smith, Kline & French.[1] In 1989, she established as research unit at the South African Institute for Medical Research and University of the Witwatersrand, remaining there until 2010. Her research has been focused on the treatment of tuberculosis, and drug resistance.[4] In 2011, she became director of the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine at the University of Cape Town.[5] Mizrahi is director of a research unit of the South African Medical Research Council and leads the University of Cape Town branch of the Centre of Excellence in Biomedical TB Research.[3]

Mizrahi received the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science in 2000. In 2006, she received the Gold Medal from the South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for her contributions to the field and the Department of Science and Technology's Distinguished Woman Scientist Award. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa, a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa[1] and a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology since 2009.[6] She was named to the Order of Mapungubwe in 2007. From 2000 to 2010, she was an International Research Scholar of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; in 2012, she was named a Senior International Research Scholar for the Institute until 2017.[3] In 2013, she was awarded the Institut de France's Christophe Mérieux Prize for her work in tuberculosis research.[7] Mizrahi was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2023.[8]

## Honours and awards

* 2000: L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science
* 2007: Order of Mapungubwe - Silver
* 2013: Christophe Mérieux Prize
* 2018: Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award[9]
* 2023: American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow[10]

## Personal life

Valerie has two daughters, and her father is the honorary president of the Johannesburg Sephardic Hebrew Congregation. She grew up speaking Judeo-Spanish at home.[2]

## Publications

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* Effects of Pyrazinamide on Fatty Acid Synthesis by Whole Mycobacterial Cells and Purified Fatty Acid Synthase I. Helena I. Boshoff, Valerie Mizrahi, Clifton E. Barry. Journal of Bacteriology, 2002
* The impact of drug resistance on Mycobacterium tuberculosis physiology: what can we learn from rifampicin?. Anastasia Koch, Valerie Mizrahi, Digby F Warner. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 2014

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Targeting TB in South Africa". TWAS Newsletter 22 (1): 35–40. 2010. http://twas.org/sites/default/files/nl22-1.pdf.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Valerie Mizrahi – woman scientist and mother. ESefarad
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Jewish Report Art, Sport, Science & Culture Award". South African Jewish Report. http://www.sajr.co.za/docs/default-source/pdf/14-jaa-winner-valerie-miizrahi.pdf?sfvrsn=2.
4. ↑ Valerie Mizrahi, Ph.D.. KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV
5. ↑ Bio Valerie Mizrahi at the Institute of Infectious Disease & Molecular Medicine
6. ↑ Meet the team . Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis (TB) Research
7. ↑ "Prof. Valerie Mizrahi Winner of the 2013 Christophe Mérieux Prize". Fondation Mérieux. 17 September 2013. https://www.fondation-merieux.org/en/christophe-merieux-prize/christophe-merieux-prize-2013/.
8. ↑ "Valerie Mizrahi". https://royalsociety.org/people/valerie-mizrahi-36191/.
9. ↑ "Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award". University of Cape Town. https://www.uct.ac.za/main/research/awards/harry-oppenheimer-fellowship.
10. ↑ "2023 AAAS Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)" (in en). https://www.aaas.org/fellows/2023-fellows.

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Order of Mapungubwe

* 2002: Nelson Mandela, Allan Cormack, FW de Klerk, Basil Schonland, Peter Beighton, Hamilton Naki
* 2004: Sydney Brenner, Tshilidzi Marwala, Batmanathan Dayanand Reddy
* 2005: John Maxwell Coetzee, Aaron Klug, Frank Nabarro, Tebello Nyokong, Himladevi Soodyall
* 2006: Selig Percy Amoils, George Ellis, Lionel Opie, Patricia Berjak
* 2007: Claire Penn, Sibusiso Sibisi, Valerie Mizrahi
* 2008: Doris Lessing, Wieland Gevers, Phuti Ngoepe, Tim Noakes, Pragasen Pillay
* 2010: Johann Lutjeharms, Monique Zaahl, Douglas Butterworth
* 2011: Pieter Steyn
* 2012: Oliver Reginald Tambo, Albert Luthuli, Barry David Schoub, Patience Mthunzi-Kufa
* 2013: Bernie Fanaroff, Geroge Ekama, Glenda Gray, Malegapuru William Makgoba, Quarraisha Abdool Karim
* 2014: Ismail Mohamed, Hendrik Simon Schaaf, William Soga, Namrita Lall
* 2016: Zwelakhe Sisulu
* 2017: Fulufhelo Nelwamondo, Siyabulela Xuza
* 2019: Edna Molewa, Malike Maaza, Ari Sitas, Thokozani Majozi

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