Dr. VIRGINIA DAVIDS

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POSITION

  • Post-doctoral Research Fellow, UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sport Medicine (ESSM), Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town

 

QUALIFICATIONS

  • PhD (Medical Biochemistry), University of Cape Town (2009)

    Thesis title: Elevated levels of low molecular weight substances in the red cells of some mammalian species imply unsuspected antioxidant strategies

  • MSc (Cell Biology), University of Cape Town (2002)

  • MBChB, University of Cape Town (1995)

 

ESSM RESEARCH GROUPS

  • Health and well-being

  • Injuries and medical conditions associated with sport and exercise

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • The effect of exercise training and exhaustive exertion on circulating antioxidant levels and biomarkers of oxidative stress/damage in humans and horses.

  • The association of oxidative stress/damage with the development of capture myopathy.

 

CONTACT

 

Tel:      +27 21 650 4567

Email:  v.davids@uct.ac.za

 

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PUBLICATIONS

1. Keertan Dheda, Virginia Davids, Laura Lenders, Teri Roberts, Richard Meldau, Daphne Ling, Laurence Brunet, Richard van Zyl Smit, Jonny Peter, Motasim Badri , Leonardo Sechi, Surendra Sharma, Michael Hoelscher, Rodney Dawson, Andrew Whitelaw, Jonathan Blackburn, Madhukar Pai, Alimuddin Zumla. Diagnostic utility of a commercial LAM-ELISA assay for TB using sputum and urine samples. Submitted to PLoSONE.

2. Davids, V., Davids, L.M., Blackhurst, D.M., Katz, A.A. and Harley, E.H. Urate Riboside, a Major Soluble Antioxidant in the Red Cells of Bovinae. 4th CPB Meeting in Africa: Mara 2008. “Molecules to migration: The pressures of life” (Ed S. Morris & A. Vosloo). Medimond Publishing Co, via Maserati 6/2, 40124 Bologna, Italy. Pages 429 – 440.

3. Davids V, Hanekom W, Gelderbloem SJ, Hawkridge A, Hussey G, Sheperd R, Workman L, Soler J, Murray RA, Ress SR, Kaplan G. Dose-dependent immune response to Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination in neonates. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2007 Feb;14(2):198-200. [cited = 2; IF = 2.237].

4. Murray RA, Mansoor N, Harbacheuski R, Soler J, Davids V, Soares A, Hawkridge A, Hussey GD, Maecker H, Kaplan G, Hanekom WA. Bacillus Calmette Guerin vaccination of human newborns induces a specific, functional CD8+ T cell response. Journal of Immunology 2006, Oct 15;177(8):5647-51. [cited = 18; IF = 6.068].

5. Virginia Davids, Willem A. Hanekom, Nazma Mansoor, Hoyam Gamieldien, Sebastian J. Gelderbloem, Anthony Hawkridge, Gregory D. Hussey, E. Jane Hughes, Jorge Soler, Rose Ann Murray, Stanley R. Ress, Gilla Kaplan. The effect of BCG vaccine strain and route of administration on induced immune responses in vaccinated infants. The Effect of Bacille Calmette-Guerin Vaccine Strain and Route of Administration on Induced Immune Responses in Vaccinated Infants. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2006, 193: 531-6. [cited = 31; IF = 6.035].

6. Willem A. Hanekom, Jane Hughes, Maushumi Mavinkurve, Megan Mendillo, Marcia Watkins, Hoyam Gamieldien, Sebastian J. Gelderbloem, Mzwandile Sidibana, Nazma Mansoor, Virginia Davids, Rose Ann Murray, Anthony Hawkridge, Patrick A. J. Haslett, Stanley Ress, Gregory D. Hussey, Gilla Kaplan. Novel Application of a Whole Blood Intracellular Cytokine Detection Assay to Quantitate Specific T Cell Frequency in Field Studies: Journal of Immunological Methods 2004, 291/1-2: 185-195. [cited = 30; IF = 2.120].

7. V Davids, SH Kidson, GS Hanekom. Accurate Molecular Detection of Melanoma Nodal Metastases: An Assessment of Multimarker Assay Specificity, Sensitivity, and Detection Rate; Journal of Molecular Pathology 2003, 56: 43-51. [cited = 22; IF = 2.324].

8. Virginia Davids, Susan H. Kidson and Gideon S. Hanekom. Melanoma Patient Staging: Histopathological Versus Molecular Evaluation of the Sentinel Lymph Node; Melanoma Research 2003, 13: 1-12. [cited = 15; IF = 2.336].

9. Alan Bryer, Amanda Krause, Pierre Bill, Virginia Davids, Daphne Bryant, James Butler, Jeannine Heckmann, Rajkumar Ramesar, Jacquie Greenberg. The Hereditary Adult Onset Ataxias in South Africa: Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2003, 216: 47-54. [cited = 16; IF = 2.359].

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