Senior Specialist: Department of Paediatrics & Child Health,
Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital
Mark Fredric Cotton was born on 5 March 1956 at Cape Town. He studied Medicine
at the Universities of Cape Town (MB, ChB, 1974-79), Witwatersrand (MMed, 1987,
Paediatrics, DTM&H, 1987, Tropical Medicine) and Denver, CO (1991 - 1994,
Infectious Diseases, Diploma in pediatrics (ABP), 1995). He obtained a PhD at
Stellenbosch University in Dec 2004.
Since June 1996 Mark is Senior Specialist at the Department of Paediatrics &
Child Health, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital. He is
Director of the Family Clinic for HIV & KID-CRU (Children's Infectious Diseases
Clinical Research Unit and principal investigator Stellenbosch PACTG (Pediatric
AIDS Clinical Trial Group) site.
Mark is married and has three children.
Research and professional experience:
June1991: Post doctoral scholarship from Medical Research Council of South
Africa
Jan 1995 - Dec 1995: Pediatric AIDS Foundation Scholar's Award by the
Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Los Angeles.
Clinical training
Internship: Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town Jan 1980 to Dec 1980
Residency: University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg: Jan 1984 - Dec 1987
UCHSC-Denver CO: July 1994 - June 1995
Pediatric Infectious diseases Fellowship:
The Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado - (July 1991 to June 1994) Program
Director - Mark J Abzug. Commenced laboratory based research with Dr Terri
Finkel at the National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine on
apoptosis in pediatric HIV disease in July 1992.
Research associate:
National Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado
(July 1994 - Dec1995). Recipient of Pediatric AIDS Foundation Scholar Award from
Jan 1995 to Dec 1995 in Dr Terri Finkel's laboratory, studying the role of
apoptosis in pediatric HIV infection.
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