Full First Name(s)
Mantombi
Title (honorific)
Miss
Academic Qualifications
MSc Med Bioethics and Health Law (2020, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa); B Med Sc Hons Pharmacology (2009, University of the Free State, South Africa); B Med Sc Hons Physiology (2004, University of the Free State, South Africa); BSc (2003, University of the Free State, South Africa)
Brief Biography (English)

Miss Mantombi Maseme is a medical scientist at the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) Biobank, Johannesburg, South Africa. She has been working in various positions as a medical scientist (microbiology discipline), with experience in routine laboratory diagnostics in line with Quality Management Systems (QMS) of medical laboratories namely ISO 15189 and ISO 9001 within the context of biobanking as well as research positions. These include positions at the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) mycobacteriology referral laboratory in Braamfontein mainly stationed in the molecular tuberculosis (TB) testing section, a position at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases’ (NICD) Special Bacterial Pathogens Reference Laboratory as well as the current position. Mantombi also spent 3 years in laboratory technical support and medical sales where she worked at Hain Lifescience South Africa and Aberrant Medical supplies, respectively. Her career interests are biobanking, infectious disease and drug research as well as bioethics and health systems regulations. She is a PhD candidate in Bioethics and Health Law at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Job Title
Medical scientist
Primary Organisation
National Health Laboratory Service
Website Address for Primary Organisation
African Country
South Africa
African Region
Southern Africa
Non-African country/countries of residing and working (present & past)
None