Immunopaedia.org.za is your passport to knowledge about the immune system, its intricacies, and its role in health and disease. It is all free and accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world. Join us on this educational journey as we explore the fascinating world of immunology.
We launched in 2005 at the South African AIDS Conference. At that time, our focus was on the immunology of HIV infection in children- and hence the origin of our name: Immunopaedia – the immunology of paediatrics.
Our Foundation
We are a registered Non-Profit Company and Public Benefit Organisation in South Africa. We therefore run on donations.
Company Registration Number: 2019/439575/08
Tax Number: 9128455244
PBO Number: 930071372
- We provide free immunology education
- We create and support online courses targeted towards students in low-and-middle income countries
- We offer health professionals in South Africa a free opportunity to earn Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points
Keep us Going
Our Courses
We create and host online courses in partnership with the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) and other bodies. These courses educate and support participants and students before and after Immunology conferences and courses world-wide.
Our Team
Dr Clive M Gray
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Clive Gray is the founder of Immunopaedia and is a Director of the Immunopaedia Foundation. He is a Professor of Immunology in Molecular Biology and Human Genetics. He has created the Reproductive Immunology Research Consortium in Africa (RIRCA) which focuses on children who are born to mothers with HIV and other infectious diseases. Clive is also the head of the IUIS Education Committee.
Bonamy (Bon) Holtak
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Bonamy, better known as Bon, is our Senior Communications Officer and a Director of the Immunopaedia Foundation. Bon curates and coordinates Immunopaedia, she is responsible for content and development as well as overseeing all administrative aspects. She manages all e-learning on the website.
Our History
Dr. Clive Gray, the founder of Immunopaedia, received the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation International Leadership Award to develop a web-based resource to enhance the knowledge of immunology in South Africa-based clinicians. Based on the feedback received from South African paediatricians, who at the time saw immunology as a “laboratory science with little application to clinical practice”, Dr. Gray and colleagues developed a web-based teaching system which later became known as Immunopaedia. The main method employed in this system was a “Trojan Horse Approach” whereby, mentees were presented with a clinical case study and were gradually “lured” into a detailed investigation of clinical and immunological foundations of disease.
Since its inception, Immunopaedia has become a source of immunological knowledge for a broad audience of students, healthcare providers and researchers from both clinical and basic science backgrounds.
Awards We Have Received
Immunopaedia was awarded the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) in 2010. This was a first for a South African online initiative. The SPORE prize was developed to single out the best online materials in science education.
AAAS – Immunology Web Site Awarded Prestigious Prize by Science
Our Collaborators
