Working groups
Lindi has been involved in women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health research for over 15 years. She heads research groups at Burnet Institute and the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa. The focus of her work is to understand risk factors for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, and adverse birth outcomes in women and girls. Her work aims to use this knowledge to develop affordable and feasible tools to improve sexual and reproductive health, particularly in resource-limited settings.
Lindi has experience leading clinical studies in resource-limited settings, developing point-of-care diagnostic tests and biotherapeutics, as well as characterising vaginal microbiome and immunological profiles using approaches such as metaproteomics, culturomics, luminex and flow cytometry.
PLoS ONE
Lindi Masson
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Christine Jordan, Lindi Masson
medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Lindi Masson
We’re developing a diagnostic test for genital inflammation to identify women with asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis.
This project uses metaproteomics data to describe the microbial activities and properties that drive genital inflammation, reduce epithelial barrier integrity and increase HIV infection risk.
The vaginal microbiome is a key determinant of a women’s sexual and reproductive health. There is an unmet need for effective non-antibiotic-based strategies to target bacterial vaginosis and its adverse sequelae.