Tivani Mashamba-Thompson is a internationally trained Molecular Biology Medical Scientist who is duly registered by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). She holds the esteemed position of Professor of Diagnostics Research and serves as the Deputy Dean of Research and Postgraduate Studies for the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria. Additionally, she is the valued founder and lead Principal Investigator for the REASSURED-d@UP research group. 

Furthermore, Mashamba-Thompson assumes the role of co-Director at the University of Pretoria MartiTB Diagnostics PTY(LTD), University of Pretoria. Her responsibilities extend to serving as the Deputy Chair of the National Health Research Committee, as well as holding a non-executive board membership with South Africa’s National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS), where she serves as the Deputy Chairperson of the NHLS Research and Innovation Committee. Notably, she also contributes her expertise as a scientific advisor for Abbott International and a member of the external advisory council for PORTENT Center at Cornell, University.