Based in Harare, Zimbabwe, Prof. Katharina Kranzer serves as Director of the Health Research Unit Zimbabwe (THRU-Zim), part of the Biomedical Research and Training Institute (BRTI). She holds academic appointments at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Institute of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine at the LMU University Hospital). 

Her research focuses on tuberculosis (TB), antimicrobial resistance, and health systems in high-burden settings.

She co-leads the ERASE-TB study, funded by EDCTP, together with PD Dr. med. Norbert Heinrich (Institute of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, LMU University Hospital Munich). The study aims to evaluate novel diagnostic tools for early TB detection and targeted preventive treatment.

Further information: Website LSHTM