Ziyaad Dangor is the clinical research director at the world-renowned Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit (VIDA) at the University of the Witwatersrand. He also works as a paediatric pulmonologist in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital. His research interests include paediatric lung health, infectious diseases, health advocacy and medical education. Ziyaad has undertaken investigator-initiated, original research using a range of clinical, epidemiological, and laboratory-based research techniques to establish a successful research output, including the publication of cited papers in high-impact factor journals in the field.

Ziyaad is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching at the University of Witwatersrand. He is the ex-president of the South African Paediatric Association, an examiner in the College of Paediatricians of South Africa, and an instructor with the Advanced Paediatric Life Support Group.