Megan Palmer, MD MMed, is a South African paediatrician and clinical researcher at the Desmond Tutu TB Centre at Stellenbosch University in Cape Town. She has worked in the field of paediatric TB research for 11 years and has specific experience in the fields of diagnostics and TB therapeutics. Megan focuses on using data-driven approaches to optimise the use of imaging in the diagnosis, disease severity stratification and management of TB in children. She is specifically interested in imaging strategies that are potentially point-of-care and accessible in high-TB burden, low-resource settings and is passionate about training and capacity building.