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PROF, Director for Research, Postgraduate Studies and Innovations/ Director SMU Diarrhoeal Pathogens Research Unit (DPRU)/ WHO Rotavirus Regional Reference laboratory
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I have strong background knowledge of strategy development and execution within the research directorate. My sixteen years of experience in the Department of Virology has provided me with a broad knowledge of excellence in research, teaching and administrative duties. I have earned local and international recognition in the field of viral gastroenteritis, where I have made valuable contribution in the introduction of rotavirus vaccine in South Africa and the success of the WHO rotavirus regional reference laboratory- South Africa. My duties included generating data on the circulating rotavirus strains in the in the African continent and working closely with the National Department of Health, Ministries of Health of 16 African countries and the WHO African Region (AFRO). In addition, my responsibilities have provided me an opportunity to collaboration with the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the University of Cincinnati, and the J Craig Venter Institute in the USA.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
PhD, Virology, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
Award Date: 7 May 2010
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review