1. Working in collaboration with WHO AFRO and Ministries of Health (MoH) in Africa to generate data on the circulating rotavirus strains in the region and to support awareness and regional advocacy for the introduction of rotavirus vaccines.
2. Working with team on “Rotavirus genomics and metagenomics of African stool samples” to explore in-depth genomic diversity of rotavirus strains circulating in African human and animal populations and to investigate novel diarrhoeal pathogens in African children through metagenomics
3. Conduct epidemiological and surveillance studies for diarrhoeal pathogens in 5 African countries
4. Conduct genetic diversity and evolutionary relationship of enteric viruses (norovirus, astrovirus, adenovirus types 40 and 41, hepatitis A and Hepatitis E)
5. Conduct microbiome and metagenomics of the gut

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.