PhD: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa, 2016.
PG Diploma: Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs, Hamdard University, New Delhi, India, 2008.
MSc: Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, India, 2004.
MPH: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2024.
Pregnant women; newborn and infant health; vaccine preventable infections and deaths
Immunological correlates of protection; development of new vaccine candidates; infectious diseases surveillance; sero-surveillance and immunology studies; vaccine clinical and pre-clinical studies
Infectious Diseases
Interlaboratory comparison of a multiplex immunoassay that measures human serum IgG antibodies against six-group B streptococcus polysaccharides. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics. 2024; 20:2330138.
T-cell responses to ancestral SARS-CoV-2 and Omicron variant among unvaccinated pregnant and postpartum women living with and without HIV in South Africa. Scientific Reports. 2024; 14:20348.
Surface protein distribution in Group B Streptococcus isolates from South Africa and identifying vaccine targets through in silico analysis. Scientific Reports. 2024; 14:22665.
Prevalence of group B Streptococcus colonisation in mother-newborn dyads in low-income and middle-income south Asian and African countries: a prospective, observational study. The Lancet Microbe. 2024; 5:100897.
Vaccine value profile for Klebsiella pneumoniae. Vaccine. 2024; 42:S125-S141.
Distributions of candidate vaccine Targets, virulence Factors, and resistance features of invasive group B Streptococcus using Whole-Genome Sequencing: A Multicenter, population-based surveillance study. Vaccine. 2024; 42:3564-3571.
Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection in health care workers from South Africa. Oxford Open Immunology. 2024; 5:iqae001.
Prevalence and Levels of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in the Eswatini Population and Subsequent Severity of the Fourth COVID-19 Epidemic Wave. 2024; 4:317-333.
Combinatorial multimer staining and spectral flow cytometry facilitate quantification and characterization of polysaccharide-specific B cell immunity. Communications Biology. 2023; 6:1095.
Development of A Standardized Opsonophagocytosis Killing Assay for Group B Streptococcus and Assessment in an Interlaboratory Study. Vaccines. 2023; 11:1703.