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Hire Dr. Fredrick N.

South Africa

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Postdoctoral Research Associate at Center for Research on the Respiratory Microbiota of African Children (ReMAC), UCT

Profile Summary

My research focuses on understanding of the ecological, evolutionary, and socio-ecological principles and processes that influence the transmission dynamics of viral infectious diseases in Africa. The studies are geared towards generating a quantitative or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics. The focus is on discovery of principles of infectious disease transmission and testing mathematical or computational models that elucidate infectious disease systems. Special focus of the studies is on the predictors and interactions of transmission among humans, non-human animals. This includes, for example, the spread of pathogens; the influence of environmental factors such as climate; the population dynamics and genetics of reservoir species or hosts; the cultural, social, behavioral, and economic dimensions of disease transmission. It is highly appreciated that research on disease systems of public health concern to developing countries are strongly needed as a it is these countries that bear the disproportionate load of disease burden. The studies combine multidisciplinary approaches with the goal of integrating knowledge across disciplines to enhance our ability to predict and control infectious diseases. This is also extended to diseases that affect both animals and humans under the one health paradigm

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Molecular Evolution
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Infectious Disease

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing

Research Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Cape Town

February 2018 - Present

Education

PhD student (Division of Computational Biology, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences)

University of Cape Town

March 2013 - December 2017

MS Bioinformatics (South African National Bioinformatics Institute)

University of the Western Cape

February 2011 - March 2013

BS Biomedical Sciences & Technology (Biomedical Sciences & Technology)

Maseno University

September 2000 - August 2005

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2019). Evolutionary dynamics of ten novel Gamma-PVs: insights from phylogenetic incongruence, recombination and phylodynamic analyses . BMC Genomics.

(2018). Evolutionary analyses of Sindbis virus strains isolated from mosquitoes in Kenya . Archives of Virology.

(2016). MEETING REPORT: UNESCO-MERCK AFRICA RESEARCH SUMMIT 2015- ACCELERATING ACCESS AND SUSTAINING INNOVATION 'FROM AFRICA FOR AFRICA' . African journal of infectious diseases.

(2015). Phylogenetic Exploration of Nosocomial Transmission Chains of 2009 Influenza A/H1N1 among Children Admitted at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa in 2011 . PLOS ONE.

(2015). Phylogenetics of HIV-1 subtype G env: Greater complexity and older origins than previously reported . Infection, Genetics and Evolution.

(2014). Whole genome phylogenetic investigation of a West Nile virus strain isolated from a tick sampled from livestock in north eastern Kenya . Parasites & Vectors.