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She also holds a joint appointment as lecturer in the School of Pathology at the University of Witwatersrand. Alane received her PhD in Biostatistics from Harvard University School of Public Health. In September 2011, she joined Wits VIDA for a post-doctoral fellowship. Alane has served as the primary statistician on observational studies and clinical trials in the unit and has experience in both frequentist and Bayesian methods. She has worked on a number of studies evaluating and analysing the efficacy of vaccines, the immunogenicity following vaccination, seasonal associations of respiratory diseases, impact of treatment programs, modelling infectious diseases over time, and exploring possible candidates for a correlate of protection against invasive GBS disease. Alane has also been actively involved in mentoring, tutoring and supervising students at Wits VIDA in Biostatistics as well as volunteering her time as a lecturer and a reviewer for PhD protocol assessments at the University of Witwatersrand School of Public Health. [/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

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As part of the clinical team, which she currently leads, Anthonet had been sub-investigator on more than 20 clinical trials ranging from phase I-III, and principal investigator on three. These include trials on pneumococcal, meningococcal, rotavirus, influenza, RSV, group B streptococcus and measles vaccines. She is also the co-author on 14 vaccine-related publications. 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With a passion for communication and connecting, she has a diverse network spanning industries and regions, and experience in both the private and third sector. At the Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit (VIDA) she provides organisational leadership and support to the Executive Director, Professor Madhi, to deliver the strategic objectives of the Faculty of Health Sciences through Wits Health Consortium. She manages a staff compliment of 350 which includes the data unit, laboratory, clinics across multiple sites, the regulatory and ethics department as well as unit operations. Catherine also oversees financial, contracts and management for clinical research activities (epidemiological studies and clinical trials) and this includes Dedicated project management and national research coordination of key studies for the unit, including COVID-19 vaccine trials (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and Novavax) . 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Dr Alane Izu

Dr Alane Izu

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Dr Vicky Lynne Baillie

Dr Vicky Lynne Baillie

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Dr Gaurav Kwatra

Dr Gaurav Kwatra

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Anthonet Koen

Anthonet Koen

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Catherine Hill

Catherine Hill

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Dr Marta Nunes

Dr Marta Nunes

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Prof. Shabir A. Madhi

Prof. Shabir A. Madhi

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2 weeks ago

Scientists hard at work! In the top image Medical Scientist, Lara Van Der Merwe is holding a Fluidigm plate. These plates allow our scientists to screen 90 samples against 115 different targets simultaneously. The reaction set allows us to serotype Streptococcus pneumoniae (detect 94 serotypes) and to also detect and quantify common viral and bacterial pathogens - it is the most comprehensive high-throughput quantitative molecular serotyping reaction set developed to date and it was optimised and validated here at Wits VIDA! The assay is used to monitor nasopharyngeal carriage in both urban and rural communities in South Africa and to serotype pneumococcus in a cohort of children that received alternate doses of the Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV). In the second image, Lara is using Real-Time PCR Analysis Software in the BIOMARK instrument to analyse the Fluidigm data.Wits Faculty of Health Sciences #science #WomenInSTEM #medicalresearch ... See MoreSee Less

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Meet our Team! Wits VIDA Medical Scientist Christian Mukendi is seen here working in a Biosafety Cabinet. He is washing differentiated HL60 cells with Hanks' Balanced Salt Solution (HBSS) in preparation for the Opsonophagocytic Assay (OPA) assay. #science #medicalresearch #medicalsciences Wits Faculty of Health Sciences ... See MoreSee Less

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1 month ago

Members of our clinical trials team represented Wits VIDA at the Zola Clinic Open Day this week. Mothers were gifted with essential baby items, and child health awareness as well as the importance of childhood vaccinations was promoted. ... See MoreSee Less

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2 months ago

Watch: Prof Madhi on protecting young infants through maternal vaccination youtube.com/watch?v=jHKZw9I7qAQWits - University of the Witwatersrand eNCAnews ... See MoreSee Less

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3 months ago

Congratulations to VIDA Ph.D. Research Fellow in Vaccinology, William McMahon on winning the Best Student Oral Presentation in Clinical Sciences and Therapeutics for Health at this year's Wits - University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences Research Day!"My presentation focussed on T cell responses induced by the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine in response to wild-type SARS-CoV-2 (ancestral virus) among people living with and without HIV in South Africa. Results presented (although not yet published) belong to a sub-study allocated to my Ph.D. research project in Vaccinology which broadly aims to investigate cell-mediated immunity induced by Covid-19 vaccines and SARS-CoV-2 infection. This sub-study forms part of the main Covid-19 vaccine trial (COV005) conducted at Wits VIDA which assessed the safety and immunogenicity of AZD1222 in people living with and without HIV in South Africa. Results of the main trial have been published in Lancet HIV (DOI: doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(21)00157-0)" ... See MoreSee Less

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3 months ago

Wits VIDA staff and students representing at the Wits - University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences research day - come and say hi and learn more about our work! ... See MoreSee Less

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4 months ago

Witsies Tamiru Abiye, Professor of Hydrogeology in Geosciences; Sehliselo ‘Selo’ Ndlovu, Professor of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering and DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Hydrometallurgy and Sustainable Development; and Shabir Madhi, Professor of Vaccinology and Dean of Health Sciences (all pictured below left to right) won the Researcher, Capacity Development, and Lifetime Achievement awards respectively at the 2021/2022 NSTF-South32 Awards, the 'Science Oscars'. Read their inspiring stories of research for good here: bit.ly/3zDXk3j ... See MoreSee Less

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5 months ago

Congratulations Prof Madhi!Congratulations to Prof. Shabir Madhi the Dean of the Wits Faculty of Health Sciences for winning the @NSTF_SA Lifetime Achievement Award!Madhi is a Professor of Vaccinology at Wits as well as Director of the SA Medical Research Council Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit (Wits-VIDA), and Co-Director of African Leadership in Vaccinology Expertise (ALIVE) at Wits.A National Research Foundation A-rated scientist and a paediatrician, Madhi’s research has focused on the epidemiology and clinical development of vaccines against pneumonia and diarrhoeal disease. These studies have informed World Health Organization recommendations on the use of the lifesaving pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and rotavirus vaccine in children, and flu vaccination of pregnant women. Madhi led South Africa and Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccine trials (Oxford/AstraZeneca and Novavax Covid-19 vaccine). ... See MoreSee Less

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6 months ago

Happening today! Webinar with Prof Shabir Madhi on the Changing face of the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa. Register here: saimmunology.org.za/webinars.html ... See MoreSee Less

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8 months ago

“COVID-19 had a huge impact on household income and the ability to feed children. What makes it even worse, is the fact that children couldn’t go to school to get nutritional supplements. Some of these children depend on these school meals in the absence of any breakfast,” - Dr Portia Mutevedzi shared research by Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), locally led by Wits VIDA.Wits - University of the WitwatersrandRead more here: health-e.org.za/2022/04/06/obesity-stunting-on-the-rise-among-sas-children/ ... See MoreSee Less

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