Houriiyah Tegally

I am a genomic epidemiology researcher and Head of Data Science at the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. I hold a PhD in Bioinformatics from UKZN, South Africa, a MSc in Applied Biosciences and Biotechnology from Imperial College London, and a BSc in Molecular Biology from Yale University. My expertise revolves around the use of phylodynamics in conjunction with epidemiological, geospatial and population-scale data to track infectious diseases. I co-lead the CLIMADE-Africa working group where I am reconstructing, responding to, and forecasting the transmission risks, patterns and outbreak potential of vector and waterborne pathogens on the continent, in the face of climate change and disasters, demographic expansion and increased human mobility.