About Dr Cheryl BaxterEmail: cbaxter@sun.ac.zaPhone: 27 (0) 83 515 6929 |
I recently join CERI as the Head of Scientific Support. Prior to joining CERI, I was a Senior Scientist based at the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa for 19 years where I gained extensive experience in the conceptualization, design and conduct of clinical trials including ensuring local and sponsor regulatory compliance. My main research focus is HIV prevention, specifically strategies to reduce HIV acquisition among young women and issues related to sexual and reproductive health. More recently, I have been contributing to Covid-19 research, particularly the monitoring of the epidemic trends in the country. In addition to my research experience, I have a passion for capacity development and have led training programs to build administration and research capacity for African investigators. |
PUBLICATIONS
SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Epidemiology Dashboards: A Review of Functionality and Technological Frameworks for the Public Health Response.
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Understanding the Transmission Dynamics of the Chikungunya Virus in Africa.
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Sustained Human Outbreak of a New MPXV Clade I Lineage in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Disentangling seasonal introduction and establishment risk of dengue in Africa.
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Managing and assembling population-scale data streams, tools and workflows to plan for future pandemics within the INFORM-Africa Consortium.
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Investing in Africa's scientific future.
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Climate Change and Epidemics 2023 Synthesis Report.
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An emerging clade of Chikungunya West African genotype discovered in real-time during 2023 outbreak in Senegal .
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Genomic epidemiology of the cholera outbreak in Malawi 2022-2023.
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Dispersal patterns and influence of air travel during the global expansion of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.
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Evaluation of miniaturized Illumina DNA preparation protocols for SARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequencing.
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SARS-CoV-2 Africa dashboard for real-time COVID-19 information.
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Molecular Epidemiology and Diversity of SARS-CoV-2 in Ethiopia 2020-2022.
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The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance.
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Urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing nomenclature for monkeypox virus.
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Building genomic sequencing capacity in Africa to respond to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
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Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages BA.4 and BA.5 in South Africa.
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Urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing nomenclature for monkeypox virus.
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Trends in HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Incidence in a Hyperendemic Area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Transmission networks and risk of HIV infection in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a community-wide phylogenetic study.
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