Fourth Meeting of the DS-I Africa Consortium
16 - 22 November 2024
The Ravenala Attitude Hotel, Mauritius

Dr Houriiyah Tegally - Speaker

Role of Data Streams In Informing Infection Dynamics in Africa (DMAC Lead/Member)

Houriiyah holds a PhD in Virology & Bioinformatics. She is the Head of Data Science at the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation focusing on the genomic epidemiology and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and arboviruses in Africa along with associated impacts of climate change on transmission dynamics. During the COVID-19 pandemic she optimized the assembly and analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from multiple African countries for outbreak response, which was pivotal in the identification of the Beta and Omicron variants of concern. Her research interests revolve around the genomic surveillance of infectious diseases and particularly the use of genomics and phylogenetics within epidemiological and population-scale data to reconstruct and track their transmission dynamics and impact.