Community engagement

My strategy for community engagement was refined during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown rules such that I had to adjust the planned school visits. Despite the limitations on public gatherings, I have sort to engage the community at (1) the level of new students joining the university, (2) articles targeted at the general public, (3) radio interviews, and (4) community-driven awareness programmes in response to COVID-19.

University engagement

Talk at UWC 2019 open day about “What is Bioinformatics”. This to inform students and the public about careers in data driven science and the role Bioinformatics have played in understanding diseases.

Public understanding of Science

Published an article in the online public journal “The Conversation”: https://theconversation.com/how-we-used-computers-to-figure-out-drugs-that-can-beat-drug-resistant-tb-108775. Published 14 January, 2019, 3.16pm SAST.

Radio Interview

Radio interview entitled “TB tackled with top technology” on Kayafm with David O’Sullivan on the 21st of January 2019 at 8:20am.

Public/Community engagement

Arranged a public seminar on the “Myths of the COVID-19 vaccine” at the URC Sarepta, ward Silversands on the 24^th of April 2021. Speaker Prof Burtram Fielding.