The Emerging Pathogens Institute was proud to have Dr. Tulio de Oliveira speak at the EPI Research Day 2023 event. Oliveira joined the event virtually for his presentation to discuss the impact of important viral detection work in South Africa, where he and collaborators discovered the omicron variant. His team published over 25 papers in high-volume publications and received much recognition in leading the world during the pandemic.
In recognition of his work to identify and report the emergence of the omicron variant, Time Magazine nominated Oliveira one of the 100 most influential people in 2022. In addition, he serves as director of South Africa’s Center for Epidemic Response and Innovation, and he founded the KawZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP). His talk will focus on “Challenging the status quo and making the global south to lead in genomics surveillance.
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