Dr Michelle Groome

Dr Michelle Groome is currently Head of the Division of Public Health

Surveillance and Response at the National Institute for Communicable

Diseases. She previously led the Diarrhoeal Disease portfolio at the SAMRC: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit. She has 18 years' experience in the field of infectious diseases and vaccinology, including conduct of clinical vaccine trials, respiratory and diarrhoeal disease surveillance programmes and observational studies assessing vaccine impact, effectiveness, immunogenicity and safety in South Africa. She obtained her medical degree, MSc Med (Epi & Biostats) and PhD in

Public Health from Wits. She holds a joint appointment as Senior Researcher in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Wits, where she lectures and supervises post-graduate students.