Assistant Professor Mireille Kamariza was featured on Nature Medicine research journal as one of eleven up-and-coming researchers who are blazing a trail in their respective fields share what they are most excited about and where their research going in the next 5 years. Congratulations Dr. Kamariza!

Here is an excerpt from the journal about Dr. Kamariza:

Junior fellow at Harvard University and incoming assistant professor at the University of California at Los Angeles, USA.

I have a positive outlook for the future of science. I am excited to see the application of innovative technologies and infrastructures developed during the COVID-19 pandemic to longstanding infectious diseases, including tuberculosis and malaria. There has been explosive growth in the diagnostic and surveillance sequencing space, as countries raced to identify which SARS-Cov-2 variant was driving transmission at a given time. These infrastructures can be used to combat other infections, whether seasonal or endemic (e.g., influenza virus or Lassa virus), enabling early detection and rapid control of outbreaks. In my lab, we will continue to leverage chemical and biochemical tools to develop affordable and easily deployable diagnostic technologies that work well in low-income countries.

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