Biography

I am a lecturer in the Disease Control track in the School of Health Systems and Public Health, at the University of Pretoria. I am also a scientist in the Environmental Chemical Pollution and Health (ECPH) Research Unit and a member of the management committee of the University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC). I have worked in the field of endocrine disruption since 2007 and completed my PhD, in Environmental Health, in the School of Health Systems and Public Health, UP on “Effects of in utero-, lactational- and direct exposure to selected endocrine disrupting chemicals on the rat male reproductive system” in 2016. I was the postdoctoral fellow managing two South African-Canadian study “Father's lasting influence: Molecular foundations of intergenerational transmission of the paternal environment” and “Generational and sex-specific effects of paternal environmental exposures on offspring development health”.

Discipline/s:

Environment Health, Reproductive Toxicology and Disease Control

Research description

My research focus area is Environmental and Social Impacts on Infectious and Chronic Diseases. My research aims to integrate the sustainable development goals into public health research, since trans-disciplinary approaches are required to deal with complex environmental-social issues that have an influence on existing and emerging diseases. In particular SDG 3 (specifically 3.3 – among others, reduce the deaths of malaria and other neglected tropical diseases and 3.9 – reduce the amount of illnesses/deaths to harmful chemicals among others), SDG4 – using education as a tool to promote healthy lifestyle and reduce harmful exposures through community interventions, SDG6 (specifically 6.2 – relating to water quality and to reduce/remove pollutants from the water.

Orchid ID/Research gate/Website or other relevant links.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-0068

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sean_Patrick

https://www.futureafrica.science/index.php/profile/sean-patrick-778