Office
Room 2-37, Paraclinical Building, Onderstepoort

Telephone
+27 12 529 8230

Email
karen.keddy.ac.za

ORCID

0000-0001-8640-2235

Research interests

• Foodborne zoonoses
• Antimicrobial resistance
• One Health
• Burden of Disease – zoonoses and foodborne diseases
• Molecular Epidemiology

Professional and ademic and experience

• Over 25 years’ experience as a researcher.
• Over 25 years’ experience in teaching and learning
• Over 25 years’ experience in Senior Management

Research output/publications

• Over 140 peer reviewed research publications.
• Author and co-author of over 100 conference presentation

Professional memberships

• Health Professions Council of South Africa

Collaboration

National - International:

• Member: WHO Technical Advisory Group on Salmonella Vaccines. 6 February 2024 – current.
• Member: SAPORT (Scientific Advisory Process for Optimal Research on Typhoid disease burden), BMGF, 31 August 2022 – present.
• Member: WHO Technical Advisory Group on Vaccines and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2023

Industry:

• Scientific Advisory Board, Next Biosciences, Midrand, South Africa

NRF rating

• N/A

Awards and recognition

• ICEID Leadership Programme: International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA, USA, 24 – 26 August 2015