Global InformationMarietjie Venter information
Marietjie Venter | |
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| Born | Marietjie Van Aardt Venter South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Alma mater | University of Pretoria University of the Witwatersrand |
| Occupation | Researcher |
| Employer | University of the Witwatersrand |
| Organization(s) | Infectious Diseases and Oncology Research Institute - University of the Witwatersrand |
| Known for | Virology |
| Notable work | Chairperson at SAGO for WHO |
| Title | Professor |
Marietjie Van Aardt Venter or simply Marietjie Venter, is a South African virologist and researcher.[1] She serves as a distinguished professor and research chair in Emerging Viral Threats & One Health (EViTOH) in the Infectious Disease and Oncology Research Institute (IDORI) at the University of the Witwatersrand. Since 2021, she has chaired the SAGO, a WHO permanent advisory body on the origins of emerging infectious diseases including COVID-19.[2][3][4] Prior to this, Venter has been serving in the Department of Medical Virology at the University of Pretoria since 2005, leading the Zoonotic Arbo & Respiratory Viruses research program and co-founding the Centre for Viral Zoonoses and is the Director for the Centre for Emerging arbo and respiratory virus research (CEARV) in an extraordinary Professor position at University of Pretoria.[5][6]
Between 2009 and 2014, Venter served as co-director of the Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis at NICD and from 2014-2016 One Health Programme director, for the Global Disease Detection Centre, of the US-CDC in South Africa. In 2013, she won the NSTF award for the best output by a senior scientist within the previous 5 to 10 years in South Africa.[7] Since 2020, she has been the vice president of the World Society for Virology responsible for Africa, and the president-elect of the organization since 2024.[8]
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- ^ "Coronavirus origins: WHO's Sago experts sit down for first meeting". South China Morning Post. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Covid-19 vaccine and the road to recovery". The Mail & Guardian. 2020-12-15. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
- ^ "Asymptomatic animal handlers transmit Covid Delta variant to lions at zoo in South Africa: Study". The Times of India. 2022-01-19. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
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