As a Medical Scientist in the field of medical virology, Ewaldé Cutler is currently involved in HIV surveillance, with specific interests in clinical and implementation research of new HIV diagnostic technologies in the Centre for HIV and STIs at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is trained in HIV molecular diagnostics, HIV vaccine end-point testing and quality assurance. Additionally, Cutler is a Scientific Project Manager for HIV incidence and surveillance trials, National Antenatal HIV Surveys and HIV household surveys.
She has contributed to publications relating to HIV, syphilis, HPV and SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics, medical male circumcision and external quality assurance professional with an MSc focused on Medical Virology from University of the Witwatersrand.