Dr Said, Halima

Dr Said, is Medical Scientist specializing in Medical Microbiology. She had Hons and MSc in general Microbiology from University of Pretoria. She obtained her second MSc in Medical microbiology from University of Limpopo and has a PhD in Med Microbiology from University of Pretoria. Her early research was on Salmonella and genotyping of Human Papilloma Virus. Her subsequent and current research focus is on Tuberculosis, mainly molecular epidemiology of TB as well as in drug-resistance in TB. She played a pivotal role in the establishment and implementation of molecular typing laboratory at the center TB, which was previously carried out at specialized off-site laboratories.
She had comprehensive background and experience in clinical evaluation of numerous diagnostic assays and clinical trial studies. She is affiliated lecture at University of Free State, participates in supervision of postgraduate students. She is a C rated NRF researcher, had published over 20 publications, which comprise research papers in accredited journals and conference proceedings. She have reviewed international journals, a number of funding applications. She has served as an examiner for Masters and Doctoral dissertations and thesis at a number of universities.