Dr Nadan, Sandrama

Dr Sandrama Nadan holds a BSc degree in Microbiology and Biochemistry from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, an honours degree from the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, and a master’s degree and doctorate from the University of Pretoria. She is actively involved in enteric diarrhoeal research and is currently a Senior Medical Scientist at the Centre for Enteric Diseases at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Dr Nadan is involved in training young scientists, intern scientists and postgraduate students. She also serves as a reviewer for peer-reviewed scientific publications. Her research interests lie in the molecular epidemiology of viruses, childhood diarrhoeal diseases and public health. She has a keen interest in vaccination development and rollouts, including surveillance and monitoring the changes in the healthcare environment post-vaccination.
She has authored, and is co-authored several scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals and is the recipient of a PRF grant and the NHLS Research Trust grant. Her current research project is investigation of the molecular characterisation of astroviruses, a viral aetiological agent of diarrhoea in humans. The aim of the project is to develop alternate methods for identification of different genotypes and thereby present revised criteria for the current system used in astrovirus classification.