Dr Wolter, Nicole

Dr Nicole Wolter is a Principal Medical Scientist in the Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis (CRDM) at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases in Johannesburg, South Africa. She also holds a joint appointment as a Lecturer within the School of Pathology at the University of Witwatersrand. She received her PhD in Molecular Microbiology in 2007 from the University of Witwatersrand, and an MSc in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in 2019. Dr Wolter is an NRF-rated scientist, and has published more than 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals. In her position at the NICD, she leads a team of scientists in surveillance and research focused on the epidemiology, advanced diagnostics and molecular characterisation of pathogens causing respiratory disease in South Africa. Her research interests include understanding the burden, epidemiology and transmission of respiratory diseases in order to guide public health policy and action.