Biography

Prof Annelies Van Rie is a physician-scientist, epidemiologist and public health specialist. She is driven by translating knowledge gained through state-of-the-art research into practice and action. Her expertise lies in the study of tuberculosis, especially drug resistant tuberculosis and the use of sequencing technologies to improve outcomes in resource poor settings.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Predicting delayed culture conversion in people receiving treatment for rifampicin-resistant TB

The simplified risk score, with satisfactory predictive performance, can serve as a tool for clinicians to estimate the risk of delayed culture conversion in RR-TB patients, facilitating early risk stratification and individualized management.

Source: Conference 2024

Research Summaries