Biography

Cynthia Tamandjou is a medical virologist. She obtained her PhD degree in Medical Virology at the University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, South Africa. In collaboration with the Namibian Ministry of Health and the Namibia Institute of Pathology, her PhD focused on the feasibility of implementing routine antenatal POCT of hepatitis B virus (HBV), and the cost-effectiveness of a screen-treat-vaccinate intervention against HBV mother-to-child transmission (MTCT).

Dr Tamandjou did a two-year post-doctoral research fellowship with the Health Economics Unit/Division at the University of Cape town. Her postdoctoral research focused on the cost-effectiveness analyses of strategies against HBV MTCT. She is currently with l’Ecole Institut Pasteur – Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, France finalizing a master’s in public health, with a focus on the control of infectious agents and infectious disease epidemiological modelling.

Her research interests cover maternal and child health, the epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention and management of hepatitis B infection, and economic evaluations of strategies for the control of infectious diseases such as hepatitis B.