Contact information
Tamalee Roberts
Research Microbiologist
- Data Manager
LOMWRU & MAEMOD
Dr Tamalee Roberts is a Research Microbiologist and Data Manager working at the Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital Wellcome Research Unit (LOMWRU) in Vientiane, Laos in collaboration with the Mathematical Modelling Group (MAEMOD) at the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) in Bangkok. Tamalee has 10 years experience in laboratory clinical diagnostic microbiology and parasitology. After completing her PhD in Molecular Parasitology, she pursued her passion for developing research and diagnostic capacity in LMICs.
Tamalee currently works on developing and supporting new databases for storage of quality data from large multi-center studies as well as cleaning and analysis of data for reports and articles. Tamalee is assisting the clinical microbiology laboratory in LQMS documentation and implementation in lines with ISO 15189 as well as collaborating on several research projects on antimicrobial resistance and rickettsial and zoonotic diseases.
Recent publications
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ACORN (A Clinically-Oriented Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network): a pilot protocol for case based antimicrobial resistance surveillance
Journal article
Turner P. et al, (2020), Wellcome Open Research, 5, 13 - 13
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Estimation of Incidence of Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Journal article
Chanthavilay P. et al, (2020), The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 102, 744 - 748
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Typhoid in Laos: An 18-Year Perspective.
Journal article
Roberts T. et al, (2020), The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 102
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Elizabethkingia anophelis Infection in Infants, Cambodia, 2012-2018.
Journal article
Reed TAN. et al, (2020), Emerging infectious diseases, 26, 320 - 322
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Microbiology Investigation Criteria for Reporting Objectively (MICRO): a framework for the reporting and interpretation of clinical microbiology data
Journal article
Turner P. et al, (2019), BMC Medicine, 17