Rickettsial infections
- Produced six new complete genomes of Orientia tsutsugamushi using long-read sequencing and characterised genomic variation in this species. (PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018;12(6): e0006566)
- Expanded the rickettsial cell biology group to include a second research site at Rutgers University, USA.
- Championed a risk-based approach to lab safety when working with rickettsial pathogens (Clin Infect Dis. 2018. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy675).
- Clinically characterised paediatric scrub typhus in Chiangrai, northern Thailand, and explored the factors contributing to high complication and treatment failure rates (J Ped Inf Dis Soc. 2019).