Mr Howard, Wayne

Wayne Howard is a Medical Scientist at the Centre for Vaccines and Immunology at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has been involved in poliovirus surveillance and eradication efforts for over a decade. As a virologist and molecular biologist, his poliovirus eradication efforts have seen him working with the World Health Organization and the National Department of Health. Howard is involved periodically in training delegates from African countries in poliovirus laboratory surveillance techniques. He is trained in high-containment laboratory operations and is now branching out into immunology. His Ph.D. is focusing on the nicotinamide synthesis pathway and macrophage polarisation in COVID-19.