Our team spans paediatricians, nurses, data scientists, and global health researchers — united by one mission.
Dr Felicity Fitzgerald
Wellcome Clinical Associate Professor & Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Felicity is a Wellcome Clinical Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, who works between Imperial College London and The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe (THRU-Zim) at the Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe. Her research is focused on the identification, prevention and treatment of neonatal sepsis- in particular how to safely reduce unnecessary antibiotic use in babies, and prevent the spread of infection on neonatal units.
Dr Gwendoline Chimhini
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Child Adolescent and Women’s Health
Gwendoline is a senior lecturer in the Child and Adolescent Health Unit, Department of Child, Adolescent and Women’s Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, with 16 years’ experience in neonatology. Her research focuses on neonatal sepsis, healthcare-associated infections in newborns, and the long-term outcomes of preterm infants who survive the neonatal period.
Dr Johnelize Louw
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Johnelize is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at Stellenbosch University. She recently completed her PhD in Public Health and Health Systems. As part of NeoNET Africa, her current research focuses on contributing towards the development of a federated analysis platform for neonatal sepsis in Africa to support collaborative, data-driven research. Her role includes coordinating the study, developing study materials, obtaining ethics approvals, leading the development of a minimum neonatal sepsis dataset, and supporting data governance in various ways. Her research interests include public health, health systems strengthening, and neonatal infectious diseases.
Dr Larisse Bolton
Mathematical epidemiologist & researcher
Larisse is a mathematical epidemiologist, with expertise spanning applied mathematics and mathematical modelling, data analysis, and epidemiology, with a focus on the application of computational approaches to maternal and child health priority diseases. To date, Larisse has been a part of the Neonatal Infections Research Group at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Stellenbosch University at Tygerberg Hospital, addressing topics such as neonatal sepsis mortality, optimizing healthcare resource allocation, and strengthening epidemiological capacity. She has been a part of the NeoNET AFRICA team since its inception, providing computational, research and administrative support. She is currently a researcher at the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACMEA), based at Stellenbosch University.
Kevin Meck
AI/Data Scientist, Biomedical Engineer, & early career researcher
Kevin is an AI/Data Scientist, Biomedical Engineer, and early career researcher specializing in health data analytics and clinical predictive modeling. Across NeoNET Africa, the Biomedical Research & Training Institute (BRTI), The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe (THRU-Zim), and Neotree, my work focuses on building predictive models to support clinical decision-making, and designing and developing federated data analysis infrastructure for neonatal healthcare.
Professor Adrie Bekker
Professor of Paediatrics & Neonatologist
Adrie is a Professor of Paediatrics in the Division of Neonatology at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, with 17 years of experience as a neonatologist. Her research focuses on neonatal infectious diseases and the pharmacology and safety of anti-infective medicines in this population. Adrie is an investigator in the NIH-funded IMPAACT and PENTA ID Networks and has led many pharmacokinetic and safety studies in term and preterm neonates.
Professor Angela Dramowski
Professor & Head of Clinical Unit for General Paediatrics
Angela is Professor and Head of Clinical Unit for General Paediatrics at Stellenbosch University-Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. She co-leads several committees advancing research and clinical practice in neonatal and paediatric sepsis including the NeoNET AFRICA partnership. As an infectious disease paediatrician and infection preventionist, she is inspired by the broad range of clinical challenges she has encountered in her 25 years of public health service. She is passionate about using data to drive improvements in the safety and quality of care for hospitalised newborns.
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