Bahiah Meyer

Motivated student currently writing up their PhD dissertation in Medical Virology. Adept at preparing resources, equipment and materials for clinical research. Extensive background in HIV-1 Envelope characterisation research to inform vaccine design and more recently, in women's sexual and reproductive health. Seeking to maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.

• Conference Attendance and Presentations

- Keystone Symposium 2018: Role of the Vaginal Tract Microbiome in Sexual and Reproductive Health

- SASUF Symposium on Immunoproteomics of Infectious And Non-Communicable Diseases 2019

- Presented "A GIFT (Genital InFlammation Test) for HIV prevention" at the 11th African Congress of Immunology - FAIS Africa

- International Workshop on HIV & Adolescence 2021

- International Workshop on Microbiome & HIV Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment 2021

- HIV Transmission 2021 (Virtual; scholarship received to attend)

- Keystone Symposium: eSymposia on Global Priorities in Vaginal Health: Microbes, Mucosal Immunity and Interventions 2021

- Presented "A GIFT (Genital InFlammation Test) for HIV prevention" at the Workshop on HIV & Women 2022

- Hosted a webinar entitled "Strategies to improve STI and BV management in Africa" as part of the David & Elaine Potter Fellowship (2020)

• Journal articles:

- Radzey N, Harryparsad R, Meyer B* , et al. Genital inflammatory status and the innate immune response to contraceptive initiation. AmJReprodImmunol. 2022;e13542. https://doi.org/10.1111/aji.13542

- Khumalo, F., Passmore, J. S., Manhanzva, M., Meyer, B., Duyver, M., Lurie, M., Tanko, R. F., & Masson, L. (2023). Shifting the power: scale-up of access to point-of-care and self-testing for sexually transmitted infections in low-income and middle-income settings. Current opinion in infectious diseases, 36(1), 49–56.

- Harryparsad R, Meyer B*, et al. Prevalence and incidence of sexually transmitted infections among South African women initiating injectable and long-acting contraceptives (submitted to PLOS ONE)

*first co-author

Good Clinical Practice

Dr Andre Swanepoel, Medical Research Manager, Harvest Australia: a.andre.swanepoel@gmail.com

Dr Lindi Masson. PhD supervisor. Life Sciences Discipline, Burnet Institute and Department of Pathology, UCT: lindi.masson@uct.ac.za; +61 42 070 0381

Dr Zenda Woodman. Honours and Master’s supervisor. Department of Integrated Biomedical Sciences, UCT: zenda.woodman@uct.ac.za; +27 21 406 6480