Anne Wyllie
New Zealand microbiologist and epidemiologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the New Zealand microbiologist. For the New Zealand botanist, see Ann Wylie.
Anne Louise Wyllie (born 1985) is a New Zealand microbiologist who was the lead author of a 2020 research article which led to the development of the SalivaDirect PCR method of testing saliva for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.[2] She has also worked on community studies to better understand pneumococcal disease.[3] She is a research scientist in epidemiology with the Public Health Modeling Unit at Yale University.
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Born | Anne Louise Wyllie 1985 Auckland, New Zealand |
Nationality | New Zealander |
Other names | The Spit Queen[1] |
Alma mater | University of Auckland Utrecht University |
Known for | Developing saliva testing for SARS-CoV-2 |
Awards | COVID-19 Research Award (Yale School of Public Health) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Epidemiology of microbial diseases |
Institutions | Public Health Modeling Unit, Yale University |
Thesis | Molecular surveillance of pneumococcal carriage in all ages (2016) |
Doctoral advisor | Elisabeth Sanders Krzystof Trzcinski |
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