Eftyhia Vardas Explained
Eftyhia Vardas FC Path is an honorary extraordinary professor in medical virology at the Department of Medical Virology, University of Stellenbosch, and head of virology at Lancet Laboratories in Johannesburg. She is a member of the COVID-19 Ministerial Advisory Committee to the South African minister of health.
Education
Vardas graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand (UoW) with a BSc in medical physiology and subsequently received her MBBCh, followed by DTM&H and DPH.[1]
Career
She undertook her specialist training at the National Institutes of Communicable diseases in South Africa and also qualified as a fellow of the South African College of Pathologists in clinical virology.[1] She gained a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene, public health from the UoW and infectious disease modelling from the London School of Tropical Hygiene and Medicine.
Vardas is a member of the COVID-19 Ministerial Advisory Committee to the South African minister of health.[1] [2] She is an honorary extraordinary professor in medical virology at the Department of Medical Virology, University of Stellenbosch, and head of virology at Johannesburg's Lancet Laboratories,[3] where, in November 2021, observations of a new SARS-CoV-2 virus led to the discovery of Omicron.[4]
Her past research has included trials on developing therapeutic vaccines for HIV/AIDS,[5] hepatitis B vaccines and human papilloma virus vaccines.[1]
Other work
In 2009 she qualified for the diploma of Cape Wine Master with a dissertation titled "The fall and rise of Sémillon in South Africa".[6] [7]
Selected publications
- Efficacy of Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine against HPV Infection and Disease in Males . New England Journal of Medicine . 3 February 2011 . 364 . 5 . 401–411 . 10.1056/NEJMoa0909537 . 21288094 . 0028-4793. Giuliano . Anna R. . Palefsky . Joel M. . Goldstone . Stephen . Moreira . Edson D. . Penny . Mary E. . Aranda . Carlos . Vardas . Eftyhia . Moi . Harald . Jessen . Heiko . Hillman . Richard . Chang . Yen-Hwa . Ferris . Daron . Rouleau . Danielle . Bryan . Janine . Marshall . J. Brooke . Vuocolo . Scott . Barr . Eliav . Radley . David . Haupt . Richard M. . Guris . Dalya . 3495065 . (Co-author)
- External Genital Human Papillomavirus Prevalence and Associated Factors Among Heterosexual Men on 5 Continents . The Journal of Infectious Diseases . 1 January 2011 . 203 . 1 . 58–65 . 10.1093/infdis/jiq015 . 21148497 . 0022-1899. Vardas . E. . Giuliano . A. R. . Goldstone . S. . Palefsky . J. M. . Moreira . E. D. . Penny . M. E. . Aranda . C. . Jessen . H. . Moi . H. . Ferris . D. G. . Liaw . K.-L. . Marshall . J. B. . Vuocolo . S. . Barr . E. . Haupt . R. M. . Garner . E. I. O. . Guris . D. . 3086430 . (Co-author)
- Immunogenicity of the Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (Type 6/11/16/18) Vaccine in Males 16 to 26 Years Old . Clinical and Vaccine Immunology . 7 December 2011 . 10.1128/CVI.05208-11 . 22155768 . EN. Hillman . Richard J. . Giuliano . Anna R. . Palefsky . Joel M. . Goldstone . Stephen . Moreira . Edson D. . Vardas . Eftyhia . Aranda . Carlos . Jessen . Heiko . Ferris . Daron G. . Coutlee . Francois . Marshall . J. Brooke . Vuocolo . Scott . Haupt . Richard M. . Guris . Dalya . Garner . Elizabeth I. O. . 19 . 2 . 261–267 . 3272915 . (Co-author)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Eftyhia Vardas. 2022-01-03. The Conversation. en.
- Web site: Prof Eftyhia Vardas. 2022-01-03. WCIM 2018. en-US.
- Web site: Trial of potentially variant-proof vaccine ongoing in Western Cape Institute Of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine. 2022-01-03. www.idm.uct.ac.za. en.
- News: Inside the South African lab that discovered Omicron . 7 January 2022 . Africanews . en.
- News: Abbott . Alison . Therapeutic HIV vaccines show promise . 7 January 2022 . Scientific American . 27 July 2020 . en.
- Web site: Vardas, Eftyhia (Prof) Institute of Cape Wine Masters . www.icwm.co.za . 7 January 2022.
- Web site: Five new Cape Wine Masters graduate . wine.co.za . 7 January 2022 . en . 13 May 2009.
