Work
Nick Name
R/ Frankie
What is your current job and where do you work?
R/ Medical Scientist at National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Explain your current research/work (in simple English)
R/ Genomic epidemiology of common causes of pneumonia and meningitis using advanced molecular diagnostics
Describe a typical day at work/research
R/ Application of molecular techniques in the study and surveillance of bacterial causes of pneumonia and meningitis
Personal
What is your favourite hobby?
R/ Reading
What is your favourite food?
R/ Baked chicken pasta
What was your favourite subject at school and why?
R/ Biology and Chemistry, they were easy to understand
Who is your role model?
R/ Second to my mother, it is Prof Mamokgethi Sethati
What were/are your parents or caregivers professions?
R/ My mom a Teacher and my father a migrant labourer
Career Path
Primary School: Name, Suburb/Township, City, Country
R/ Mofumahali oa Rosari, Taung, Mohale'so Hoek, Lesotho
High School
R/ St Stephens High school, Mohale'so Hoek, Lesotho
Tertiary education
R/ University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Previous jobs
R/ Current job
How confident are you in your public engagement skills (2-way communication with the general public)
R/ Confident
How often do you take part in public engagement activities
R/ Often (3 times or less per year)
What attracted you to signing up on mGenAfrica (tick all that apply)
R/ Online communications, Time (at least one hour per year) and Other