dr. A. (Adriana) Tami
Research interests
Adriana Tami is an Assistant Professor in Clinical Epidemiology
of Infectious and Tropical Diseases at the Department of Medical
Microbiology and Infection Prevention, University Medical Center
Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, The Netherlands and Associate
Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de
Carabobo (UC), Valencia, Venezuela.
She trained as medical doctor at the UC and later obtained her MSc,
the Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, and PhD at the
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Dr Tami has expertise in clinical and field epidemiology, epidemic
preparedness and public health of infectious and tropical diseases.
She heads the Epidemiology of Tropical and Infectious Diseases
group (EPITROP) which has long-standing experience in running
cohort and case-control studies at large scale, temporo-spatial
analysis of disease spread and qualitative studies. Her research
has focused on the clinical epidemiology and control of pathogens
of epidemic potential, including those of zoonotic origin such as
arboviruses (dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses), malaria and
SARS-CoV-2 at national and international level. Her group’s
expertise on the repurposing of clinical cohorts to tackle the
subsequent epidemics of chikungunya, Zika and COVID-19 in Latin
America is key for epidemic preparedness for new or re-emerging
infectious pathogens and forms the basis of the newly Horizon
Europe-funded CONTAGIO
(COhorts Network To be Activated Globally In Outbreaks ) project
(Grant number 101137283). Her group leads the CONTAGIO Pandemic
Preparedness Cohort Platform enabling cohort researchers to
rapidly respond to (re-)emerging infectious disease
epidemics/pandemics.
Her group is also actively involved in the Cross-border Institute of Healthcare Systems and Prevention (CBI) through the CHARE-GD II project, which addresses antimicrobial resistance at cross-border level (Netherlands-Germany) using both epidemiological and qualitative research approaches. She currently leads COVID-19 projects in the Netherlands (COVID HOME project); and Venezuela as part of the ZIKAlliance and ORCHESTRA international consortiums to determine predicting factors for pathogen spread, disease severity and long-term sequelae.