Background

Ruth has a technical trade certificate in science technology (general lab procedures and instrumentation). Her previous employment was with the National Agricultural Research Institute in Lae, with the Biotechnology unit. She left in early 2015 and is now with Burnet Institute in Kokopo with the Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies programme.

Appointments

• Feb 2015 – 2020, HMHB Laboratory Technician, Burnet Institute, Kokopo PNG
• Jan 2020 – present, Laboratory Supervisor, Burnet Institute, PNG

Qualifications

2006 - 2007: Technical Trade Certificate in Science Technology, Lae Technical College, Lae, PNG

Awards

• 2019 – Crockett-Murphy Travel Award

Projects (1)

Current (1)

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  The EZARET Study: Exploring Zoonotic Association and Risks for Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in PNG

Publications (1)

2021 (1)

• Mycoplasma genitalium and Other Reproductive Tract Infections in Pregnant Women, Papua New Guinea, 2015-2017.
  Scoullar MJL, Boeuf P, Peach E, Fidelis R, Tokmun K, Melepia P, Elijah A, Bradshaw CS, Fehler G, Siba PM, Erskine S, Mokany E, Kennedy E, Umbers AJ, Luchters S, Robinson LJ, Wong NC, Vallely AJ, Badman SG, Vallely LM, Fowkes FJI, Morgan C, Pomat W, Crabb BS, Beeson JG
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Mar; 27(3):894-904