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Dr Renée Street
Interim Unit Director
Contact Info
Tel: +27 31 203 4812
Email: renee.street@mrc.ac.za
Education
PhD (Botany) - University of KwaZulu-Natal
MPH - University of KwaZulu-Natal

Dr Street is the Interim Director and a Senior Specialist Scientist at the Environment & Health Research Unit of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC). Over the past decade, Dr Streets research has focused on various aspects of historical and emerging environmental contaminants of concern and the impact on human health. Dr Street has a keen interest in public health issues and policy development.  As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Street was instrumental in setting up the SAMRCs wastewater surveillance and research Programme (WSARP) to monitor SARS-CoV-2 RNA trends. WSARP undertakes weekly surveillance across South Africa and collaborates with six partner laboratories. WSARP has now expanded to investigate additional pathogens and contaminants of emerging concern.