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Haiko Schurz
Karolinska Institutet, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch Faculty of Science
Research areas: Medicine · Infectious Diseases · Genetic Associations and Epidemiology · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
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Employment
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Karolinska Institutet Postdoctoral researcher2024 - Present
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Karolinska Institutet Postdoctoral researcher2022 - 2025
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Stellenbosch University Postdoctoral Researcher2019 - 2022
Education
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Stellenbosch University PhD Human Genetics2017 - 2018
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Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Masters in Human genetics2015 - 2016
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Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Honours degree in Human genetics2014 - 2014
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University of Stellenbosch Faculty of Science Bachelors degree in Molecular biology2011 - 2013
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Stellenbosch University Faculty of Engineering Bachelors degree in Mechatronics2007 - 2010
Projects & Funding
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SUBCOMMITTEE C OF THE RESEARCH COMMITTEE Universiteit Stellenbosch2021 - 2021
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The X factor of tuberculosis: missing heritability and the X chromosome Claude Leon Foundation2019 - 2020
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Sex-bias and tuberculosis susceptibility: Bioinformatic and Biostatistical evaluation of trans-ethnic genomic datasets NRF2018 - 2018
Publications (24)
- Confirmation of HLA-II associations with TB susceptibility in admixed African samples Save
- Simulating mismatch between calibration and target population in AI for mammography the retrospective VAIB study Save
- Altered IL-6 signalling and risk of tuberculosis: a multi-ancestry mendelian randomisation study Save
- Methodologies underpinning polygenic risk scores estimation: a comprehensive overview Save
- Data Harmonization Guidelines to Combine Multi‐platform Genomic Data from Admixed Populations and Boost Power in Genome‐Wide Association Studies Save
- AI lesion risk score at different exposure settings Save
- Multi-ancestry meta-analysis of host genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis identifies shared genetic architecture Save
- The immunogenetics of tuberculosis (TB) susceptibility Save
- VAI-B: a multicenter platform for the external validation of artificial intelligence algorithms in breast imaging Save
- Altered IL-6 signalling and risk of tuberculosis disease: a meta-analysis and Mendelian randomisation study Save
- Persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in response to infection burden and host-induced stressors Save
- African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) from the Kruger National Park, South Africa are currently not inbred but have low genomic diversity Save
- Deciphering Genetic Susceptibility to Tuberculous Meningitis Save
- A multi-phenotype genome-wide association study of clades causing tuberculosis in a Ghanaian- and South African cohort Save
- A regulatory variant in the C1Q gene cluster is associated with tuberculosis susceptibility and C1qA plasma levels in a South African population Save
- A Sex-Stratified Genome-Wide Association Study of Tuberculosis Using a Multi-Ethnic Genotyping Array Save
- Evaluating the Accuracy of Imputation Methods in a Five-Way Admixed Population Save
- The X chromosome and sex-specific effects in infectious disease susceptibility Save
- IMPUTOR: Phylogenetically Aware Software for Imputation of Errors in Next-Generation Sequencing Save
- Corrigendum: IMPUTOR: Phylogenetically aware software for imputation of errors in next-generation sequencing (Genome Biology and Evolution (2018) 10:5 (1248-1254) DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy088) Save