Charlene Rodrigues

Charlene Rodrigues is a Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow and Paediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist at the University of Oxford's Maiden Lab. Her research focuses on genomic epidemiology of childhood infections, particularly Neisseria meningitidis, aiming to improve disease prevention and clinical management. She is affiliated with the Wellcome Trust Advanced Course in Genomics and Clinical Microbiology, co-leading the HCAI theme, and contributes to St George's University of London's MSc in Genomics.

Education & Training:

• MB ChB from Leicester University (2007), with an intercalated BSc in Breast Cancer Pathology
• NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow at Imperial College London
• CCT in Paediatrics and subspecialty Infectious Diseases, Immunology, and Allergy (2019)

Research Focus: Drivers of meningococcal carriage/transmission, national genomic surveillance in the UK, and translating genomic data for clinicians/public health. Her work aligns with the WHO's 'Defeating Meningitis by 2030' agenda.

Labs/Teams: Maiden Lab (University of Oxford), collaborating on genomics and clinical microbiology across the UK and The Gambia.