Highlights from the Long Covid Conference - March 2022
Professor Resia Pretorius is a Physiologist, distinguished professor and Chair in the Department of Physiological Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. She studies cells and proteins in the coagulation system, including platelets, erythrocytes and the coagulation plasma protein, fibrinogen. She also studies inflammatory biomarkers, including those that have a viral and bacterial origin, that might impact on the coagulation system.
Prof Pretorius has published/in press nearly 300 papers, and has delivered various keynote and plenary lectures at international conferences, and is a regular reviewer for scientific journals. Together with Stellenbosch University, she has filed various patents, including treatment methods and biosensors for early detection of disease risk.
Recently, she filed a provisional patent for a method for the diagnosis of Long COVID. In May 2021, Prof Pretorius launched the South African Long COVID registry and was on the WHO Long COVID panel in 2021.
Insights into clotting and platelet pathophysiology in Long COVID/PASC -Prof Resia Pretorius