Dr Tamalee Roberts
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Tamalee Roberts
Research Microbiologist
LOMWRU
Tamalee Roberts is a Research Microbiologist working at the Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU) in Vientiane, Laos. Tamalee has a degree in Biomedical Science, a masters in International Public Health and a PhD in Molecular Parasitology. She worked in clinical diagnostic microbiology and parasitology in Australia for 10 years before moving to Laos in 2016.
Tamalee currently works supporting the clinical microbiology laboratory at Mahosot Hospital assisting on routine procedures and the implementation of LQMS in lines with ISO 15189. Tamalee leads the Fleming Fund Lao country sub-grant, focusing on building laboratory capacity in Laos to improve antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance. She is also part of the laboratory team for A Clinically Oriented Antimicrobial Resistance Network (ACORN) and works on several other research projects including AMR, evaluation of diagnostics for LMICs, leishmaniasis and epidemiology of infectious diseases in Laos and the region. Tamalee has been a part of the Lao Pint of Science organisation committee since 2022.
Recent publications
A Clinically-Oriented Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network 2 (ACORN2): Results from three hospitals in Vietnam
Journal article
Thi HN. et al, (2026), International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 168, 108673 - 108673
Predicting Salmonella Typhi incidence using prevalence metrics from sentinel studies of community-onset bloodstream infections: a secondary analysis of observational data
Journal article
Hagedoorn NN. et al, (2026), Vaccine, 85, 128691 - 128691
Mortality and Length of Stay Associated With Community-Acquired Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections: An Observational Study in 9 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Journal article
Hopkins J. et al, (2026), Clinical Infectious Diseases
Impact of switching from manual to automated aerobic blood culture on bacteremia diagnosis in Lao PDR
Journal article
Jaksuwan R. et al, (2026), Microbiology Spectrum, 14
Analysis of Phlebotomine sandflies in Laos from 2014–2024: Inventory, description of a new species, screening for Leishmania and detection of Trypanosoma
Journal article
Vongphayloth K. et al, (2026), PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 20, e0013641 - e0013641