Anne Wyllie
Anne Wyllie | |
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Wyllie in 2021 | |
| Born | Anne Louise Wyllie 1985 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Other names | The Spit Queen |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland Utrecht University |
| Known for | Developing saliva testing for SARS-CoV-2 |
| Awards | COVID-19 Research Award (Yale School of Public Health) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Epidemiology of microbial diseases |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Molecular surveillance of pneumococcal carriage in all ages (2016) |
| Doctoral advisor | Elisabeth Sanders Krzystof Trzcinski |
Anne Louise Wyllie (born 1985) is a New Zealand microbiologist who was the lead author of a 2020 research article which led to the development of the SalivaDirect PCR method of testing saliva for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. She has also worked on community studies to better understand pneumococcal disease. She is a research scientist in epidemiology.