Associate Professor Emma Kalk is a clinical epidemiologist and Director of the Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER), School of Public Health, University of Cape Town. Her focus is on operational research in maternal and child health. Her current interests include pharmacovigilance and surveillance in pregnant and breast-feeding women with an emphasis on antiretroviral and anti-tuberculosis therapy. She manages the Pregnancy Exposure Registry in Cape Town (a sentinel-site of the South African Pregnancy Exposure Registry) which is supported by a larger population-level database. Dr Kalk is a founding member and current Director of the sub-Saharan African Congenital Anomalies Network (sSCAN).