UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG

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Principal Investigators

 Michele Ramsay

Prof. Michèle Ramsay
Michèle Ramsay (PhD) is a Professor in the Division of Human Genetics at the National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg.
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 Karen Sliwa

Prof. Karen Sliwa
Prof. Karen Sliwa, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC is the Director of the Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, University of Cape Town and Director of the Soweto Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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 Nigel Crowther

Prof. Nigel Crowther
Associate Professor Nigel Crowther is head of research within the Department of Chemical Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Witwatersrand. 
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 Kerstin Kiipstein Grobusch

Prof. Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch
Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch is Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (since 2005) and Associate Professor of Global Health at the Julius Center for Health Sciences, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands (since 2011). 
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Trainees

 Alex  Nganga Kasembeli

Alex  Nganga Kasembeli (Kenya)
Research: Genetic predisposition to kidney disease in HIV positive South African blacks: Genetic dissection of the MYH9 and APOL1 gene regions 
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 Thandiswa Ngcungcu

Thandiswa Ngcungcu (South Africa)
Research: Exploring the role of genetic variation at the leptin and leptin receptor genes (LEP and LEPR) in obesity and hypertension in a black South African cohort
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 Sandra Pretorius

Sandra Pretorius (South Africa)
Research: Community-based intervention programmes for the prevention of chronic non- communicable diseases in Soweto
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 Soter Ameh

Soter Ameh (Nigeria)
Monitoring of Chronic Disease and HIV progression and Management in Rural Primary Health Care
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Prospective Trainees

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