full report - UCT - Research Report 2011

Divisional statistics
uct staff
Professors 2
emeritus Professors 1
Senior lecturers 1
research Staff 7
Administrative and Secretarial Staff 2
Departmental Assistants 1
total 14
pgWc personnel
Senior Specialist (F/t) 2
registered Nurses 2
total 4
pgWc/uct personnel
registrar 2
nhls personnel
Discipline Specific lab manager 1
medical technologists 5
medical technologist student intern 2
genetic counselor (4/8) 2
total 10
honorary staff
honorary Professors 2
students
Postdoctoral 3
PhD 10
master’s 9
honours 8
total 30
reSeArCh FielDS AND StAFF
ProFeSSor rAJ S. rAmeSAr (uCt/PgwC)
Head of Division and Personal Chair; Director: MRC
Human Genetics Research Unit;
Director: Principal Investigator: Geneticsof Bipolar
Disorder; Genetics of Retinal Degenerative Disorders;
Molecular Genetics ofComplex Disorders
ProFeSSor JACQuie greeNberg (uCt)
Principal Investigator: Genetics of Neurological Disorders;
Genetics of Neuromuscular Disorders; Co-Principal
Investigator: Genetics of retinal degenerative disorders
FACULTY OF heALTh sCienCes
emerituS ProFeSSor Peter beightoN
Principal Investigator: Genetics Connective Tissue
Disorders
hoNorAry ProFeSSor: wilmot JAmeS
Director: Africa Genome Education Institute; African
Genomics, and Host: The Darwin
Seminars
Dr kAreN FieggeN (PgwC / uCt)
Senior Specialist; Research Interest/ Co-investigator: X-
linked mental retardation
Dr AmbroiSe woNkAm (uCt)
Senior Specialist; Research Interest / Phenotypic correlation
of sickle cell anemia to genotypic variations
Dr Collet DANDArA (uCt)
Senior Lecturer; Pharmacogenomics
mrS thereSA ruPPelt (NhlS)
Laboratory Manager: Cytogenetics
CoNtACt DetAilS
Postal Address: Division of Human Genetics, Department
of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Level 3, Werner and
Beit North Building; Institute for Infectious Diseases and
Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University
of Cape Town, 7925, Observatory
Telephone: SA (21) 406 6297
Fax: SA (21) 406 6826/650 2010
DiviSioN oF immuNology
heAD oF DiviSioN: ProFeSSor Clive grAy
The Division of Immunology is involved with a range of
activities from identifying the basic mechanisms of immunity
in infectious disease to laboratory diagnostic testing in
the National Health Laboratory Services at Groote Schuur
Hospital. The newly formulated vision statement for the
Division of Immunology is “Driving Science to promote
World Health” and in 2012 there will be a detailed strategic
document to outline a 5-10 year plan of expanded activities.
Numerous staff are either Full or Associate members of
the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine
(IIDMM) and there is a very integrated relationship between
the Division of Immunology and the IIDMM.
Basic Research: The Division houses the UCT/MRC Unit
on Immunology of Infectious Diseases, an Allergy Section
and the SARCHi chair on ‘Immunology of infectious
diseases in Africa’. The Division has an internationally
recognized expertise in generating transgenic mice, for
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