Dr Michele Ramsay

Head, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Witwatersrand
Chair, Wits Bioinformatics Steering Group

Email: Michele.Ramsay@nhls.ac.za

Professor Michèle Ramsay (PhD) is head of the Molecular Genetics Laboratory in the Division of Human Genetics at the National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Witwatersrand. She is Chair of the Wits Bioinformatics Steering Group, joint champion of a cross-faculty Research Thrust, “Molecular Biosciences: Health for Africa” and joint editor and author of a textbook, “Molecular Medicine for Clinicians” (Wits University Press). In addition she is the Interim Director of the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience (Wits University) which focuses on a molecular understanding of non-communicable diseases in African populations. Her research interests include the genetic basis and molecular epidemiology of single gene disorders in South African populations and the role of genetic and epigenetic variation in the molecular aetiology of foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and other diseases exacerbated by adverse lifestyle choices.