ALUMNI
Alannah Theron
MSc Human Genetics
Graduation: December 2023
(cum laude)
Project Title: A novel Python-based variant prioritisation tool for diagnosing patients with monogenic disorders
Rafiya Ismail
MSc Human Genetics
Graduation: December 2023
Project Title: A phenotypic approach to diagnosing Neurodevelopmental disorders in South African patients using clinical exome sequencing and bioinformatic pipelines
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Ndumiso Radebe
BSc (Hons) Human Genetics
Graduation: December 2023
(cum laude)
Project Title: Exome sequencing ends the diagnostic odyssey for patients with complex eye abnormalities
Dr Hiba Mohammed
MPhil Paediatric Neurology
Graduation: December 2023
(cum laude)
Project Title: Clinical utility of next-generation sequencing in children with cryptogenic cerebral palsy - a cohort study from a tertiary paediatric neurology clinic in the Western Cape, South Africa
Reine Greeff
MSc Human Genetics
Graduation: March 2023
(cum laude)
Project Title: Diagnosis of copy number variants using array-based
comparative genome hybridisation in fetuses and neonates with
congenital abnormalities in a South African population
Kimberly Coetzer
MSc Human Genetics
Graduation: December 2022
(cum laude)
Project Title: Optimising a clinical whole-exome sequencing pipeline: diagnosing South African patients with osteogenesis imperfecta
Dr Magriet van Niekerk
MPhil Paediatric Neurology
Graduation: December 2022
Project Title: The utility of Next Generation Sequencing at a Paediatric Neurology department at Tygerberg Hospital, Western Cape, South Africa
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Jessica Cormick
BSc(Hons) Human Genetics
Graduation: December 2022
(cum laude) and Top student of the Class of 2022!
Project Title: Diagnosing South African Patients with Overgrowth Syndromes Using Whole Exome Sequencing
Dr Farida Essajee
MPhil Paediatric Neurology
Graduation: December 2021
(cum laude)
Project Title: Utility of genetic testing in children with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) at a tertiary hospital in South Africa: A prospective study
