ALUMNI
Jessica Cormick
MSc Human Genetics
Graduation: December 2024 (cum laude)
Project Title: A next-generation sequencing based diagnostic approach for South Africans with overgrowth
disorders
Abigail Braun
MSc Human Genetics
Graduation: March 2025 (cum laude)
Project Title: Analysis of South African Families with Parkinsons Disease
Jodie North
MA Psychology
Graduation: March 2025 (cum laude)
Project Title: Coping with the Challenges of Caregiving: The Experiences of Family Caregivers of Children with Rare Diseases at Tygerberg Hospital
Aspen Hendricks
MA Psychology
Graduation: March 2025 (cum laude)
Project Title: Exploring the impact of caregiving on the mental health of caregivers of children with rare diseases who are being treated at Tygerberg Hospital
Melissa Goosen
MA Psychology
Graduation: March 2025 (cum laude)
Project Title: Growing Up in a Rare Disease Family: The Perspective of Adolescent and Young Adult Siblings in Cape Town, South Africa
Jade Ramini
BSc Hons
Graduation: December 2024 (cum laude)
Project Title: Can CP be genetic?
Sima Gungqisa
BSc Hons
Graduation: December 2024 (cum laude)
Project Title: Trio0exome sequencing to diagnose a baby with suspected connective tissue disorder
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
Ndumiso Radebe
BSc (Hons) Human Genetics - currently a Medical student at SU!
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 - Winner of 2023 Best Postgrad student award and Winner of 2024 L'Oreal Women in Science award!
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
Jessica Cormick
BSc(Hons) Human Genetics - Top student of the Class of 2022!
Graduation: December 2022 (cum laude)
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
