Guest Speakers - 65th Annual Academic Day

Speaker	Department/Division	Title of talk
Prof Samantha Sampson	Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Biomedical Sciences	Exploiting “omics" approaches to explore the TB host-pathogen interface
Prof Faadiel Essop	Medical Physiology, Biomedical Sciences	Reflections on HIV-mediated cardiovascular diseases onset and progression.
Prof Jason Bantjes	Institute for Life Course Health Research, Global Health	Suicide Prevention: How far have we come and what is holding us back?
Prof Conran Joseph	Physiotherapy, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences	Unveiling the epidemiology and rehabilitation needs of persons living with spinal cord injury in South Africa
Prof Clive Gray	Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Biomedical Sciences	The Placenta has a Footprint of Maternal Immunity
Therese Fish	Vice Dean: Clinical Services and Social Impact	The Evolution of an Interorganisational Network in Higher Education: the Case of a Provincial Health Authority and Health Sciences Faculties in South Africa.
Prof Kathryn Chu	Centre for Global Surgery, Global Health	Community and Patient Barriers to Injury Care in South Africa
Prof B Mash	Family Medicine and Primary Care, Family and Emergency Medicine	Community-orientated primary care: principles, policy and progress.

Speaker	Affiliation	Title of Talk
Prof Tulio de Oliveira	Professor of Bioinformatics: School for Data Science and Computational Thinking, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Co-Director: KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) Fractional Professor: School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Affiliate Professor: Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA Principal Investigator and Lead: Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA) Research Associate, Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)	Variants, vaccines and the COVID pandemic in South Africa and Africa

Speaker

Affiliation

Title of Talk

Prof Tulio de Oliveira

Professor of Bioinformatics: School for Data Science and Computational Thinking, Faculty of Science and

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Co-Director: KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP)

Fractional Professor: School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Affiliate Professor: Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Principal Investigator and Lead: Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA)

Research Associate, Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)

Variants, vaccines and the COVID pandemic in South Africa and Africa