Discipline of Virology

BIOSKETCH
Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Consultant Hepatologist, Division of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South AfricaShe was Head of the Division of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, and Head of Liver Transplantation, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa from 1/01/1998 – 30/06/2024.She obtained her PhD in 2008 from the University of Cape Town on “The effect of two novel C-type lectins, Ba100 and Ba25, isolated from the venom of the puff adder, Bitis arietans on T-lymphocyte proliferative responses.” She is actively involved in outreach liver education programs and is the Lead of the ‘Viral Hepatitis in sub-Saharan Africa” Project ECHO Clinic program. She was appointed as the lead consultant to develop the National Guidelines on the management and prevention of viral hepatitis in South Africa and as co-chair of the WHO 2024 Hepatitis B Guidelines Development Group. She is vice president of the Society on Liver Disease in Africa (SOLDA). Her research interests include viral hepatitis, MASLD, hepatocellular carcinoma, drug-induced liver injuries, liver transplantation, and novel immunosuppressants.