Michele Ramsay

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Professor in Human Genetics and Interim Director of the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience

EDUCATION:
PhD in Human Molecular Genetics (University of the Witwatersrand)

MEMBERSHIPS:
HUGO, American Society for Human Genetics, Southern African Society for Human Genetics (Chairman); African Society for Human Genetics

PUBLICATIONS:
Joint editor and author of a textbook, 'Molecular Medicine for Clinicians' (Wits University Press, 2009)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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. The FASD research includes the use of a mouse model to investigate alcohol induced epigenetic remodelling as a mechanism of teratogenesis. Other studies include genetic associations with obesity, hypertension, bone development, HIV related kidney disease and glaucoma in South African populations.

See also The Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience (SBIMB): http://www.wits.ac.za/research/sbimb


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