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Prof Himla Soodyall | University of Cape Town | SA News

Professor Himla Soodyall is currently the Executive Officer of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf). An ASSAf Member since 2003, she was elected to the ASSAf Council in 2011 and appointed General Secretary in 2014. Within ASSAf she has been active in drafting of several strategies and promotion of activities for young scientists, women in science, the elderly and people with disabilities.

As a Research Professor in Human Genetics at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and was Principal Medical Scientist at the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) previously, her team conducted groundbreaking genetic research into the peoples of sub-Saharan Africa in which her…

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