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UCT RESEARCH REPORT 2012
Divisional Statistics
Permanent and Long-term Contract Staff:
Professor
1
Clinical Service
Senior Specialists
2
Rotational Clinical Registrars
2
Senior Registrars
2
Chief Professional Nurse
2
Administrative and clerical staff
3
Diagnostic Service
Senior Pathologist
1
Pathologists
2
Pathologist part-time
1
Scientist
1
Pathology Registrars (Special and Clin Path)
7
Laboratory Manager
1
Medical Technologists
15
Technicians
4
UCT Leukaemia Unit
Scientist
1
Research Officer
1
Research Technologist
1
Clinical Research Co-Ordinator
1
Administrative and clerical staff
1
Laboratory assistants (medical school)
2
Students
Doctoral
3
Master’s
3
Honours
1
MMed
1
Total
8
Haematology Research Projects
Dr Karen Shires
Novel diagnostic, prognostic and MRD assays for
haematological malignancies; cancer testis expression in
Multiple Myeloma.
Professor Nicolas Novitzky
Immunomodulation of stem cells for transplantation.
Dr Shaheen Mowla
Molecular Biology of Cancer; Burkitt’s lymphoma and HIV;
Role of activation-induced cytidine deaminase in cancer;
miRNA in cancer
Dr L A du Pisani
Malaria diagnosis, Western Cape, managed and the
outcome.
Dr Jessica Opie
HIV-Associated Burkitt Lymphoma and Antiretroviral
Therapy; HIV-Associated Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Research Fields and Staff
Professor Nicolas Novitzky
Haematopoietic stem cell biology; clonogenic assays;
haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; immune
reconstitution; haematological malignancies
Dr Cecile du Toit
Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; haematological
malignancies; haemophilia
Dr Andrew McDonald
Haemophilia; thrombophilia; stem cell transplantation
Dr Jessica Opie
Molecular biology of neoplasia: chronic myelogenous
leukaemia; coagulation abnormalities
Dr Karen Shires
Molecular biology and diagnostics
Dr Shaheen Mowla
Minimal residual disease and flow cytometry.
Mrs Rygana Abdulla
Cellular biology of neoplasia; clonogenic assays
Contact Details
Postal Address: 6th Floor, Chris Barnard Building, Anzio
Road, Observatory, 7925
Telephone: +27 21 406 6154/404 3073
Fax: +27 21 448 8607
E-mail: Coleen.Fredericks@uct.ac.za
Web : http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/haem/