Invited Speakers
Dr Nazneen Allie
Dr Nazneen Allie is a consultant paediatric cardiologist at Tygerberg Hospital and a member of the Western Cape Paediatric Cardiology Services. She completed both her paediatric and paediatric cardiology training at the University of Cape Town and Red Cross Children’s Hospital. Dr. Allie has a keen interest in paediatric heart transplantation and interventional cardiology, where she brings specialized expertise and dedication to advancing cardiac care for young patients. Her work is instrumental in supporting children with complex heart conditions across the region. Dr Nazneen Allie
Dr Nazneen Allie is a consultant paediatric cardiologist at Tygerberg Hospital and a member of the Western Cape Paediatric Cardiology Services. She completed both her paediatric and paediatric cardiology training at the University of Cape Town and Red Cross Children’s Hospital. Dr. Allie has a keen interest in paediatric heart transplantation and interventional cardiology, where she brings specialized expertise and dedication to advancing cardiac care for young patients. Her work is instrumental in supporting children with complex heart conditions across the region.
Sally-Ann Clur
Sally-Ann Clur
Sally-Ann Clur completed her medical, pediatric and subspeciality in pediatric cardiology training at the University of the Witwatersrand, South-Africa. Despite working as an interventional pediatric cardiologist for many years, her current interests are fetal cardiology and inherited arrhythmias. She works at the Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Center (AUMC) in The Netherlands. Sally-Ann is the head of fetal cardiology in the CAHAL (Center for congenital heart defects Amsterdam-Leiden). The CAHAL is one of the largest academic units in The Netherlands providing all aspects of cardiac care from fetus to adult with the exception cardiac transplantation. Following the relatively late introduction of the Dutch national program screening for fetal defects in 2007, The Netherlands now has one of the best prenatal detection rates for cardiac defects world-wide. The AUMC is also recognized as a center of expertise for inheritable arrhythmias and has the largest clinical practice for patients with long QT syndrome in the Netherlands. Most of the fetuses/ children are under Sally-Ann’s care. She is the cardiac advisor to the Dutch expertise group for SIDS, and has been the scientific secretary and remains an active member of the Association of European Pediatric Cardiologists (AEPC) fetal working group.
Dr George Comitis
George Comitis is a Paediatric Cardiologist based at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and the Western Cape Paediatric Cardiology Service. He started his career training as an anaesthetist but then switched to Paediatrics qualifying in 2004. He then spent two years working in Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London before returning to South Africa to train as a Paediatric Cardiologist under Prof John Lawrenson at Red Cross Children’s Hospital qualifying in 2010. He is currently the Head of the Western Cape Paediatric Cardiology Service which is a cross-platform service between Red Cross Children’s Hospital / University of Cape Town and Tygerberg Hospital / Stellenbosch University. He also serves as Director of Echocardiography as well as being part of the Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional team at Red Cross Children’s Hospital. Dr George Comitis
George Comitis is a Paediatric Cardiologist based at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and the Western Cape Paediatric Cardiology Service. He started his career training as an anaesthetist but then switched to Paediatrics qualifying in 2004. He then spent two years working in Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London before returning to South Africa to train as a Paediatric Cardiologist under Prof John Lawrenson at Red Cross Children’s Hospital qualifying in 2010. He is currently the Head of the Western Cape Paediatric Cardiology Service which is a cross-platform service between Red Cross Children’s Hospital / University of Cape Town and Tygerberg Hospital / Stellenbosch University. He also serves as Director of Echocardiography as well as being part of the Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional team at Red Cross Children’s Hospital.
Prof Blanche Cupido
Associate Professor Blanche Cupido is a consultant adult interventional cardiologist who has a special interest in congenital heart disease, cardiac imaging and valvular heart disease. She completed her undergraduate medical degree at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2001 and subsequently specialized in internal medicine (2009) and cardiology (2013). In 2016, she did a fellowship in Adult Congenital Heart Disease in Leeds, UK. In 2017, she also completed a Certificate in Advanced Heart Failure Management from the University of Zurich and the European Cardiac Academy. She has returned to Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town and established a dedicated Adult Congenital Heart Disease unit and currently works at Groote Schuur Hospital and UCT Private Academic Hospital as the Head of Echocardiography and the Clinical Lead for Adult Congenital Heart Disease. In 2020, she was elected as one of the Inaugural winners of the Women as One Escalator award. She was previously selected as the UCT TAU (Teaching Advancements in Universities) Fellow. She is a President of SA Heart. She is a Fellow to the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow to the European Society of Cardiology. She currently serves as treasurer for the International ACHD society. Prof Blanche Cupido
Associate Professor Blanche Cupido is a consultant adult interventional cardiologist who has a special interest in congenital heart disease, cardiac imaging and valvular heart disease. She completed her undergraduate medical degree at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2001 and subsequently specialized in internal medicine (2009) and cardiology (2013). In 2016, she did a fellowship in Adult Congenital Heart Disease in Leeds, UK. In 2017, she also completed a Certificate in Advanced Heart Failure Management from the University of Zurich and the European Cardiac Academy. She has returned to Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town and established a dedicated Adult Congenital Heart Disease unit and currently works at Groote Schuur Hospital and UCT Private Academic Hospital as the Head of Echocardiography and the Clinical Lead for Adult Congenital Heart Disease. In 2020, she was elected as one of the Inaugural winners of the Women as One Escalator award. She was previously selected as the UCT TAU (Teaching Advancements in Universities) Fellow. She is a President of SA Heart. She is a Fellow to the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow to the European Society of Cardiology. She currently serves as treasurer for the International ACHD society. Karen Fieggen
Karen Fieggen is an Associate Professor and subspecialist medical geneticist at Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town. She trained as a paediatrician and later specialised as a subspecialist medical geneticist at the University of Cape Town and its affiliated hospitals. Her primary focus is clinical work, leading a dedicated team of medical genetic doctors, genetic counsellors, and genetic nurses in providing comprehensive medical genetic services to patients and families across the lifespan. Her professional interests include monogenic disorders in South Africa, the holistic care of children with genetic disorders within the South African and African contexts, and the clinical utility of genetic testing.
Karen Fieggen
Karen Fieggen is an Associate Professor and subspecialist medical geneticist at Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town. She trained as a paediatrician and later specialised as a subspecialist medical geneticist at the University of Cape Town and its affiliated hospitals. Her primary focus is clinical work, leading a dedicated team of medical genetic doctors, genetic counsellors, and genetic nurses in providing comprehensive medical genetic services to patients and families across the lifespan. Her professional interests include monogenic disorders in South Africa, the holistic care of children with genetic disorders within the South African and African contexts, and the clinical utility of genetic testing.
Dr Barend Fourie
Dr Barend Fourie is a paediatric cardiologist at Tygerberg Hospital and a senior lecturer at Stellenbosch University. His clinical and academic interests focus on interventional cardiology and cardiac imaging, with a special emphasis on Cardiac MRI. Dr Barend Fourie
Dr Barend Fourie is a paediatric cardiologist at Tygerberg Hospital and a senior lecturer at Stellenbosch University. His clinical and academic interests focus on interventional cardiology and cardiac imaging, with a special emphasis on Cardiac MRI.
Prof Chris Hendriksz
Chris Hendriksz qualified as a medical doctor in South Africa in 1985 from the University of Pretoria. He completed his Master’s degree in Sports Medicine at the same university. Following a rare disease diagnosis of his own child, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he continued his studies, becoming an expert in inborn errors of metabolism across all ages. He obtained his MRCP and FRCPCH with subspecialty registration after training at the world renowned Willink Unit in Manchester, UK. He spent 22 years in the UK National Health Service in various roles leading both pediatric Birmingham Children’s Hospital and adult Salford Royal NHS foundation trusts rare disease centres with patient populations in excess of 1500 at each unit. Currently, he is an Extraordinary Professor of Human Metabolomics at North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa, and an Extraordinary Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health at the Steve Biko Academic Unit, University of Pretoria. He was employed by Nestlé Health Science as the Global Clinical Development Lead for Rare Diseases, IEM, and Innovative Pharmaceuticals until his retirement at the end of March 2024. Post-retirement, he will continue his lifelong passion for medical education and supporting rare disease service developments in low- and middle-income countries. He is currently the Chief Community Impact officer for A Rare Cause, a non-profit organization based in England that educates clinicians on rare disease management in more than 50 countries, with the list growing yearly. This creates “hope for those with the least chance of being recognized,” in his own words. He also provides expert knowledge as a consultant for FYMCA Medical Ltd, a family-owned company, to patient organizations, foundations, regulators, and payors in his field of expertise. His publication list includes more than 250 works, with the majority focusing on rare disease. He has numerous publications related to clinical trials, quality of life, clinical guidelines, and review papers, as well as several book chapters in the field of inborn errors of metabolism.
Prof Chris Hendriksz
Chris Hendriksz qualified as a medical doctor in South Africa in 1985 from the University of Pretoria. He completed his Master’s degree in Sports Medicine at the same university. Following a rare disease diagnosis of his own child, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he continued his studies, becoming an expert in inborn errors of metabolism across all ages. He obtained his MRCP and FRCPCH with subspecialty registration after training at the world renowned Willink Unit in Manchester, UK. He spent 22 years in the UK National Health Service in various roles leading both pediatric Birmingham Children’s Hospital and adult Salford Royal NHS foundation trusts rare disease centres with patient populations in excess of 1500 at each unit. Currently, he is an Extraordinary Professor of Human Metabolomics at North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa, and an Extraordinary Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health at the Steve Biko Academic Unit, University of Pretoria. He was employed by Nestlé Health Science as the Global Clinical Development Lead for Rare Diseases, IEM, and Innovative Pharmaceuticals until his retirement at the end of March 2024. Post-retirement, he will continue his lifelong passion for medical education and supporting rare disease service developments in low- and middle-income countries. He is currently the Chief Community Impact officer for A Rare Cause, a non-profit organization based in England that educates clinicians on rare disease management in more than 50 countries, with the list growing yearly. This creates “hope for those with the least chance of being recognized,” in his own words. He also provides expert knowledge as a consultant for FYMCA Medical Ltd, a family-owned company, to patient organizations, foundations, regulators, and payors in his field of expertise. His publication list includes more than 250 works, with the majority focusing on rare disease. He has numerous publications related to clinical trials, quality of life, clinical guidelines, and review papers, as well as several book chapters in the field of inborn errors of metabolism.
Prof Anria Horn
A/Prof Anria Horn is a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon based at Red Cross Children’s Hospital. She completed her post-graduate studies at UCT followed by a fellowship in paediatric orthopaedic surgery at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London. She heads the orthopaedic cerebral palsy service at Red Cross and works in close collaboration with the neurodevelopmental team as well as various therapists involved in the care of these patients and performs over 100 orthopaedic procedures for patients with cerebral palsy per year. In addition to her work with children with cerebral palsy, Prof Horn treats the entire spectrum of paediatric orthopaedic conditions, she is undergraduate convener for Orthopaedic Surgery at UCT and has more than 20 peer-reviewed publications in national and international journals. Prof Anria Horn
A/Prof Anria Horn is a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon based at Red Cross Children’s Hospital. She completed her post-graduate studies at UCT followed by a fellowship in paediatric orthopaedic surgery at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London. She heads the orthopaedic cerebral palsy service at Red Cross and works in close collaboration with the neurodevelopmental team as well as various therapists involved in the care of these patients and performs over 100 orthopaedic procedures for patients with cerebral palsy per year. In addition to her work with children with cerebral palsy, Prof Horn treats the entire spectrum of paediatric orthopaedic conditions, she is undergraduate convener for Orthopaedic Surgery at UCT and has more than 20 peer-reviewed publications in national and international journals.
Dr Lindsay Lambie
Lindsay is a Paediatrician and Medical Geneticist. Lindsay worked at the NHLS and Wits in the Human Genetics Division as a consultant for 10 years, before moving to the Private sector, at Ampath’s National Reference Laboratory, in 2018. She has particular interests in paediatric genetics, reproductive genetics and neurogenetics, and the use of new genetic techniques in the diagnosis of constitutional genetic disorders. Dr Lindsay Lambie
Lindsay is a Paediatrician and Medical Geneticist. Lindsay worked at the NHLS and Wits in the Human Genetics Division as a consultant for 10 years, before moving to the Private sector, at Ampath’s National Reference Laboratory, in 2018. She has particular interests in paediatric genetics, reproductive genetics and neurogenetics, and the use of new genetic techniques in the diagnosis of constitutional genetic disorders.
Luke Lamprecht
Luke Lamprecht is a Child Protection and Development Specialist, with 32 years of experience in the NPO field. He has worked with organisations including Lefika La Phodiso: The Art Therapy Centre, The Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children, Johannesburg Child Welfare, Childline, Bigshoes and the Johannesburg Parent and Child Counseling Centre. He is also a director at Fight With Insight: a boxing gym based at the Children’s Memorial Institute in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, where he coaches inner-city children. As a Child Protection and Development Specialist, Luke works with children in conflict with the law, children with autism, and children with behavioural challenges and psychiatric diagnoses. As an expert and consultant, he convenes the Johannesburg Child Advocacy Forum, heads up Women and Men Abuse’s Advocacy Division and is the case supervisor for the Shaken and Abused Baby Initiative: Babies Matter. He consults to the founder of the South African Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse compiled the protocol for Child Protection for the Gauteng Province for child protection professionals under the University of Johannesburg and the Gauteng Department of Social Development.. Lamprecht regularly conducts talks and training sessions on social cohesion, servitude leadership, BEING MAN, child protection and development, health, mental health, disability, cyber-development and sexuality under Brain Mechanics. He is currently completing an MSc in Neurodevelopment at Wits and has an Advanced Health Management qualification from FPD and Yale University. Luke Lamprecht
Luke Lamprecht is a Child Protection and Development Specialist, with 32 years of experience in the NPO field. He has worked with organisations including Lefika La Phodiso: The Art Therapy Centre, The Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children, Johannesburg Child Welfare, Childline, Bigshoes and the Johannesburg Parent and Child Counseling Centre. He is also a director at Fight With Insight: a boxing gym based at the Children’s Memorial Institute in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, where he coaches inner-city children. As a Child Protection and Development Specialist, Luke works with children in conflict with the law, children with autism, and children with behavioural challenges and psychiatric diagnoses. As an expert and consultant, he convenes the Johannesburg Child Advocacy Forum, heads up Women and Men Abuse’s Advocacy Division and is the case supervisor for the Shaken and Abused Baby Initiative: Babies Matter. He consults to the founder of the South African Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse compiled the protocol for Child Protection for the Gauteng Province for child protection professionals under the University of Johannesburg and the Gauteng Department of Social Development.. Lamprecht regularly conducts talks and training sessions on social cohesion, servitude leadership, BEING MAN, child protection and development, health, mental health, disability, cyber-development and sexuality under Brain Mechanics. He is currently completing an MSc in Neurodevelopment at Wits and has an Advanced Health Management qualification from FPD and Yale University.
John Lawrenson
John Lawrenson is a paediatric cardiologist now in semi-retirement after 30 years working as a clinician and teacher. His interests include cardiac imaging, rheumatic heart disease and the epidemiology of heart disease. He is part of the Children’s Heart Disease research unit at the University of Cape Town. John Lawrenson
John Lawrenson is a paediatric cardiologist now in semi-retirement after 30 years working as a clinician and teacher. His interests include cardiac imaging, rheumatic heart disease and the epidemiology of heart disease. He is part of the Children’s Heart Disease research unit at the University of Cape Town.
Prof Rudzani Muloiwa
After completing his undergraduate degree at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Prof. Rudzani Muloiwa trained as a paediatrician at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, obtaining a Fellowship in Paediatrics from the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) in 2004. He then went on to complete an MSc in Public Health for Developing Countries at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). His primary area of interest is infectious diseases, with a special focus on vaccine-preventable diseases. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and oversees the Paediatric and Adolescent HIV Clinical Services at Groote Schuur Hospital. Over the past three years, he has held roles as both Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Student Affairs and, more recently, as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at UCT. He is also a member of the Vaccines for Africa Initiative (VACFA), based within the School of Public Health and Family Medicine at UCT. Since 2017, A/Prof Muloiwa has served as a member of the South African National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) and as a steering committee member of the Global Pertussis Initiative (GPI). Additionally, he has served on the Board of World Vision South Africa since 2012. Furthermore, Prof. Muloiwa has authored and co-authored 69 publications in respected peer-reviewed journals and has contributed chapters to several medical books. Prof Rudzani Muloiwa
After completing his undergraduate degree at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Prof. Rudzani Muloiwa trained as a paediatrician at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, obtaining a Fellowship in Paediatrics from the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) in 2004. He then went on to complete an MSc in Public Health for Developing Countries at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). His primary area of interest is infectious diseases, with a special focus on vaccine-preventable diseases. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and oversees the Paediatric and Adolescent HIV Clinical Services at Groote Schuur Hospital. Over the past three years, he has held roles as both Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Student Affairs and, more recently, as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at UCT. He is also a member of the Vaccines for Africa Initiative (VACFA), based within the School of Public Health and Family Medicine at UCT. Since 2017, A/Prof Muloiwa has served as a member of the South African National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) and as a steering committee member of the Global Pertussis Initiative (GPI). Additionally, he has served on the Board of World Vision South Africa since 2012. Furthermore, Prof. Muloiwa has authored and co-authored 69 publications in respected peer-reviewed journals and has contributed chapters to several medical books.
Dr Serini Murugasen
Dr. Serini Murugasen is a Fellow in Paediatric Neurology at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Cape Town. Her professional interests include child neurology and neurodevelopment, the genetics of childhood neurological conditions, public health and the ethics of childcare. With a strong commitment to advancing knowledge in her field, Dr. Murugasen has authored and co-authored twelve publications in respected peer-reviewed journals. Her work contributes significantly to the understanding and treatment of neurological conditions affecting children, and her dedication to both clinical practice and academic mentorship supports the development of pediatric neurology expertise within South Africa. Dr Serini Murugasen
Dr. Serini Murugasen is a Fellow in Paediatric Neurology at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Cape Town. Her professional interests include child neurology and neurodevelopment, the genetics of childhood neurological conditions, public health and the ethics of childcare. With a strong commitment to advancing knowledge in her field, Dr. Murugasen has authored and co-authored twelve publications in respected peer-reviewed journals. Her work contributes significantly to the understanding and treatment of neurological conditions affecting children, and her dedication to both clinical practice and academic mentorship supports the development of pediatric neurology expertise within South Africa.
Prof Ambroise Wonkam
Prof Ambroise Wonkam is a professor of Genetic Medicine, and Director of McKusick-Nathans Institute, and Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. He is also Director of GeneMAP (Genetic Medicine of African Populations), and immediate past Deputy Dean Research at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa. After a MD training from the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé He (Cameroon), he completed a thesis in Medical Sciences (cell biology) at the University of Geneva (Switzerland), and a PhD in Human Genetics (University of Cape Town, South Africa). Prof Wonkam’s also trained as a medical geneticist at a highly reputable Genetic Medicine at the University of Geneva (Switzerland). He subsequently practices Genetic Medicine in both European and African contexts. His research interests are reflected in more than 200 peer-reviewed publications. His research focuses genetic and genomic variation in African population with focus on: on 1) Genomics modifiers of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD); 2) Genetics of hearing Impairment, and 3) Ethical and educational Issues in human genetics. Prof Wonkam has let successfully over the past 10 years numerous NIH and Wellcome Trust funded projects accounting for about 20m USD, to pursue research studies in various countries in Africa (Tanzania, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Mali, Sudan, Rwanda, and Ghana). He was awarded the 2003 Denber-Pinard Prize for the best thesis from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland, and won the very competitive Clinical Genetics Society International Award for 2014, from the British Society of Genetic Medicine, and 2021 Alan Pifer Award from UCT, and the 2021 MRC South Africa Gold Scientific Merit Award for the excellence of his research, and the 2023 Human Genome Organization (HUGO) Africa Prize, and elected fellow of The Word Academy of Science (UNESCO) for 2024. Prof Wonkam served as associate Editor of the American Journal of Human Genetics, the American Journal of Medical Genetics, Associate editor of the Journal of Community Genetics, and Academic Editor of Plos One, and member of the editorial Board of Human Genetics, and Genetics In Medicine, npj Genetic Medicine. Prof Wonkam is president of the African Society of Human Genetics. Prof Ambroise Wonkam
Prof Ambroise Wonkam is a professor of Genetic Medicine, and Director of McKusick-Nathans Institute, and Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. He is also Director of GeneMAP (Genetic Medicine of African Populations), and immediate past Deputy Dean Research at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa. After a MD training from the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé He (Cameroon), he completed a thesis in Medical Sciences (cell biology) at the University of Geneva (Switzerland), and a PhD in Human Genetics (University of Cape Town, South Africa). Prof Wonkam’s also trained as a medical geneticist at a highly reputable Genetic Medicine at the University of Geneva (Switzerland). He subsequently practices Genetic Medicine in both European and African contexts. His research interests are reflected in more than 200 peer-reviewed publications. His research focuses genetic and genomic variation in African population with focus on: on 1) Genomics modifiers of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD); 2) Genetics of hearing Impairment, and 3) Ethical and educational Issues in human genetics. Prof Wonkam has let successfully over the past 10 years numerous NIH and Wellcome Trust funded projects accounting for about 20m USD, to pursue research studies in various countries in Africa (Tanzania, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Mali, Sudan, Rwanda, and Ghana). He was awarded the 2003 Denber-Pinard Prize for the best thesis from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland, and won the very competitive Clinical Genetics Society International Award for 2014, from the British Society of Genetic Medicine, and 2021 Alan Pifer Award from UCT, and the 2021 MRC South Africa Gold Scientific Merit Award for the excellence of his research, and the 2023 Human Genome Organization (HUGO) Africa Prize, and elected fellow of The Word Academy of Science (UNESCO) for 2024. Prof Wonkam served as associate Editor of the American Journal of Human Genetics, the American Journal of Medical Genetics, Associate editor of the Journal of Community Genetics, and Academic Editor of Plos One, and member of the editorial Board of Human Genetics, and Genetics In Medicine, npj Genetic Medicine. Prof Wonkam is president of the African Society of Human Genetics.