Dr Karen Wolmarans

Senior Medical Officer

MBChB

CHI research group: General Medicine & Global Health (GMGH)
CHI membership: Associate member

Karen Wolmarans moved to Cape Town after completing her MBChB studies at the University of Pretoria in 1987. She has worked at Groote Schuur Hospital and The Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town. She joined the Division of Lipidology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town in 1997 and has been a sub-investigator on numerous clinical research studies. Her particular interest is in the prevention of Atherosclerosis and the use of ultrasound to measure Carotid Intima-Media Thickness. She joined the General Medicine & Global Health (GMGH) research group and the StatinTB trial in March 2020 as a sub-investigator.

Research engagements:

Inherited lipid disorders and Diabetes mellitus
Post tuberculosis cardiopulmonary disease
Spirometry in tuberculosis