His thesis, co-supervised by Professors David Marais and Dirk Blom, described the prevalence of dysbetalipoproteinaemia (dysbeta) and its predisposing genes in Ghanaian adults living in Accra. He used a unique method to describe lipoprotein particle size, that also detects dysbeta, in the general population as well as in patients with cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Dr Richmond Ateko (L) and his primary supervisor Dr Dee Blackhurst (R)