| PhD | TOPIC |
| Surita Meldau | Genetic and biochemical landscape of mitochondrial disease in South Africa investigated at a referral centre |
| Richmond Ateko | The prevalence of dysbetalipoproteinaemia in Ghana. |
| Joanne Pillay | Development and validation of LC-MS methodology to determine the type and extent of prenatal alcohol and drug exposure to neonates born within the Cape West Metro region |
| Bianca Southon | To evaluate the relationship between biomarkers of oxidative stress and barbering behaviour in mice at the University of Cape Town-Research Animal Facility (UCT-RAF) |
| Sarah Lampert | A metabolomics approach to studying inherited metabolic disorders in South Africa |
| Saara Adam | Investigations into the effects of MPV17 deficiency on oxidative stress and mitochondrial DNA content in fibroblasts with or without exposure to NRTIs (MSc upgraded in Dec 2023) |
| MSc | TOPIC |
| Daryl Kamadu | Assessing the extent of mtDNA oxidative damage in the fibroblasts of patients displaying MPV17-related mtDNa depletion syndrome |
| Titus Mashilo | Mitochondrial DNA copy number determination in a South African cohort of type 2 diabetic patients with target organ damage (completed Dec 2023) |
| Kashief Khan | Development and validation of quantitative methods for accurate heteroplasmy determination of the pathogenic m.3243A>G and m.1178G>A variants in the mitochondrial genome |
| Lehlogonolo Thobejane | Development and validation of short chain fatty acids in plasma and serum samples in a cohort of diabetes patients by GC-FID |
| Buntu Dyira | Exploration of oxidative stress markers as biomarkers of target organ damage in people living with Type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| MMED | TOPIC |
| Dr Riona Singh-Gansan | Impact of Iron Deficiency on HbA1c Testing for Diabetes |
| Dr Kgothatjo Magolego | Biochemical screening and monitoring of kidney disease in people living with diabetes: a comparison with guidelines |
| Dr Mariam Mahomed | Reference Interval study of TSH and Free T4 (thyroxine) in Cord Blood |
| Intern Medical Scientists | |
| Sarah Lampert | |
| Malishca Perumal | |
| Njabulo Kumalo | |
| Humaira Vawda | |
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| ChemPath Students: Back row (left to right) - Surita Meldau, Irene Pandjeu, Buntu Dyira, Richmond Ateko, Cameron Francis, Titus Mashilo, Dieter van der Westhuizen. Front row – Joanne Pillay, Thando Gcingca, Mariam Mahomed, Sarah Lampert, Lehlogonolo Thobejane, Kashief Khan, Ronald Dalmacio |