Current Committee (2015-2017)

Zane Lombard
(Chair)
Division of Human Genetics
National Health Laboratory Service
University of the Witwatersrand
zane.lombard@wits.ac.za

Careni Spencer
(Secretary)
Division of Human Genetics
National Health Laboratory Service
University of the Witwatersrand
careni.spencer@nhls.ac.za

Leigh Jacobs
(Treasurer)
University of the Witwatersrand
leigh.k.gaskell@gmail.com

Shelley Macaulay
(Representative: Genetic Counselling)
Division of Human Genetics
National Health Laboratory Service
University of the Witwatersrand
shelley.macaulay@nhls.ac.za

Fiona Baine
(Representative: Young Researchers Forum)
University of the Witwatersrand
fiona.baine@wits.ac.za

Colleen Aldous
(Representative: SASHG 2017)
School of Clinical Medicine
University of KwaZulu Natal
aldousc@ukzn.ac.za

Amanda Krause
Division of Human Genetics
National Health Laboratory Service
University of the Witwatersrand
amanda.krause@nhls.ac.za

Anneline Lochan
Division of Human Genetics
National Health Laboratory Service
University of the Witwatersrand
anneline.lochan@nhls.ac.za

Alison September
Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine
Department of Human Biology
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Cape Town
alison.september@uct.ac.za

Michael Urban
Molecular Biology and Human Genetics
Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University
urban@sun.ac.za

Karen Fieggen
(Representative: Clinical Genetics)
Division of Human Genetics
University of Cape Town
karen.fieggen@uct.ac.za

Eileen Hoal Van Helden
Molecular Biology and Human Genetics
Stellenbosch University
egvh@sun.ac.za

The Southern African Society for Human Genetics (SASHG) is a non-profit organization for health care professionals involved and interested in human or medical genetics.

Our aims are

to promote and advance the practice and science of human and medical genetics in Southern Africa
to facilitate contact between persons in the different branches of human and medical genetics
to maintain the highest ethical and professional standards in all its affairs and activities

to arrange conferences and symposia
to initiate contact with similar organizations in other parts of the world
to practice its affairs in a non-profit making and non-discriminatory manner

Contact Details

Chair:	Dr Zane Lombard
Telephone:	011 489 9221
Fax:	086 765 6304
E-mail:	zane.lombard@wits.ac.za
Postal Address:	Division of Human Genetics National Health Laboratory Service & University of the Witwatersrand PO Box 1038 Johannesburg 2000