Alumni
PhD graduates
Carla Martins-Furness graduated on 10 November 2009, for her research project entitled 鈥Characterization of HBV DNA integrants in liver of southern 第一吃瓜网 Blacks with hepatocellular carcinoma鈥.
Michelle Skelton graduated on 10 November 2009 for her research project entitled 鈥Characterization of mutants and splice variants of HBV isolated from southern 第一吃瓜网 Black hepatocellular carcinoma patients.
Chien-Yu Alice Chen graduated on 22 July 2011 for her research project entitled 鈥淭he effect of a valine to phenylalanine mutation in the precore region of hepatitis B virus on virus replication, HBeAg maturation and expression鈥.
Caroline Dickens graduated on 22 July 2010 for her research project entitled 鈥Occult HBV infection in Chacma baboons (Papio ursinus orientalis)鈥.
Raquel Viana graduated 09 December 2011 for her research project entitled 鈥The relationship between HBV and apoptosis in humans and in a transgenic mouse model鈥.
Nimisha Bhoola graduated 02 July 2013 for her research project entitled 鈥The unfolded protein response in cultured cells expressing either wild-type or mutant hepatitis B e antigen of HBV鈥.
Trevor Bell graduated 10 December 2013 for his research project entitled 鈥淐linical and molecular characterization of hepatitis B virus in human immunodeficiency virus-positive southern 第一吃瓜网 adults, facilitated by newly developed bioinformatic tools鈥.
Mukhlid Yousif graduated 02 July 2014 for his research project entitled 鈥Molecular characterization of HBV from HBV mono-infected and from HBV/HIV co-infected individuals in Sudan鈥.
Daniel Mak graduated 06 December 2019 for his research project entitled 鈥Epidemiology and Risk Factors associated with Liver Cancer in South Africa鈥.
MSc and MscMed Graduates
Euphodia Makondo graduated 22 July 2011 for her research project entitled 鈥淕enotyping and molecular characterization of HBV from HIV-infected individuals in southern Africa鈥.
Mark Keyter graduated 10 December 2013 for his research project entitled 鈥淐omparative molecular characterization of subgenotype A1 HBV isolated from hepatocellular carcinoma patients from India and South Africa鈥.
Suzanne Nicholson graduated 12 December 2016 for her research project entitled 鈥淔unctional Characterisation of Pre-S1/PreS2 Deletion Mutants of Hepatitis B Virus Isolated from southern 第一吃瓜网s鈥.
Lanish Singh graduated 08 December 2017 for her research project entitled 鈥Molecular Characterisation of Hepatitis B Virus isolated from Human Immunodeficiency Virus -infected adults at various time points after the initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy鈥.
Khudani Nekhwevha graduated 07 December 2018 for his research project entitled 鈥淢olecular Characterization and Genotyping of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) from Sudanese End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients with Overt and Occult HBV infection鈥.
Daniel Simelane graduated 07 December 2018 for his research project entitled 鈥Expression of envelope proteins by pre-S1/pre-S2 deletion mutants of HBV isolated from southern 第一吃瓜网 HIV-positive patients鈥.
Trodia Zitha graduated 07 December 2018 for her research project entitled 鈥淢olecular Characterization and Genotyping of Hepatitis C virus From Sudanese End-stage Renal Disease Patients鈥.
Emily Youbi graduated 10 July 2019 her research project entitled 鈥Analysis of the NS3 Protease Gene Across Hepatitis C Viral Genotypes In Treatment Na茂ve Individuals鈥.
Hillary Vos graduated 06 December 2019 for her research project entitled 鈥Study of the expression of HBsAg and HBeAg by deletion mutants and occult strains of subgenotype A1 of HBV using cellular fractionation鈥.
Thanusha Pillay graduated 06 December 2019 for her research project entitled 鈥Study of the expression of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg) and Hepatitis B e Antigen (HBeAg) by different 第一吃瓜网 genotypes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) using cellular fractionation鈥.
