Prof Collet Dandara is biomedical scientist with extensive experience in pharmacogenomics of infectious and cardiovascular diseases in African populations.  His research is in the field of Genomics, focusing on pharmacogenomics (PGx), genetic susceptibility and drug metabolism. Prof Dandara’s research has contributed to the understanding of the pharmacogenomics of antiretroviral drugs and currently his research Unit, is investigating the pharmacogenomics of cardiovascular diseases including hypertension and cancer. He is considered one of the leading experts in pharmacogenomics on the African continent with an international standing in the field. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf Fellow), a Fellow of the African Academy of Science (AAS-Fellow) and was part of the inaugural World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Young Affiliate/Alumni (TYAN) Executive Committee (2016-2021). Collet is an Academic & Researcher in the Division of Human Genetics & a full member of the Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, at the University of Cape Town. He has a track record of successful supervision to graduation of postgraduate students (Honours, MSc and PhD) level and has supervised to graduation over 30 Honours students, least 20 MSc students and more than 10 PhD students. His research group regularly hosts postdoctoral Research Fellows, contributing to human capacity development. He was a Finalist in the NSTF-Bilton Awards, in 2014, in the category of Human Capacity development. He is widely published with >160 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, accumulating Google Scholar H-index of 35 and an i10-index of 100. He has a good understanding of the higher education system in Africa & internationally, including the funding landscape.  Professor Dandara serves on the Board of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), is on the Executive Committee of the African Society for Human Genetics (AfSHG) and is one of the founding members of the African Pharmacogenomics Network (APN).  In 2021 he took over the leadership of the Southern African Society for Human Genetics (SASHG) as its Chair/President. Collet expresses a huge passion for knowledge generation, translation, and dissemination to the youth.

Unit Director: Professor Collet Dandara
Division of Human Genetic, Department of Pathology &
Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IDM)
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town.
Anzio Road, Observatory, 7925
Tel office: 021 406 6506
Email: collet.dandara@uct.ac.za
http://www.idm.uct.ac.za/Collet_Dandara