Prof. Heidi Abrahamse (PhD)

 

Prof. Heidi Abrahamse BSc (RAU), BSc Honours Biochemistry and Psychology (US, UNISA), MSc (US), PhD Molecular biology (Wits), was born in Klerksdorp, South Africa and graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1997.   She has been associated with several tertiary education institutions, where she has contributed by conducting and establishing management research structures and compiling policy documents for research.  She serves on several research-related university committees including the Academic Ethics and Research Committees. She has lectured several undergraduate as well as post-graduate courses and currently manages the Laser Research Group in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Johannesburg. She has graduated more than 25 post-graduate students, published more than 30 peer reviewed international research papers and hold grants for research from several national research funding bodies.  She holds membership to several international societies (WALT, SASBMB, ASBMB; ASCB, SPIE) and acts as reviewer for several funding bodies and international journals.  Her research areas of interest include cell transduction of cancer, wound healing, stem cell differentiation and phototherapy.