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 February 20, 2011

African Society of Human Genetics

Executive Committee

Chair:                                          Charles Rotimi

Secretary:                                  Melanie Newport

Treasurer:                                  Felix Okojie

Communications and IT:           Adebowale Adeyemo

Membership secretary:             Branwen Hennig

5 regional representatives:       Yehia Gad (North), Raj Ramesar (South), Ambroise Wonkam (Central), Muntaser Ibrahim (East) and Clement Adebamowo (West)

Organising Committees for joint AfSHG/SASHG Meeting in Cape Town, South Africa (6th AfSHG meeting)

Local Organising Committee

Chairperson

Prof Raj Ramesar (AfSHG/SASHG; University of Cape Town)

ex officio: (Chairpersons of AfSHG and SASHG): Prof Charles Rotimi & Prof Michele Ramsay

Secretariat

Dr Ambroise Wonkam (University of Yaounde/University of Cape Town)

Prof Melanie Newport (Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK)

Treasurer

Prof Jacquie Greenberg (University of Cape Town)

Fundraising

Prof Monique Zaahl (University of Stellenbosch)

Events and Legal Issues

Dr Rene Goliath (University of Cape Town)

Accommodation & Transportation Logistics

Dr Collet Dandara (University of Cape Town)

Security and Medical Emergencies

Dr Karen Fieggen (University of Cape Town)

MRC Event Management Office

Mandy Salomo, Meagan Simpson, Deon Salomo, Ellen Claasen, Denise Roberts, Robert Ganesh

Student representatives

Aisha-Bibi Pandor (University of Cape Town)

Lauren Watson ((University of Cape Town)

Scientific Programme Committee

• Adebowale Adeyemo (Nigeria/USA) – Genetic Epidemiology/Clinical Genetics
• Sonia Abdelhak (Tunisia) Molecular Genetics
• Clement Adebamowo (Nigeria) - Clinical and Population Genetics/Ethics
• Joseph Beyene (Ethiopia/Canada) – Bioinformatics
• Yehia Gad (Egypt) - Clinical/Molecular Genetics
• Muntaser Ibrahim (Sudan) - Molecular/Population Genetics
• Joshua Kimani (Kenya) - Population Genetics
• Amanda Krause (South Africa) Clinical Genetics
• Nicola Mulder (South Africa) – Bioinformatics
• Michele Ramsay (South Africa) - Molecular Genetics
• Raj Ramesar (South Africa) - Molecular Genetics
• Charles Rotimi (USA/Nigeria) - Epidemiology
• Theresa Ruppelt (South Africa) – Cytogenetics
• Giorgio Sirugo (Italy) – Medical Genetics/Infectious Diseases
• Himla Soodyall (South Africa) - Population Genetics
• Scott Williams (USA) - Population Genetics/Epidemiology
• Melanie Newport (UK) – Infectious Diseases & Global Health [please check/change Mel]
• Branwen Hennig (UK) – Genetic Epidemiology
• Charmaine Royal (USA) - Ethics

Inaugural Program Committee