Michele Ramsay

Director of the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience (SBIMB), Professor in the Division of Human Genetics and South African Research Chair (Genomics and Bioinformatics of African Populations) at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa. While being deeply committed to promoting research excellence in Africa and contributing to research that accurately represents African populations in global science, she actively promotes capacity strengthening in the fields of genomics and precision medicine. Michèle is co-chair of the International Hundred-thousand+ Cohorts Consortium (IHCC) and steering group member for developing the African Population Cohorts Consortium (APCC). As a member of the WHO Technical Advisory Group for Genomics (TAG-G) she contributes LMIC perspectives to global genomics, promoting ethical, equitable and fair principles and practices. She serves as chair of the Academy of Science of South Africa’s POPIA Committee to draft a national Code of Conduct or Guiding Framework for Research to inform a uniform interpretation of the Act.