Himla Soodyall
(b.02 07 1963) South African geneticist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Himla (Himladevi) Soodyall (b Durban, 1963[1]) is a South African geneticist involved in finding some of the oldest human genetic lines, mainly focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa.[2] Her work on DNA has pointed to southern Africa as the most likely geographic region of origin of the human species.[1][3]
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Himla Soodyall | |
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Born | 1963 (age 60ā61) Durban, South Africa |
Education | University of Durban-Westville |
Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand |
Awards | Order of Mapungubwe (Bronze) 2005 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Human genetics |
Institutions | WITS Human Genomic Diversity and Disease Research Laboratory |
Thesis | (1993) |
Doctoral advisor | Trefor Jenkins |
Website | Himla Soodyall at WITS |
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She is Director of the Human Genomic Diversity and Disease Research Laboratory, National Health Laboratory Service at the University of the Witwatersrand.[4] She was awarded a Bronze Order of Mapungubwe in 2005 for her "Outstanding contributions in the field of science" in South Africa.