Chemical Pathology

The Department of Chemical Pathology is part of the School of Pathology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. It is a department within the school, alongside the other departments that make up pathology at Wits.

The department's research strengths lie in cardiometabolic disease, HIV, hypertension, diabetes and kidney disease, with further work on endocrine disorders. Its publication profile draws on longitudinal cohort and population health studies, including genomic and epidemiological approaches to these conditions.

Further themes include diagnostic innovation and laboratory medicine, covering biochemical markers and screening approaches. The research is focused on African populations, with South Africa and the wider sub-Saharan region prominent in the work.