Pathology

The Department of Pathology is part of the School of Pathology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Its research strengths lie in pathology, histopathology, molecular pathology, cancer biology and immunology, as shown by its publications in laboratory medicine and related journals.

Further themes include infectious disease, microbiology, haematology and diagnostic pathology, with research focused mainly on South Africa. The department also publishes on genetic and cellular mechanisms of disease.