Dr. Daisy Mokwele

Daisy Mokwele is a researcher in medical genetics whose work centers on the integration of genomic technologies into clinical care within South Africa. Affiliated with academic and state healthcare institutions in Johannesburg, she contributes to advancing genomic medicine in under-resourced and under-represented populations.

Her research focuses on the clinical implementation of exome sequencing for the diagnosis of genetic disorders in infants. Through work published in Frontiers in Genetics, she has examined the diagnostic utility of clinical exome sequencing in South African state hospitals, addressing challenges such as limited African genomic reference data, variant interpretation complexities, and constrained healthcare infrastructure.

Mokwele’s contributions highlight the importance of context-specific genomic strategies, curated gene panels, and locally relevant expertise to improve early diagnosis and patient management. Current insights are based on limited available publications, reflecting an emerging yet impactful research trajectory in African genomic medicine.