Department
Chemical Pathology
About
The Department of Chemical Pathology provides diagnostic laboratory services for biochemical testing, trains chemical pathologists, and conducts research in clinical biochemistry.
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Division of Chemical Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, located in Johannesburg, South Africa, is an academic unit within a public research university established in 1922. Integrated with the National Health Laboratory Service, it provides specialist diagnostic services while advancing training and translational research in laboratory medicine.
Research centers on cardiometabolic disease, HIV, hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease, and endocrine disorders in African populations. Major cohort collaborations such as AWI-Gen and HAALSI highlight strengths in longitudinal epidemiology, genomics, and population health, with work shaping prevention strategies and public health policy, including sodium reduction initiatives.
The division also advances diagnostic innovation, evaluating point of care testing, biochemical markers, proteomics, and cost effective screening approaches. Its contributions strengthen evidence based laboratory practice and improve equitable access to quality diagnostics across South Africa and the broader sub-Saharan region.
Latest publications
Most recent scholarly works and contributions.