Fixed-term, 5-year position

This new Roche Research Chair for Precision Medicine and Genomics in Africa is an opportunity for an energetic mid-career investigator to advance their career as an international leader in the fields of precision medicine and genomics research, with a focus on Africa. The SBIMB is a central hub for human genomics and bioinformatics on the continent, facilitating the training of early career researchers, including post-doctoral fellows and postgraduate students.

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Dr June Fabian

Variant Bio is excited to announce our first research project in South Africa through a partnership with the African Research on Kidney Disease (ARK) Consortium - South Africa.

The ARK Consortium includes researchers from South Africa, Malawi, Uganda, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The overall aim of this collaboration is to better understand kidney disease in Sub-Saharan African populations. More specifically, our research collaboration focuses on determining the burden of kidney disease, its causes, and how we might prevent kidney disease in our communities.

To help in this effort, Variant Bio is teaming up with a group of researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. They are led by Dr. June Fabian, the principal investigator (PI) of the South African arm of ARK.

June is a nephrologist (kidney doctor) at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre.

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