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Third Meeting of the DS-I Africa Consortium
3 November - 9 November 2023


  • Mrs Michelle Kamp - Speaker


    MADIVA (Multimorbidity in Africa: Digital innovation, visualisation and application) (PhD Student)

    Michelle Kamp is a PhD student based at Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience and the Division of Human Genetics at Wits. Her research aims to develop and critically assess the value of Polygenic risk scores for cardiometabolic traits in African populations. She holds a MSc (Med) in Human Genetics (2013), PgDip in Management (2016), both from Wits University, and a Certificate in Global Public Health from King College London (2021). Michelle is currently working with AWI-Gen data and involved in MADIVA Project 2, where she will support population stratification and risk prediction objectives.