ISSX Africa Workshop

Mongi Benjeddou

Mongi Benjeddou is a Full Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). He is an established scientific researcher in the field of pharmacogenomics and precision medicine. His research interests and publications in the last few years cover human population genetics, forensic genetics, genetic ancestry studies (focus on the Cape Muslim community), and pharmacogenomics and precision medicine in the last 15 years. The aim of his precision medicine research is to develop and validate individualized (drug) therapies for patients with diabetes, hypertension and other non-communicable diseases such as cancer, and suitable for indigenous and admixed populations from South Africa in particular, and the Sub-Saharan African region in general.