Staff profiles

On 1 October 2023, Dr. Olivia Matshabane, a neuroethics researcher, joined the SAMRC/SU Extramural Unit on the Genomics of Brain Disorders in the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at SU on permanent appointment. Dr Matshabane joins us from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH), National…

Dr. Maura Lappeman is the newly appointed principal psychologist at Lentegeur Psychiatric Hospital. She previously worked for almost a decade at the community and district level in Khayelitsha.   In 2020, she completed her PhD in Psychology at Stellenbosch University. Her dissertation focussed on the provision of care to those…