Etheresia Pretorius of the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria is one of the Africa’s top women scientists, and she was the recipient of the African Union Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Awards Programme (Basic Science and Technology: African Women in Science), in 2011. Since 2000, she published/in press over 200 ISI rated research manuscripts. Her research has brought new insights into inflammation pathology and she has identified new methods that may be used in tracking disease progression. The majority of the afore-mentioned research has been published in high impact journals, including The Lancet (IF: 45.102) and FEMS (IF: 13.8). Etheresia Pretorius of the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria is one of the Africa’s top women scientists, and she was the recipient of the African Union Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Awards Programme (Basic Science and Technology: African Women in Science), in 2011. Since 2000, she published/in press over 200 ISI rated research manuscripts. Her research has brought new insights into inflammation pathology and she has identified new methods that may be used in tracking disease progression. The majority of the afore-mentioned research has been published in high impact journals, including The Lancet (IF: 45.102) and FEMS (IF: 13.8).

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