Dr Milcah Dhoro
Qualifications: Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacogenetics, University of Zimbabwe, 2015, Master of Philosophy Molecular Biology, University of Zimbabwe, 2010, Bachelor of Science Honors Biological Sciences, Midlands State University, 2004.
Bio: Dr Dhoro has more than 15 years of experience in the field of molecular biology in particular human genetics. Her research interests focus on understanding the effects of patient genetic variability with respect to disease susceptability and response to medicines, the discovery of safer and effective medicines and technological advancements in diagnostic tools that can contribute to improved disease detection, treatment and monitoring. After successful completion of her DPhil studies in 2015, she received a Fogarty/NIH Global Health Scholars fellowship to persue a postdoctoral fellowship. During this time she managed to receive various genetic testingtrainings and immunoassays at the University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Medicine, United Kingdom; Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Maryland, USA and the Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard in Boston, respectively. In August 2017, she received an award to attend a one month long International Summit in Human Genetics and Genomics which was hosted by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health, USA. In 2019, she enrolled into a two-year Medical Genetics and Genomics Certificate program offered by the National Human Genome Research Institute at the NIH, USA and completed it in 2021. This has added to her research interests the understudied area of congenital birth defects in Zimbabwe. She has also participated in the SPARK-Global community- a partnership between universities and industries founded by Professor Daria Mochly-Rosen in 2006 at Stanford University in the USA. This global community provides the education and mentorship necessary to for translational research. Dr Dhoro is also a member of the Biobank and Cohort Network (BCNet) International Working Group- a network set-up to address challenges in biobanking and research including ethical, legal and social issues.
Research Interests: Pharmacogenetics, Human health and genomics, Biobanking and research, Molecular Diagnostics
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Phone Number: +263772391978
Publications: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/50197887/?sort=date&direction=ascending