Prof Ambroise Wonkam is a professor of Genetic Medicine, and Director of the McKusick-Nathans Institute, and Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. His is also Director of GeneMAP (Genetic Medicine of African Populations), and immediate past Deputy Dean Research at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa. After a MD training from the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé He (Cameroon), he completed a thesis in Medical Sciences (cell biology) at the University of Geneva (Switzerland), and a PhD in Human Genetics (University of Cape Town, South Africa). Prof Wonkam’s also trained as a medical geneticist at a highly reputable Genetic Medicine at the University of Geneva (Switzerland). He subsequently practices Genetic Medicine in both European and African contexts. His research interests are reflected in more than 200 peer-reviewed publications. His research focuses genetic and genomic variation in Africa.