About DNAlysis
Founded in 2008, DNAlysis continues to pioneer personalised medicine services here in South Africa and abroad. Recognised as a leader in the industry, hundreds of doctors and healthcare practitioners around the world have come to rely on the DNAlysis team for support and training, while our tests have gained a reputation for being clinically relevant and scientifically robust. Our ISO-accredited laboratories in Johannesburg and Helsinki process more than 2000 DNA samples per month, reporting on Nutrigenomics, Pharmacogenomics, Ancestry and Risk Screening.
As one of South Africa’s premier genetic testing laboratories, DNAlysis offers an innovative approach to genetic testing. Our industry-leading methods provide healthcare practitioners and patients with uniquely personalised treatments; and enables a more precise, predictable and preventive approach to healthcare.
Our network of highly trained healthcare practitioners use our range of DNA tests to gain a greater understanding about possible lifestyle, supplement and nutritional interventions that will assist their clients with a number of genetic related health concerns.
Leadership Team
Dr Danny Meyersfeld
Founder and CEO- PhD Molecular Biology
Helen Gautschi
Manager- Research and Education – BSc Honours Dietetics, Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management
Thenusha Naidoo
Manager – MSc Med Molecular Medicine
Research and Development
Punita Pitamber
MSc Med Human Genetics
Laboratory
Michelé Delport
Data Manager – BSc (Human Physiology, Genetics, Psychology)
Noxolo Mkhwanazi
Data Capturer
Practitioner Sales and Support
Jessica Pieterse
Johannesburg and Pretoria – Registered Dietitian
Lindsay van Rooyen
Johannesburg and Western Cape
Tamaryn Holzinger
Johannesburg and KwaZulu Natal – BSc Dietetics
Office Administration
Gina Matsi
Support
Narene Stuhardt
Accounts
Pumza Kotsholo
Reception
Advisory Board
PROF. DR. RON VAN SCHAIK PhD
Professor van Schaik is a specialist in Laboratory medicine and a Full Professor of Pharmacogenetics . He is Director of the International Reference Center for Pharmacogenetics and he leads the Research & Development Unit of the Dept. Clinical Chemistry at Erasmus University Medical Center in The Netherlands.
His research focuses on clinical implementation of Pharmacogenetics. Specific targets are Transplantation / Immunosuppression, Oncology, Pain, Psychiatry, HIV and Anticoagulation. He has published over 175 articles in this field and has participated in research grants with a total value of over €8 million.
Prof van Schaik has given over 200 invited lectures and participates on multiple national and international advisory committees on pharmacogenetics In 2001, he received the Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Award for Outstanding Research, in 2009 the AACC Outstanding Speaker Award, and in 2010 the AACC/Mol Pathology Award for Outstanding Scientific Research.
CLAIRE JULSING STRYDOM
Claire Julsing Strydom is a registered dietitian and co-founder of Nutrition Solutions, one of the largest dietetics practices in South Africa. She is the past president of the Association for Dietetics in South Africa. She completed her Master of Science Degree in Dietetics through the University of the Free State.
She has presented nutrition educational content to health professionals both locally and internationally and has developed and implemented interactive nutrition education initiatives for various schools including the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy.
She consults to the food and pharmaceutical industries and regularly contributes to magazine publications and has been hosted on a number of health-related television and radio shows. She is registered with the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and is a member of the Association for Dietetics in South Africa (ADSA) and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in the USA.
IAN CRAIG BSc MSc, DipCNE INLPTA
Ian Craig is an exercise physiologist, nutritional therapist, neuro-linguistic programming practitioner and an endurance coach. Ian specialises in Functional Sports Nutrition (FSN), a fast-evolving discipline that considers both health and performance of an athlete from an integrative health perspective. Ian is the editor of Functional Sports Nutrition magazine and developed the Middlesex University ‘Personalised Sports Nutrition’ postgraduate course and FSN Academy.
In South Africa, he is a consultant for genetics company DNAlysis Biotechnology and runs a private exercise and nutrition practice in Johannesburg.
DR GRANT FOURIE
Dr Grant Fourie qualified as a medical doctor from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, in 1995. He spent 2 years in the UK in the specialities of Trauma Medicine, Orthopaedic surgery and ENT, after which he returned to South Africa.
In a world that has become so focused on specialist medicine, and in which the GP is seen as some sort of ‘minor illness’ or referral doctor, he realised that the general family practitioner was perfectly suited to practice functional and integrative health and could have the greatest impact on his patients’ quality and quantity of life. Dr Fourie now runs a Functional Medicine practice in Cape Town.
