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DrNathaniel Mcgregor

Senior Lecturer

Genetics

Orcid identifier0000-0001-7195-4993
  • Senior Lecturer
    Genetics
  • 021 808 5836 (Work)
  • Stellenbosch University, Genetics, Van der Bijl, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

OVERVIEW

Nathaniel McGregor is a senior lecturer in the Department of Genetics at Stellenbosch University (SU) and heads the Human and Systems Genetics Working research group in the Department.  Additionally he collaborates with the SA MRC Unit on Risk and Resillience in Mental Disorders, the Schizophrenia Research Group, as well as the SA MRC SHAREDRoots Flagship and SA MRC Genomics of Brain Disorders Unit in the Department of Psychiatry also at SU.

He obtained his PhD in Psychiatry in 2014, and subsequently went on to complete an inaugarial programme at the prestigeous Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and MIT, in connection with The Broad's Stanley Centre for Psychiatric Research.  Here he formed part of the Global Iniative for Neuropsychiatric Genetics Education in Research (GINGER) programme which focused on educating the various clinical and molecular specialists in the field of Psychiatry across all necessary niche areas i.e., data science, genetics research, epidemiology etc.

Nathaniel is currently focuses on large data projects and is part of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) and ENIGMA, currently the largest global consortia in the interest of better characterising the underpinings of mental health disorders.

STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY GROUPS MEMBERSHIP

  1. Faculty of Agrisciences
    Group
  2. Genetics
    Department

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Lecturer
    Stellenbosch University, Genetics, Stellenbosch, South Africa1 Jan 2016 - 30 Jun 2022
  • Senior Lecturer
    Stellenbosch University, Genetics, Stellenbosch, South Africa1 Jul 2022
  • Laboratory Manager
    GENEdiagnostics, Stellenbosch, South Africa1 Dec 2009 - 31 Jan 2011

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • NRF Scarce Skills Postdoctoral Fellow
    Stellenbosch University, Genetics and Psychiatry, Stellenbosch, South Africa1 Jan 2014 - 30 Jun 2016

DEGREES

  • PhD, Psychiatry (Neuropsychiatric Genetics)
    Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa1 Feb 2011 - 31 Mar 2014
  • MSc (cum laude), Human Genetics (Iron Metabolism and Cancer)
    Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa1 Feb 2008 - 12 Dec 2009
  • BSc Hons., Human Genetics (Iron Metabolism and Cancer Research)
    Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa1 Jan 2007 - 12 Dec 2007
  • BSc, Molecular and Cellular Biology
    Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa1 Feb 2004 - 12 Dec 2006

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Global Initiative for Neuropsychiatric Genetics Education in Research (GINGER)
    Broad Institute and Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and MIT, Stanley Centre for Psychiatric Research, Cambridge, Boston, United States1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2020
    Neuropsychiatric GeneticsOtherSupervised by Chibnik L

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Afrikaans
    Can read, write, speak and understand

AVAILABILITY

  • Career advice
  • Collaborative projects
  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Media enquiries
  • Membership of an advisory committee
  • Industry Projects

AFRICAN UNION 2063 GOALS

  • 12 Capable institutions and transformative leadership in place
  • 3 Healthy and well-nourished citizens
  • 2 Well Educated Citizens and Skills revolution underpinned by Science, Technology and Innovation

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 3 Good Health and Well Being
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 4 Quality Education

FIELDS OF RESEARCH