Angela J Woodiwiss

Angela J. Woodiwiss is a South African researcher, physiotherapist and university professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Education Woodiwiss has a Bachelors degree in Physiotherapy, BSc(Physiotherapy) in 1986 from University of the Witwatersrand, Master of Medical Science, MSc(Med) and she got her PhD in Physiology in 1996 from University of the Witwatersrand.

Career Woodiwiss has had the served in various capacities in both the field of academic and research:

University of the Witwatersrand

Head of the Molecular and Cellular Laboratory She has a fellowship from the University of Massachusetts in 1997.

Publications

Differential Association Between Ten Indices of Insulin Resistance and End-Organ Damage in a Community of African Ancestry in Africa

Awards and recognition

Faculty Research Prize in 2003 for the most prestigious publication in the Faculty of Health Sciences Friedel Sellschop Research Award (prestigious award from 2000−2002 Awards for the best (2005, 2001, 1989) or second-best (1999, 1985) oral presentation at a congress AstraZeneca Cardiovascular Research Grant in 2002 and 2003 University Council overseas fellowship in 1997.

Society and fellowships Woodiwiss is a member of several national and international societies, organizations and fellowships where she serve in various roles.

Fellow of Physiological Society of Southern Africa Past President of Southern African Hypertension Society (SAHS) South African Country Leader for May Measurement Month (an international hypertension awareness campaign) Council Member of World Hypertension League Board Member of SAHS Director of Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand. Elected as a Fellow of the Africa Academy of Sciences in 2022