Resia Pretorius

Etheresia Pretorius is a South African scientist. She is Distinguished Professor and head of the Department of Physiological Sciences at Stellenbosch University. Her research deals with coagulation in a variety of medical conditions including type 2 diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, COVID-19 and Long COVID.

Education Pretorius earned a BScHons (cum laude) and MSc from Stellenbosch University, then a PhD from the University of Pretoria in 1998.

Career Following her doctorate, Pretorius became a lecturer in the Department of Anatomy at the University of Pretoria, and later joined the Department of Physiology.

Her research deals with coagulation in a variety of medical conditions including type 2 diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, COVID-19 and Long COVID. Her 2021 study was the first to propose microclots could play a role in Long COVID.

According to Scopus, Pretorius has an h-index of 45. In 2011, she won the African Union Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Awards for the Southern Region in the Basic Science, Technology and Innovation Sector.