Professor Keymanthri Moodley

Keymanthri Moodley is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine and Head of the Division of Medical Ethics and Law, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. The Division was re-designated as a Collaborating Centre in Bioethics in 2023 for the third time by the World Health Organisation (WHO), one of twelve in the world and the first on the African continent.  Keymanthri is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA. She is a specialist family physician, bioethicist, an NRF rated researcher (established scholar with international recognition) and a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf). To date, she has served as Principal Investigator on 5 NIH grants and has over 120 publications (journals, books, book chapters). The Division has trained 40 mid-career professionals from 10 African countries in bioethics and currently has 4 PhD graduates and 4 PhD trainees. Keymanthri serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee of EDCTP. She currently co-chairs the WHO Working Group on Developing Guidance for Clinical Ethics. Her most recent NIH funded research project explores ethical, legal and social issues (ELSI) in Data Science Innovation in Africa. The group is working on the ELSI of big data and Artificial Intelligence in the African context.