Soraya Seedat

Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Executive Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Stellenbosch University.

Soraya holds the South African Research Chair in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and directs the South African Medical Research Council Unit on the Genomics of Brain Disorders. She is an expert in the field of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety disorders, in adolescents and adults, and in the investigation of biological mechanisms of risk and resilience and has published widely in these areas.