Associate Professor Dirk Blom is the Head of Division of Lipidology at the University of Cape
Town. Dr Blom’s personal research interests include genetic disorders of lipoprotein
metabolism with a particular emphasis on dysbetalipoproteinaemia and familial
hypercholesterolaemia. Professor Blom is a member of multiple international societies and
currently serves on the executive committee of the Lipid and Atherosclerosis Society of
Southern Africa. He has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals.