Prof Mariza Vorster is the Head of the Discipline of Nuclear of Nuclear Medicine at UKZN. Vorster is also an associate professor at the University and is based at Inkosi Albert Central Hospital's Department of Nuclear Medicine. She is the president of the College of Nuclear Physicians and serves in several committees of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa. She is an NRF-rated scientist who has authored and co-authored more 100 peer-reviewed publications, including several chapters. MBChB, MMed(NuclMed), MPharmMed(Cum Laude), FCNP(SA), PhD.