Prof. Grobler is well experienced in both the fields of Higher Education of South Africa and Biomedical Technology (Medical Laboratory Sciences), she is a senior lecturer at Vaal University of Technology (VUT) and currently the acting Executive Dean of the Faculty of Applied and Computer Sciences at Vaal University of Technology. She has been involved in Medical Technology since 1989 and occupied positions on all levels (both in the laboratory and at the university) which contributed to a vast variety of experiences. She is a passionate educator in the field of Biomedical Technology and consider inter- trans- and multidisciplinary research collaboration as a high priority.
She obtained her D Tech in Biomedical Technology at Durban University of Technology (DUT) in 2015. Appointed as an Associate Professor from 1st December 2021. Her research focus is to evaluate the cardiovascular risk in black South Africans. She has been involved in several multidisciplinary research projects with the objective to identify nutritional and health risk factors in various vulnerable communities in the Vaal region, QwaQwa, Orange Farms, Alexandra and Cofimvaba since 1999. Her research and development studies at present are mainly focusing on the prevalence of genetic polymorphisms linked with cardiovascular disease and possible influencing factors for interventional studies.
She received the Faculty of Applied and Computer Sciences Research Achievement Award (2010). She received a sabbatical grand from NRF in 2011 as part of the IMPROVEMENT OF ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS (IAQ) programme. Apart from supervised eight master students successfully and numerous B Tech research projects (±140). She is author/co-author of ten (10) full-length peer reviewed papers and co-authored two book chapter. She has presented at various national (4) and international conferences (10) and co-authored abstracts as part of conference proceedings.
Prof Grobler is Nationally recognized as a leader in Health Science. She has been appointed in 2020 to serve on the Medical Technology Board (Vice chair) of the Health Professions Council of South Africa till 2025 by the Minister of Health. Additionally, appointed by Member of Executive Council (MEC): Health to serve as a member of the Provincial Health Research Committee of Health in Gauteng. The Society of Medical technology of South Africa (SMLTSA) appointed Prof Grobler to serve on the Immunology Scientific Advisory Committee. Council of Higher Education (CHE) appointed Prof Grobler to serve as a member of an Institutional Audit Panel.