Justine first became involved in the UCT Division of Chemical Pathology during her second year of medical school, when she began attending the academic meetings in the division. She later joined the division formally, as a PhD student, and worked on a lipidology project under the co-supervision of Prof. David Marais and Dr. Dee Blackhurst. When a registrar post became available in the division 2 years later, Justine was invited to apply, and decided to convert her PhD to an MMed and embark on this adventure.