Background
Schirnding, Yasmin Elizabeth von was born on July 23, 1956 in London. Daughter of Kurt Robert and Gisela (Westphal) von Schirnding.
Schirnding, Yasmin Elizabeth von was born on July 23, 1956 in London. Daughter of Kurt Robert and Gisela (Westphal) von Schirnding.
Bachelor of Science honors, University Cape Town, South Africa, 1979. Master of Science cum laude, University Cape Town, South Africa, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cape Town, South Africa, 1988.
Bachelor of Science honors in Medicine, University Stellenbosch, South Africa, 1984.
Science research officer, U. Cape Town, 1983-1986; research associate, U. Cape Town, 1987; chief medical researcher, Research Institute for Environmental Diseases, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, 1989-1991; specialist scientist, Research Institute for Environmental Diseases, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, 1991-1992; director environmental health, City of Johannesburg, South Africa, since 1992.
Member New York Academy of Sciences, Epidemiological Society South Africa (executive member since 1994), South African Institute Ecologists and Environmental Scientists, International Association for Environmental Epidemiological.
Married Derek Yach, March 29, 1987.