Prof Carin Huyser is an embryologist and manages the IVF Laboratory at Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria. This unit is the only public health care reference and training facility to provide assisted reproductive services to the middle and northern region of South Africa.

Blood-borne virus seropositive patients have been treated since the beginning of the millennium at the laboratory, utilizing methodologies that she developed through research and simple technique adaptations. She participates in the Health Professions Council of South Africa as an active committee member of the Medical Sciences panel as well as the Practice Committee of the Medical and Dental Professions Board. She holds an adjunct professorship at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Pretoria.