Partnerships and Collaborations
The Faculty conducts and strengthens research in several areas of global interest. Building international research partnerships is indeed a central feature of our research strategy. Staff members are encouraged and financially supported to present at high level international congresses where they have the opportunity to network and build research collaborations.
Active research exchange programmes are encouraged and more staff members are spending time at highly ranked academic institutions with the aim of collaboration, learning techniques and doing analyses. New partnerships include institutions in The Netherlands, UK, and Nordic countries. In addition to the official MOU and MOAs the Faculty is creating more international links. The high number of consortium/group publications is also an example of the Faculty growing in the international space.
Some of our staff members serve on the executive committees of a number of international professional associations and serve on various global and World Health Organisation (WHO) expert committees. Our Faculty has been invited to represent South Africa on the Global Research Coalition (GWRC) and will be a partner in developing new bio-assay for thyroid function. This work on endocrine disruptor chemical exposure is supported and now being funded by the WRC.
The number of international postgraduate students in the Faculty is growing. Several of the Medical Special registrations towards Master’s (MMeds) and Doctorates are international students. This is not community engagement
Examples of International partnerships
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Department
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University (or other partner)
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Subject
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ICCM
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Geneva and Bordeaux
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Gene therapy and stem cell-based approach to develop a therapy for HIV-positive patients in which the immune system is rendered resistant to HIV
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Medical virology
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WHO / CDC
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Environmental monitoring for polioviruses
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Nestle, Switzerland
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Analysis of raw materials for selected enteric viruses
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Nuclear medicine
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NECSA, NTP, North West
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National pre-clinical imaging facility
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Ghent, Leuven, Cambridge
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Molecular imaging on TB and HIV with the intention of developing novel radiopharmaceuticals
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Yeshiva
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Radio-immuno-therapy in HIV
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Bonn
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Radionuclide therapy in neuro-endocrine tumours, liver cancer
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Paediatrics
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Western Australia
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Rhinovirus type C identification in infants with bronchiolitis
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North West, Nijmegen
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Collaboration on mitochondrial diseases
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NICH Human Development, Yale Ankara Mumbai Rosario
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Multi-centre study on infant bronchiolitis
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Yale, Serithi MRC Project
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Outcome of HIV-exposed uninfected children
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KwaZulu-Natal, Stanford
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HIV drug resistance in children
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Washington
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HIV drug resistance due to PMTCT interventions
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NRF
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Viral bronchiolitis, viral identification & patient characterisation
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Psychiatry
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Columbia
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The genetic basis of Schizophrenia in an Afrikaner population
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Texas, Oxford
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Psychiatry ethics
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Nutrition
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Massey with IFNuW,
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Various nutrition studies
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SHSPH
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Harvard SPH, Fort Hare
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SA Executive Leadership in Health Programme
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Forensic Anthropology
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Mercyhurst
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Fractures and bone trauma
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