Chairperson

Panel

Ms Nicole Creighton is a fifth-year medical (MBChB) student. She is the Tuks Children's Trust Chairperson for 2021/2022. She has been a part of Tuks Children's Trust for the last 3 years and it has brought her so much joy. She loves helping people, especially vulnerable children. Her favourite quote is by Mahatma Gandhi: "Be the change you wish to see in the world." You may not always be able to change the life of everyone, but changing the life of one person is more than enough. She hopes to inspire more students to help vulnerable communities and children.

Although Tuks Children's Trust isn't directly involved with research, they acknowledge the value of education and the development of new discoveries. Thus, their hope is that they can encourage their community to become involved with research and make a difference in this way.

Ms Alecia Brits is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Pretoria. As an MBChB student, she takes a keen interest in medicine, research and outreach activities. In 2018, her matric year, she received the USAID third prize award in the category ‘Healthy mothers and babies’ for her research project presented at the Intel ISEF. She was awarded the Vice-chancellor Discretionary Merit Award in 2019. In 2021, she fulfilled the role of an abstract co-screener for the accepted publication: ‘Evidence of TB services at primary healthcare level during COVID-19: a scoping review’. She was a speaker at the UNICEF Symposium: Transdisciplinary through the lens of the youth on the 21st of April 2022 at the Future Africa Institute. She has received the Faculty of Health Sciences Merit Award for each completed year of study. She has performed the role of both tutor and mentor before and is excited to do so in future.

Ms Mayuri Ramnarain is a fifth-year medical (MBChB) student who is originally from Durban but has lived in Pretoria for most of her life. It has always been her dream to become a doctor and she is even more excited about the world of medical research. In the future, she hopes to be involved in innovation which results from the intersection between engineering and medicine. In the last year, she served as the head of research at TSSS and she currently oversees the research and academic development committees. Her hobbies include baking, playing with her Yorkie and spending quality time with her loving family and friends.