SAMJ Supplement Launch Highlights Successful Research Day at UP's SHSPH

Posted on June 26, 2024

The School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH) in the Faculty of Health sciences at the University of Pretoria hosted its second Research Day on 26 June 2024 with great enthusiasm and insightful discussions. Postgraduate students, staff, and faculty executives gathered under the theme...

Technology makes it possible to diagnose diseases on the spot – but South Africa’s public healthcare system faces several obstacles

Posted on June 26, 2024

Digital technology has hugely improved healthcare in many ways. It’s now possible to test patients on the spot – in a clinic or hospital – for many health conditions. Digital diagnostic devices can analyse samples like sweat, saliva, faeces, tears and breath for signs of...

UP Professor appointed to Cornell University's PORTENT Center External Advisory Board

Posted on February 01, 2024

Professor Tivani Mashamba-Thompson, Deputy Dean of Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria, has joined a team of a global health experts as a distinguished member of the external advisory board for the Point of Care Technologies for...

UP’s research group takes centre stage at the 2023 Nature Conference on Bioengineering for Global Health

Posted on December 06, 2023

The REASSURED-d@UP research group from the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Health Sciences, dominated the stage at the Bioengineering for Global Health conference held in Nashville, USA, from November 13th to 15th, 2023. This global gathering facilitated crucial discussions on health...

UP EXPERT OPINION: Increasing HIV-positive donors in stem cell transplantation

Posted on October 31, 2023

Increasing HIV-positive donors in stem cell transplantation can help create a future where no patient is left without hope due to a lack of suitable donors, write UP’s Dr Candice Hendricks and Prof Michael Pepper.

University of Pretoria deputy dean to lead the Africa-Europe Multimorbidity Cluster of Excellence

Posted on October 18, 2023

Prof Tivani Mashamba-Thompson, a molecular biology medical scientist who is Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Health Sciences at UP, is co-leading the Africa-Europe Multimorbidity Cluster of Excellence.

UP's Faculty of Health Science Research Support Hub and SAMRC SAPRIN research capacity building collaboration for data science

Posted on October 12, 2023

The colleagues from the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) of the University of Pretoria, Wits Vida unit and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) gathered at the University of Pretoria’s Prinshof campus for a series of SAMRC South African Population Research Infrastructure...

UP professor’s inaugural address shines the spotlight on the health impact of air pollution in South Africa

Posted on October 03, 2023

"The disease burden linked to air pollution is now estimated to be equivalent to other major global health risks, such as unhealthy diets and tobacco smoking," said Prof Janine Wichmann of UP’s School of Health Systems and Public Health.