Posted on March 06, 2023
Associate Professor Simnikiwe Mayaphi, clinical virologist and head of the Department of Medical Virology at the University of Pretoria and National Health Laboratory Service – Tshwane Academic Division (NHLS-TAD), recently received a C2 NRF rating.
Posted on March 03, 2023
When hearing aids are not enough, cochlear implants are the next step to alleviate hearing loss. But they are not for everyone. A transdisciplinary research team aims to customise each device and enhance the benefit for users of these devices.
Posted on March 03, 2023
We caught up with the University of Pretoria Senior lecturer Dr. Abe Kasonga, who recently attained a Y2 NRF rating. Congratulations on attaining Y2 NRF rating. Please tell us about yourself.
Posted on March 01, 2023
Congratulations to Professor Trevor Nyakudya, an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology, University of Pretoria Faculty of Health Sciences, who, together with collaborators from the University of Johannesburg and North West University, recently won the 2022 Gauteng Accelerator...
Posted on December 02, 2022
“Much like homelessness and poverty, the HIV epidemic is intertwined in existing systems – economic, political, social, cultural, legal, etc – and this interconnectedness defies simplistic solutions,” writes UP’s Prof Theresa Rossouw.
Posted on November 30, 2022
Internationally renowned leaders and experts in diagnostics, medicine and public health convened at the Future Africa Institute at the University of Pretoria to reflect on the lessons learned during COVID-19.
Posted on November 21, 2022
The visiting delegation, which included @iaeaorg Director of Division Africa Professor Shaukat Abdulrazak, was led by NuMeRI CEO and Head of the Nuclear Medicine Department at UP and Steve Biko Academic Hospital Prof Mike Sathekge.
Posted on November 18, 2022
UP’s Diabetes Research Centre, in collaboration with digital health provider Aviro Health, has launched an app that helps community healthcare workers to deliver better diabetes care to people with type 2 diabetes.
Posted on November 06, 2022
“Malaria elimination in the SADC region by 2030 is possible,” says Dr Taneshka Kruger of UP’s Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control. “But it will require regional collaboration and cooperation.”
Posted on November 04, 2022
“You have honoured yourselves as individuals and you have honoured UP,” said UP Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof Tawana Kupe.
Posted on July 20, 2022
Until we know more about the risks, we should try to limit our exposure to microplastics found in products and in the environment, and the toxic chemicals associated with them. This is according to Professor Halina Röllin of UP’s School of Health Systems and Public Health, who was part of...
Posted on June 09, 2022
Earlier this month, the National Science and Technology Forum announced the finalists for this year’s NSTF-South32 Awards. UP congratulates and celebrates nine of our own researchers who have been nominated!
Posted on May 17, 2022
UP’s Directorate of Comprehensive Online Education Services (COES) has seen its first cohort graduate during the autumn graduation session.
Posted on May 03, 2022
UP is proud to have been named SA’s second-best and Africa’s third-best university in the 2022 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings! UP’s overall score marks the greatest improvement among all SA universities.
Posted on April 26, 2022
Innovation is the next step forward. The innovations highlighted in this edition show us that the knowledge we create today is a step forward to future.
Posted on April 25, 2022
The UP ISMC focuses on the human, parasite and vector aspects when addressing malaria control and elimination challenges, and is already making tangible contributions towards mitigating malaria through several approaches.
Posted on April 17, 2022
University of Pretoria researchers Dr Mariëtte Pretorius and Professor Wanda Markotter have published a study which shows that land around important bat-inhabited caves are changing and that natural habitats are being destroyed.
Posted on March 02, 2022
UP is setting up a comprehensive facility to help other departments in the Health Sciences Faculty with the 3D-printing of replicas of bones and organs, and more.
Posted on February 28, 2022
The University of Pretoria (UP) has launched the Pan African Cancer Research Institute (PACRI) to transform the fight against cancer in Africa.
Posted on January 18, 2022
A team of UP scientists has published the only study from Africa that entailed genomic One Health investigations to reveal that Delta variants of COVID-19 were transmitted from humans to animals.
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