School of Health Care Sciences reach out to community in celebration of World AIDS Day

Posted on December 03, 2015

As their contribution to World Aids Day 2015, staff of the University of Pretoria’s School of Health Care Sciences, in collaboration with various partner organisations, hosted an event at Olievenhoutbosch Clinic on Friday, 27 November 2015.

First African Conference on the Health Effects of Endocrine Disruptors successfully hosted by UP

Posted on December 01, 2015

The Environmental Chemical Pollution and Health (ECPH) Research Unit in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), successfully hosted the first African Conference on the Health Effects of Endocrine Disruptors at the Skukuza Conference Centre in the Kruger National Park.

UK Commonwealth Awardee returns to UP after collaborative research abroad

Posted on November 24, 2015

Ms Tracey Hurrell, a PhD student in the Department of Pharmacology at UP and one of UP's UK Commonwealth Awardees, says that the opportunity to complete part of her studies at one of the leading academic institutions in the world has changed the paradigm of her thinking, research endeavours and...

Study aims to address complex genomics of human diversity and prostate cancer

Posted on November 23, 2015

Prof Riana Bornman is the South African Study Director of the Southern African Prostate Cancer Study (SAPCS) - a project that is shedding light on the scope and impact of prostate cancer in the central to northern regions of SA.

Empowering communities to beat malaria

Posted on November 17, 2015

Dr Taneshka Kruger, from the UP CSMC is very passionate about eliminating malaria in South Africa, and eventually in Africa as a whole and has been involved in research on the subject for a number of years.

UP student awarded prestigious Abe Bailey Travel Bursary

Posted on November 12, 2015

Ms Cyan Brown, currently in her fourth year of the Bachelor of Medicine (MBChB) degree programme at the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Health Sciences, was one of the recipients of the prestigious Abe Bailey Travel Bursary.

UP student receives award for distinguished work at IAEA conference

Posted on November 12, 2015

Dr Kehinde Ololade, a second year MMed student in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Pretoria (UP), won the award for distinguished work at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s conference on clinical PET/CT and molecular imaging that was held in Vienna, Austria...

Stroke Week 2015

Posted on November 04, 2015

The week of 28 October to 3 November has been named Stroke Week, the purpose of which is to raise awareness of the symptoms of stroke.