Bambanani - Conference on the move

Posted on October 08, 2015

The University of Pretoria (UP) was privileged to host a joint conference with The Network: Towards Unity for Health (The Network: TUFH) and the South African Association of Health Educationalists (SAAHE) in September this year.

UP's Section Sports Medicine: Working to reduce injury rates among athletes

Posted on October 06, 2015

According to staff at UP's Section Sports Medicine, successful injury surveillance could motivate sporting bodies to consider and implement rule changes to improve player safety.

UP academic inducted as fellow of international society

Posted on September 21, 2015

Prof Christa Krüger, a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Health Sciences, was inducted as a fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) earlier this year.

Dr Kritzinger wins the Colgate Postgraduate Research Competition

Posted on September 11, 2015

Dr Dorette Kritzinger of the Department of Odontology, School of Dentistry recently won the Colgate Postgraduate research competition of the SA division of the IADR (International Association for Dental Research).

UP’s Maxillofacial Prosthodontics Project: Restoring faces and changing lives

Posted on August 31, 2015

The Department of Prosthodontics in the School of Dentistry at the University of Pretoria (UP) is one of only a few centres in the country where specialised maxillofacial prosthodontics services are offered to state patients.

Research in the Faculty of Health Sciences showcased at UP

Posted on August 26, 2015

This year’s eagerly anticipated Faculty of Health Sciences’ Research Day at the University of Pretoria (UP) was an eclectic mix of research and innovation.

First-of-its-kind 3D imaging workshop set to change the way we see

Posted on August 21, 2015

This October, UP will be hosting a first-of-its-kind 3D imaging workshop that is likely to change the face of research in South Africa.

Alzheimer’s disease – Old friends and new promises

Posted on July 28, 2015

Prof Vanessa Steenkamp and the Phytomedicine Unit in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Pretoria (UP), are involved in research to obtain safer and more efficacious treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.