National Epilepsy Week, 20–26 May 2019

Posted on May 22, 2019

The term epilepsy refers to a group of different neurological conditions characterised by recurrent and unprovoked epileptic seizures. One should therefore think epilepsies, rather than epilepsy. It is one of the most common neurological conditions in children and young people, with an incidence...

UP’s formal collaboration agreement with the University of Campinas

Posted on May 21, 2019

The University of Pretoria has a formal collaboration agreement with the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), in Brazil.

Faculty of Heath Sciences engaged with youth in a community

Posted on May 09, 2019

The Faculty of Heath Sciences is proud of undertaking community projects and providing quality services to underprivileged persons. Dr Joji Mercier, senior lecturer at the Department of Physiology at the University of Pretoria (UP), served on the International Selection Panel for the Eskom Expo...

Fourth International Challenge in Emergency Medicine and related basic sciences for fifth-year medical students

Posted on May 02, 2019

Information received from the Tuks Undergraduate Research Forum (TURF), a driver of undergraduate participation in educational events, led to our decision to attend the 4th International Challenge in Emergency Medicine (ICEM) hosted by Khon Kaen University (KKU) in Thailand.

Dr Potgieter and Dr Mfolo appointed as president and vice-president of PSSA

Posted on April 30, 2019

Drs Nicoline Potgieter and Tshepiso Mfolo, who are both full-time academics in the School of Dentistry in the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Health Sciences, were recently appointed as president and vice-president respectively of the Paedodontic Society of South Africa (PSSA).

Six new ways that UP is fighting malaria in 2019

Posted on April 25, 2019

From insect-repelling socks to potential new drugs from local plants, the University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC) is turning up the heat on the deadly disease this World Malaria Day.

2019 African Vaccination Week

Posted on April 24, 2019

During the week from 24 to 30 April 2019, Africans will be celebrating Vaccination Week. The theme of this initiative, which aims to create awareness of vaccines that can protect children and women in particular from specific preventable diseases, is ‘Vaccines work, do your part’.

University of Pretoria tops ranks in new DHET report on SA research outputs

Posted on April 17, 2019

A recently released Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) report reveals that the University of Pretoria (UP) produced the most weighted research outputs per capita for 2017, as well as the highest number of published research outputs in South Africa.