Prof Mike Sathekge admitted as fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore

Posted on August 15, 2017

Prof Mike Sathekge, an internationally acclaimed researcher and current Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria, has been admitted as a fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore.

2017 SAWIP team returns from Washington DC

Posted on August 14, 2017

This year's UP representatives to the South Africa – Washington International Programme (SAWIP) recently returned to South Africa after spending six weeks of the seven-month leadership development programme in Washington DC to gain professional and cultural work exposure.

Op-Ed: It takes a village to breastfeed a child

Posted on August 07, 2017

Yolanda Booyzen, Communications and Marketing Manager of the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, writes about the controversies surrounding breastfeeding.

New nutrition education programme to help children eat healthy

Posted on August 07, 2017

Through her doctoral work with the Institute for Food Nutrition and Wellbeing at UP, Deborah Kupolati is helping a new generation eat healthier by developing a nutrition education programme for primary school teachers.

Custom-developed research grant management system for UP researchers

Posted on August 01, 2017

A new Pre-Award Grants Management System (PAGMS) that was custom-developed for the University of Pretoria using the PeopleSoft system, will assist researchers at the Institution with the management and administration of funding opportunities.

Official opening of the newly upgraded Basic Medical Sciences and Dentistry Library

Posted on June 28, 2017

The newly refurbished and upgraded library in the Basic Medical Sciences Building on the University of Pretoria's Prinshof Campus was officially opened by the Faculty Library Manager of the Health Sciences, Kabelo Nzima, in a brief ceremony on Friday, 23 June 2017.

Seven UP researchers nominated for prestigious NTSF Awards

Posted on June 28, 2017

Seven researchers at the University of Pretoria (UP) have been nominated in eight categories of the 19th NSTF-South32 Awards for their outstanding contributions to science, engineering, technology and innovation in South Africa.

Prof Schwellnus receives 2017 ACSM International Clinical Scholar Award

Posted on June 20, 2017

Prof Martin Schwellnus, Director of the Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute at the University of Pretoria is the recipient of the 2017 American College of Sport Medicine (ACSM) International Clinical Scholar Award.