Raising awareness of the silent thief of sight

Posted on March 07, 2016

This year we will be celebrating World Glaucoma Week from 6 to 11 March, and local and international eye healthcare professionals will commit their time and share their knowledge to raise awareness of and demystify this condition.

Research yields interesting results about acute lower respiratory infections and HIV in children

Posted on February 10, 2016

Dr Salome Abbott has been collaborating with an international team of researchers to gather comprehensive data on the viral workings of acute lower respiratory infections among HIV-infected children in South Africa.

Prof Tahir Pillay elected as a member of ASSAf

Posted on February 10, 2016

Professor Tahir Pillay, Head of the Department of Chemical Pathology and Director of the Division of Clinical Pathology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), has been elected as a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).

Key information on Zika virus and South Africa

Posted on February 05, 2016

Prof Leo Braack from the Zoonoses Research Unit and the Department of Medical Virology at UP, says that South Africans should be made aware that, in terms of Zika virus, there is no cause for panic in this country.

Students shine at SASREG Conference

Posted on February 01, 2016

Students from the Reproductive Biology Laboratory (RBL) in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Pretoria (UP) received five of the seven awards in the national research category at the national conference of the Southern African Society of Reproductive Medicine and...

UP academics appointed in prominent positions at the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa

Posted on January 27, 2016

Two academics from the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria, Prof Mike Sathekge and Dr Flavia Senkubuge, have been appointed as President and Junior Vice-President of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA), respectively.

Merck Serono, UP CSMC and stakeholders discuss opportunities for collaboration

Posted on December 14, 2015

Members of the South African Medical Research Council (MRC) and the University of Pretoria Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP CSMC) recently met with representatives from Merck Serono and other stakeholders, to discuss opportunities for collaboration with regard to malaria control and...

UP innovators rewarded at GAP sciences awards

Posted on December 11, 2015

Three researchers from the University of Pretoria (UP) received awards at the GAP sciences awards function that took place at The Innovation Hub in Pretoria on Friday, 20 November 2015.