Posted on September 13, 2019
Second-year medical student Kathleen Boshoff was a speaker at the annual TED X event hosted by the University of Pretoria at Future Africa. Kathleen spoke about “The effect of the gut microbiome on mental illness.”
Posted on September 09, 2019
The University of Pretoria spring graduation took place from 2 to 6 September 2019 and the Faculty of Health Sciences had 163 graduates who were awarded qualifications. Sixteen doctoral, ninety-three masters including medicine masters, fifty-three undergraduate and one PG diploma.
Posted on September 05, 2019
Autism is a developmental disorder usually (but not exclusively) diagnosed in early childhood.
Posted on September 04, 2019
The 48th World Congress of Surgery was held in Krakow, Poland from 10–August 2019. Stephan Brink and Jomarie Weyers, two students from the University of Pretoria who attended the congress as aspiring future surgeons.
Posted on August 29, 2019
Two UP researchers are looking into the progress of children born to HIV positive mothers to see if life-saving ARVs have any adverse effects on their early development.
Posted on August 28, 2019
Health and healthy communication, implies a contract between doctors and patients. One that goes beyond the medical consultation to strengthen the likelihood of a successful outcome to the health intervention.
Posted on August 22, 2019
The Faculty of Health Sciences ended its event on 21 August 2019 and all internal exhibition stalls were removed from the Tswelopele Building.
Posted on August 14, 2019
The Faculty of Health Sciences strives to develop a value-based culture of commitment to excellent patience care.
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