Posted on September 15, 2021
Deputy Dean of Teaching and Learning at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Prof Vanessa Steenkamp has been elected as Deputy Chairperson of the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNSP) Council.
Posted on September 14, 2021
The establishment of the Pan African Cancer Research Institute, a centre of excellence dedicated to cutting edge integrated translational cancer research, prevention and clinical care with a vision of accelerating discoveries to prevent and cure cancer in the African region (PACRI) by the...
Posted on September 13, 2021
UP’s Prof Leonie Scholtz has co-directed a riveting film about healthcare workers’ battle against COVID-19. Catch ‘Fighting Every Day for Everyone’s Tomorrow: Zero to Zero’ on DStv Premium on M-Net (DStv Channel 101) on 4 October at 8:30pm.
Posted on September 13, 2021
On 11 September 2021 the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria hosted the annual faculty #ChooseUP Virtual Event for the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and School of Healthcare Sciences.
Posted on September 08, 2021
UP alumna Dr Amy Louise Collyer writes about the stressful cycle that has become the life of many healthcare workers as they fight to save the lives of their COVID-19 patients and challenge misinformation
Posted on September 07, 2021
The South African Committee of Medical Deans (SACOMD) and the South African Committee of Dental Deans (SACODD) representing higher education institutions who educate the South African health workforce, recommend compulsory vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes Covid-19 for all...
Posted on September 02, 2021
It is 23:20, and the emergency bell begins to ring; it is high pitched and deafening. It signals that medical assistance is needed somewhere in the hospital, so I check the monitor: it's the COVID-ICU.
Posted on August 31, 2021
“We’ve received so much gratitude from our patients, their families and communities; that’s what has kept us going.” – UP’s Prof Veronica Ueckermann, critical care specialist and physician, on her experience of COVID-19 in the wards.
Posted on August 31, 2021
As a team of South African researchers, we have identified a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19. A lineage represents a genetically distinct virus population with a common ancestor.
Posted on August 30, 2021
"Vaccinate, let us try and heal the nation. Wait, but there’s a debate. People are wondering why we should vaccinate." These are the lyrics of a catchy rap song by UP medical student Rostum Ogbuehi that aims to promote vaccination.
Posted on August 30, 2021
Globally, women researchers are making huge contributions towards the sustainable control and elimination of malaria. At the University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC), researchers look at malaria from a holistic point of view encompassing all components of the...
Posted on August 30, 2021
The first case of fatal Marburg virus disease was identified in Guinea, West Africa on 9 August 2021. Marburg is a highly infectious zoonotic haemorrhagic fever transmitted to people from fruit bats, specifically the Egyptian Rousette bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus).
Posted on August 17, 2021
UP’s new Diabetes Research Centre, the first of its kind at a public academic institution, takes a holistic approach to addressing the challenges around the disease, from prevention to care.
Posted on August 06, 2021
Prof Fathima Paruk chats about her journey to associate professor and Head of the Department of Critical Care at Steve Biko Academic Hospital and UP, and about overcoming gender disparity in the medical field.
Posted on August 02, 2021
Meet Prof Tivani Mashamba-Thompson, Deputy Dean of Research and Postgraduate Studies at @Faculty_HSUP, and a social media campaigner for equal access to COVID-19 vaccination.
Posted on July 28, 2021
“Abandoned babies deserve a fighting chance at life, despite the circumstances they are born into.” – Leader of the Bags of Hope project, spearheaded by UP’s Department of Radiography, which supplies vulnerable newborn babies with care packs.
Posted on July 22, 2021
UP is among the first institutions in South Africa’s higher education sector to have a COVID-19 vaccination centre and is helping the Gauteng Department of Health roll out its vaccination campaign.
Posted on July 05, 2021
UP’s second robotic employee, Stevie, works at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Steve Biko Academic Hospital. Its role is to connect global intensive-care teams with UP teams, to help improve the treatment of ICU patients.
Posted on July 05, 2021
Our theme for 2021 has been “Feed your Focus”. The Faculty has made many strides towards combating COVID-19 and the challenges brought forth by the pandemic.
Posted on July 02, 2021
Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Dr Blade Nzimande was recently at the University of Pretoria’s COVID-19 vaccination centre to receive his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
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