Posted on November 08, 2021
As we celebrate the discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Roentgen on 08 November 1895, the Radiography Department at the University of Pretoria takes on the holistic approach to caring.
Posted on November 06, 2021
Malaria elimination in the SADC region by 2030 is possible by incorporating various innovative strategies along with existing control measures, and community participation, say UP's Prof Tiaan de Jager and Dr Taneshka Kruger.
Posted on November 04, 2021
The University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control has been awarded a R13m Bill & Melinda Gates foundation grant to develop and deliver a leadership and management training course to drive malaria eradication.
Posted on November 04, 2021
The Global Governance Project, supported by the World Health Organization, has launched the “Health: A Political Choice” publication in October 2021 to reflect and discuss the challenges and solutions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The University of Pretoria’s own Prof....
Posted on November 03, 2021
Register to attend the inaugural South African Diabetes Summit on 10 November 2021, co-hosted by UP’s Diabetes Research Centre and the Diabetes Alliance.
Posted on October 29, 2021
On 28 October 2021, the University of Pretoria hosted its 21st annual Academic Achievers’ Awards ceremony to celebrate its top-performing researchers. This is the second consecutive year that the ceremony was virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted on October 22, 2021
World Polio day is commemorated on 24 October 2021 and was initiated by Rotary International over a decade ago to celebrate the birth of Jonas Salk, who developed a vaccine against poliomyelitis.
Posted on October 20, 2021
As part of Nissan South Africa’s continued support to combat COVID-19, Nissan announced, the donation of eight more INTUboxes to Gauteng hospitals,
Posted on October 15, 2021
"Sport is growing in popularity in both spectators and participants,” said Prof Christa Janse van Rensburg, Head of Section Sports Medicine in UP’s Faculty of Health Sciences, during her inaugural lecture on sports and exercise medicine.
Posted on October 04, 2021
BSc Biochemistry and Human Physiology student and TURF Student Coordinator Michael Stark won first prize and an opportunity to travel to Germany in November 2021 for his presentation on "Breaking the wall on viral zoonoses in animal farming" pitch
Posted on October 01, 2021
The Faculty of Health Sciences announced the appointment of Professor Flavia Senkubuge as Deputy Dean: Health Stakeholder Relations in the Faculty of Health Sciences, with effect from 1 October 2021.
Posted on September 30, 2021
When I started working at the University of Pretoria in 2011, I introduced a system to assist our referral hospitals and patients within the northern part of Gauteng and in Mpumalanga, where no cardiologists are working within the state system
Posted on September 30, 2021
PhD student Felicia Azubuike, from the Centre for Neuroendocrinology (CNE) at the University of Pretoria won the PSSA's Wyndham Prize.
Posted on September 27, 2021
On 28 September, we will be celebrating World Rabies Day. Rabies is caused by a Lyssavirus transmitted through saliva or nervous system tissues contact an infected mammal through broken skin or contact with mucosal membranes.
Posted on September 20, 2021
At just 24, Dr Rose Muthuri has become the youngest person to graduate with a PhD from UP’s School of Health Systems and Public Health.
Posted on September 15, 2021
Sungardens Hospice in collaboration with the University of Pretoria (Department of Family Medicine) will be hosting the first Palliative Care Symposium on 1 October 2021 at Lynnwood NG Kerk.
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.
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