Posted on August 24, 2020
The Faculty of Health Sciences Hosted their respective #ChooseUP live streams on 22 August 2020. If you would like to get information regarding the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences please watch the videos below.
Posted on August 20, 2020
Mosquitoes are found virtually anywhere on Earth. They are annoying with their itchy bites and incessant buzzing at the most untimely moments, but there is more to them than the nuisance factor.
Posted on August 18, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP) and the University of Leeds are working together on a project to determine if children between eight and 12 years old can learn about COVID-19 through a storybook and/or by playing an online game.
Posted on August 10, 2020
On 7 August 2020, the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Pretoria hosted a Webinar focusing on the Extended Use for Ultrasound in Neurosurgery.
Posted on August 06, 2020
A study on the effects of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections on athletes returning to training and competition is being launched by the Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) at the University of Pretoria (UP) in association with the International Olympic Committee (IOC)...
Posted on August 03, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Healthcare Workers Care Network (HWCN) to help tackle mental health challenges that affect healthcare practitioners.
Posted on August 01, 2020
"Safety isn't expensive, it's priceless." - Jerry Smith COVID-19 affects everyone. Prevent it from affecting your loved ones by protecting yourself. Their lives are in your hands.
Posted on July 30, 2020
The most fundamental aspect of writing an award-winning abstract is to perform award-winning research. On 14 July 2020 postdoctoral student, Dr Ismaheel Lawal was awarded the 2020 International Best Abstract Award by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMI) for the study...
Posted on July 21, 2020
The SAPRIN call award seeks to establish a health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) in urban areas in Gauteng and the City of Cape Town metropole. Thus far, demographic research nodes exist in South Africa only in rural areas.
Posted on July 20, 2020
The School of Medicine received a donation of 1800 five-layer masks and sanitisers for each medical student from Sanlam to help the Faculty fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation will go a long way in helping safeguard against the COVID-19 disease brought about by the coronavirus.
Posted on July 18, 2020
Healthcare workers have been on the frontline daily taking action and tackling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted on July 18, 2020
On 17 July 2020, the Public Health Association of South Africa and the School of Health Systems and Public Health hosted a webinar focusing on the topic: “Are the global research collaborations to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic more equitable than before? A view from the Research Fairness...
Posted on July 03, 2020
One University of Pretoria (UP) student and two UP graduates are among the 15 women in the running towards becoming Miss South Africa 2020. Fourth-year Law student Matsepo Sithole (21), UP Social Sciences graduate Shudufhadzo Musida (23), and UP MBChB graduate Dr Karishma Ramdev (25) have all...
Posted on July 03, 2020
COVID-19 spreads from person to person through droplet and contact transmission. That’s why contact tracing and quarantining have been included as one approach to control the spread of the virus.
Posted on June 30, 2020
Faculty of Health Science’s alumni Dr Jarred van Zuydam has helped create and develop a web-enabled app which allows South Africans to track their symptoms of COVID-19 through a simplified automated self-monitoring process. Dr van Zuydam created and developed the CoronaFighter platform with...
Posted on June 30, 2020
The Department of Family Medicine at the University of Pretoria (UP) has developed a series of animated videos that aim to educate the public about COVID-19.
Posted on June 30, 2020
The past couple of months have propelled us to get out of our comfort zone and embrace the new normal. We have had to take action in unprecedented environments. Now more than ever we are reminded that we have a role to play in order to overcome the invisible enemy known to many as COVID-19.
Posted on June 29, 2020
Men tend not to want to know about or address male reproductive diseases or diseases of the urinary tract but it is really important that they do, as it can significantly improve their health – and even save their lives.
Posted on June 27, 2020
Two University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have offered useful tips to gym bunnies and sports enthusiasts hoping to get back into action as the world adjusts to a new normal caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted on June 27, 2020
The University of Pretoria’s own ‘Bones’, Professor Ericka Noelle L’Abbe, a forensic anthropologist and Director of UP’s Forensic Anthropology Research Centre in the Faculty of Health Sciences, is working with the Department of Library Services’ MakerSpace...
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