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.
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).
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