Posted on September 30, 2019
The Anti-Discrimination and Social Justice week kicked off on 30 September 2019. Day one proved to be a platform for students to share poetry and to be activists.
Posted on September 24, 2019
Professor Zodwa Dlamini has recently been appointed to spearhead an Extramural Research Unit (EMU) named Precision Prevention and Novel Drug Targets for HIV-Associated Cancers. She is the Scientific Director of the Unit, which will be based at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on September 23, 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the world’s highest neonatal mortality rates and neonatal mortality remains a big challenge in South Africa, despite government investment in healthcare.
Posted on September 19, 2019
UP has been ranked among the top four universities in South Africa in terms of graduate employability, according to the 2020 QS Graduate Employability Survey that was released on Thursday. UP also improved its global ranking significantly and is now ranked within the 251-300 band, compared to the...
Posted on September 18, 2019
The faculty continuously increases access, student throughput and diversity.
Posted on September 17, 2019
Hyperhidrosis is a medical condition characterised by excessive sweating. The word ‘hyperhidrosis’ means too much (hyper) sweating (hidrosis).
Posted on September 13, 2019
Seven UP academics received prestigious awards from the National Research Foundation (NRF) on Thursday, 12 September 2019, for their contribution to knowledge creation and dissemination.
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 09, 2019
The Faculty of Health Sciences welcomed Professor Vanessa Steenkamp as Deputy Dean: Teaching and Learning as of 1 September 2019.
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 23, 2019
South African organ donation rates do not compare well with those of other countries, despite it earning its rightful place in organ donation and transplantation history as the site of the first heart transplant.
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 19, 2019
Excitement was the order of the day as about 14 000 prospective students (grade 12 learners), their families and friends from across the country attended the University of Pretoria’s #ChooseUP Day on Saturday, 17 August.
Posted on August 14, 2019
The Faculty of Health Sciences strives to develop a value-based culture of commitment to excellent patience care.
Posted on August 13, 2019
Breast is best’ is the slogan adopted by all health care professionals looking after babies and children.
Posted on August 07, 2019
The incidence of childhood cancer worldwide is in the region of 15 per 100 000 children under the age of 15 years.
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