Posted on August 24, 2017
Dr Bianca Brider is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pretoria. In 2014, her research on malaria drug discovery earned her a PhD in Biochemistry. She has been studying and working on the malaria parasite for over eight years.
Posted on August 24, 2017
The University of Pretoria (UP) will host its first Community of Practice focusing specifically on the elimination of malaria in the UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control.
Posted on August 23, 2017
A collaborative study involving local and international researchers has created an intervention strategy to help improve the diet and lifestyle of schoolchildren in South Africa.
Posted on August 15, 2017
Prof Mike Sathekge, an internationally acclaimed researcher and current Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria, has been admitted as a fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore.
Posted on August 14, 2017
This year's UP representatives to the South Africa – Washington International Programme (SAWIP) recently returned to South Africa after spending six weeks of the seven-month leadership development programme in Washington DC to gain professional and cultural work exposure.
Posted on August 07, 2017
Yolanda Booyzen, Communications and Marketing Manager of the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, writes about the controversies surrounding breastfeeding.
Posted on August 07, 2017
Through her doctoral work with the Institute for Food Nutrition and Wellbeing at UP, Deborah Kupolati is helping a new generation eat healthier by developing a nutrition education programme for primary school teachers.
Posted on August 01, 2017
A new Pre-Award Grants Management System (PAGMS) that was custom-developed for the University of Pretoria using the PeopleSoft system, will assist researchers at the Institution with the management and administration of funding opportunities.
Posted on June 28, 2017
The newly refurbished and upgraded library in the Basic Medical Sciences Building on the University of Pretoria's Prinshof Campus was officially opened by the Faculty Library Manager of the Health Sciences, Kabelo Nzima, in a brief ceremony on Friday, 23 June 2017.
Posted on June 28, 2017
Seven researchers at the University of Pretoria (UP) have been nominated in eight categories of the 19th NSTF-South32 Awards for their outstanding contributions to science, engineering, technology and innovation in South Africa.
Posted on June 20, 2017
Prof Martin Schwellnus, Director of the Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute at the University of Pretoria is the recipient of the 2017 American College of Sport Medicine (ACSM) International Clinical Scholar Award.
Posted on June 19, 2017
It might sound strange at first to hear of a professor in human oral pathology who researches animals, but Prof Erich Raubenheimer has spent over a quarter of a century studying the great African Elephant.
Posted on June 09, 2017
The prestigious Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship was presented to University of Pretoria and University of Cape Town faculty member Professor Robert Millar on Friday, 2 June, for his work in neuroendocrinology.
Posted on June 08, 2017
An international collaborative effort, including researchers from UP, the University of Cape Town and partners, has resulted in the identification of a new chemical compound that can potentially eliminate malaria.
Posted on June 02, 2017
An exciting new oral and maxillofacial pathology mobile app has been developed by the Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Biology in collaboration with the Department for Education Innovation at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on May 31, 2017
Wednesday, 31 May is World No Tobacco Day when people across the globe are encouraged to engage in a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption.
Posted on May 26, 2017
The Office of the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva announced the release of the Minnesota Protocol on the Investigation of Potentially Unlawful Death (2016), on 24 May 2017. The University of Pretoria played an important role in drafting the new Protocol.
Posted on May 17, 2017
As the single largest group of healthcare professionals, with a presence in all settings, nurses can have an enormous impact on the resilience of health systems.
Posted on May 15, 2017
Prof Michael Pepper, Director of the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine and professor in the Department of Immunology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria, writes about Ontlametse Phalatse, a progeria patient who has inspired the nation.
Posted on May 09, 2017
The University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control recently announced the release of version 1.2 of the 'Malaria Buddy' app originally launched on World Malaria Day 2016.
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