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  • 2nd South African Malaria Research Conference to be presented by UP

    Posted on July 29, 2016

    The University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC) will present the 2nd South African Malaria Research Conference at the University’s Groenkloof Campus from Sunday, 31 July, to Tuesday, 2 August 2016.

  • Prof Pattinson receives prestigious award from the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns

    Posted on July 28, 2016

    Prof Robert Pattinson, Director of the South African Medical Research Council's Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Unit in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Pretoria, has been awarded the Havenga Prize for Medicine by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir...

  • Science Communication in the spotlight at UP

    Posted on July 21, 2016

    The University recently launched Research Matters, an exciting new website that showcases and highlights some of its research and innovation output and emphasises the impact of this work in South Africa, Africa and globally.

  • Model enables risk predictions for avian flu

    Posted on June 24, 2016

    Most countries are not well prepared to cope with a possible avian influenza pandemic. Dr Folorunso Oludayo Fasina from the Faculty of Veterinary Science has developed a risk model to limit the spread of this disease.

  • UP ISMC expands research links into Asia

    Posted on June 15, 2016

    Recognising that Asia faces many of the same challenges as Africa with regard to vector control, the UP ISMC's Prof Leo Braack recently spent time working with malaria specialists and entomologists in Myanmar.

  • From Centre to Institute: chronicling five years of achievements

    Posted on June 03, 2016

    The establishment of the University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC) was approved by the UP Senate on Thursday, 2 June 2016.

  • Employing the arts in the fight against malaria

    Posted on May 24, 2016

    A group of drama students from UP recently had the opportunity to perform an educational play on malaria at two rural primary schools in HaMakuya, a village in the Vhembe District of Limpopo.

  • Six NSTF Award nominations for UP's Faculty of Health Sciences

    Posted on May 06, 2016

    Five academics from the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria have been nominated for awards in various categories of the 2015/2016 National Science and Technology Forum Awards.

  • UP and Inqaba Biotec are blazing the trail for maggot therapy in South Africa

    Posted on April 22, 2016

    In an attempt to promote and increase the use of medicinal maggots for wound cleaning in South Africa, the Department of Surgery at UP signed a collaboration agreement with Inqaba Biotech earlier this month.

  • Saying 'goodbye' to malaria for good

    Posted on April 21, 2016

    The MRC/UP CSMC and the Goodbye Malaria Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of collaborating on research towards the elimination of malaria in southern Mozambique and South Africa.

  • UP's Department of Community Dentistry: Caring for smiles in our communities

    Posted on April 11, 2016

    The Department of Community Dentistry has initiated several community outreach projects that focus on preventing common oral diseases and promoting oral health education, especially in less affluent communities.

  • UP student's invention provides early warning system for Asthma attacks

    Posted on April 08, 2016

    Mr Moses Kebalepile, a PhD student in the Faculty of Health Sciences has invented a medical diagnostic instrument that will bring peace of mind to asthma sufferers and their primary caregivers.

  • Raising awareness of the silent thief of sight

    Posted on March 07, 2016

    This year we will be celebrating World Glaucoma Week from 6 to 11 March, and local and international eye healthcare professionals will commit their time and share their knowledge to raise awareness of and demystify this condition.

  • Research yields interesting results about acute lower respiratory infections and HIV in children

    Posted on February 10, 2016

    Dr Salome Abbott has been collaborating with an international team of researchers to gather comprehensive data on the viral workings of acute lower respiratory infections among HIV-infected children in South Africa.

  • Prof Tahir Pillay elected as a member of ASSAf

    Posted on February 10, 2016

    Professor Tahir Pillay, Head of the Department of Chemical Pathology and Director of the Division of Clinical Pathology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), has been elected as a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).

  • Key information on Zika virus and South Africa

    Posted on February 05, 2016

    Prof Leo Braack from the Zoonoses Research Unit and the Department of Medical Virology at UP, says that South Africans should be made aware that, in terms of Zika virus, there is no cause for panic in this country.

  • Students shine at SASREG Conference

    Posted on February 01, 2016

    Students from the Reproductive Biology Laboratory (RBL) in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Pretoria (UP) received five of the seven awards in the national research category at the national conference of the Southern African Society of Reproductive Medicine and...

  • UP academics appointed in prominent positions at the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa

    Posted on January 27, 2016

    Two academics from the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria, Prof Mike Sathekge and Dr Flavia Senkubuge, have been appointed as President and Junior Vice-President of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA), respectively.

  • Merck Serono, UP CSMC and stakeholders discuss opportunities for collaboration

    Posted on December 14, 2015

    Members of the South African Medical Research Council (MRC) and the University of Pretoria Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP CSMC) recently met with representatives from Merck Serono and other stakeholders, to discuss opportunities for collaboration with regard to malaria control and...

  • UP innovators rewarded at GAP sciences awards

    Posted on December 11, 2015

    Three researchers from the University of Pretoria (UP) received awards at the GAP sciences awards function that took place at The Innovation Hub in Pretoria on Friday, 20 November 2015.

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