Posted on October 15, 2015
12-20 October is Bone and Joint Action Week. Various activities will be held to create awareness of disorders such as back pain, arthritis, osteoporosis, and of the effects of childhood obesity on the musculoskeletal system.
Posted on October 14, 2015
After several months of anticipation, the day of the AESOP and AESOP Plus Workshop finally arrived on Monday, 12 October. The University of Pretoria (UP) is the proud host of the workshop, which showcases some of the latest, cutting-edge 3D technology across a variety of disciplines.
Posted on October 13, 2015
Staff of the Department of Cardiology at UP are actively involved in research on the alarming increase in cardiac disease in South Africa, as well as changes in the local epidemiology of coronary artery disease.
Posted on October 08, 2015
The University of Pretoria (UP) was privileged to host a joint conference with The Network: Towards Unity for Health (The Network: TUFH) and the South African Association of Health Educationalists (SAAHE) in September this year.
Posted on October 06, 2015
According to staff at UP's Section Sports Medicine, successful injury surveillance could motivate sporting bodies to consider and implement rule changes to improve player safety.
Posted on September 21, 2015
Prof Christa Krüger, a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Health Sciences, was inducted as a fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) earlier this year.
Posted on September 11, 2015
Dr Dorette Kritzinger of the Department of Odontology, School of Dentistry recently won the Colgate Postgraduate research competition of the SA division of the IADR (International Association for Dental Research).
Posted on August 31, 2015
The Department of Prosthodontics in the School of Dentistry at the University of Pretoria (UP) is one of only a few centres in the country where specialised maxillofacial prosthodontics services are offered to state patients.
Posted on August 26, 2015
This year’s eagerly anticipated Faculty of Health Sciences’ Research Day at the University of Pretoria (UP) was an eclectic mix of research and innovation.
Posted on August 21, 2015
This October, UP will be hosting a first-of-its-kind 3D imaging workshop that is likely to change the face of research in South Africa.
Posted on July 28, 2015
Prof Vanessa Steenkamp and the Phytomedicine Unit in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Pretoria (UP), are involved in research to obtain safer and more efficacious treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.
Posted on July 20, 2015
Research activities between the UP CSMC and French partners will focus on the expansion of predictive malaria-risk maps to investigate the impacts of climate variability and changes on the occurrence and intensity of malaria epidemics.
Posted on July 15, 2015
The Parent-Child Programme focusses on exploring caregiver–child relationships, behavioural techniques and working with children and adolescents with special needs related to mental health.
Posted on July 09, 2015
The University of Pretoria’s Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP CSMC) and the French Embassy in Pretoria co-hosted a workshop to explore the potential of a joint research programme using remote sensing.
Posted on July 07, 2015
The Street Medicine in Tshwane Inner City project recently initiated by the Department of Family Medicine will provide basic medical care to those living and sleeping on the streets.
Posted on July 03, 2015
What does stress really do to our bodies? While we all understand the symptoms of the stress response, few of us know what the underlying physiological mechanisms are.
Posted on June 08, 2015
The doctoral research of Dr Nanette Briers from the Forensic Anthropology Research Centre (FARC) at the University of Pretoria (UP) will help to identify the remains of unknown children found in South Africa.
Posted on May 21, 2015
An interfaculty research team at UP is focussing on schools as sites for social change and the training of teachers to impart health-related messages.
Posted on May 21, 2015
The Neuroscience Research Group, which forms part of the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine (ICMM) at the University of Pretoria (UP), hosted their 6th annual Neuroscience Day on Wednesday, 13 May 2015.
Posted on May 18, 2015
One of the University of Pretoria Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP CSMC)’s key focus areas in the attempt to help eliminate the disease is educating people, especially those who live in malaria-endemic areas.
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