Research News

  • UP's Prof Christa Janse van Rensburg takes helm at SEMLI

    Posted on March 28, 2025

    Professor Christa Janse van Rensburg has been appointed as the new Director of the Sports Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI), effective 1 April.

  • 2025 New Students

    Posted on February 14, 2025

    Welcome to the MSc Sports Medicine Class of 2025! A new journey begins! We’re excited to welcome our new MSc Sports Medicine students, a group of passionate Medical Doctors ready to level up their expertise in athlete care and performance. Over the next two years, they will be...

  • IOC WORLD CONFERENCE PREVENTION OF INJURY AND ILLNESS IN SPORT

    Posted on May 17, 2021

    The IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in sport will be the premier international conference for those interested in clinical aspects of sports and exercise medicine. The diverse faculty represent the pre-eminent international authorities in injury and illness prevention....

  • UP TIPS study helps make rugby players healthier to perform in tournaments

    Posted on October 03, 2019

    The largest prospective study on illness in rugby union players has revealed that 70% of the players studied in just one season’s Super Rugby Tournament reported illness at some time during the tournament.

  • Faculty Research Office notification: SEMLI invites applications for a postdoctoral research fellowship

    Posted on October 03, 2019

    The Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) at the University of Pretoria invites applications for a postdoctoral research fellowship with a focus on the use of athlete management systems to promote athlete health, reduce injuries and optimise sports performance.

  • SASMA BRICSCESS 10 - 13 OCTOBER 2019

    Posted on October 03, 2019

    SASMA BRICSCESS 10 - 13 OCTOBER 2019

  • IOC ADVANCED TEAM PHYSICIAN COURSE 1 -3 JULY 2019

    Posted on July 04, 2019

    Prof Christa Janse van Rensburg and Prof Martin Schwellnus both attended the IOC Advanced Team Physician course in Tokyo this week. Prof Christa presented : Medical challenges – effects of travel fatigue and “jet lag”; Prof Martin presented : Possible medical...

  • EULAR 2018

    Posted on January 31, 2019

    Prof Christa Janse van Rensburg will have a poster presentation at EULAR (Annual European Congress of Rheumatology) 2018

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