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Staff & students
Staff
Prof Alan G Morris - PhD (Wits) A Canadian by birth and upbringing, Professor Morris is also a naturalised South African.He has an undergraduate degree in Biology from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo Ontario, and a PhD in Anatomy from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Professor Morris has published extensively the origin of anatomically modern humans, and the Later Stone Age, Iron Age and Historic populations of Malawi, Namibia and South Africa. He has an additional interest in South African history and has published on the history of race classification, the history of physical anthropology in South Africa and on the Canadian involvement in the Anglo-Boer War. |
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Dr Charles Slater - MBChB FFRad(T)SA MPhil(HES) Dr Slater is a senior lecturer in Anatomy and convenor of the Semester 3 part of the Integrated Health Systems course in the second year of the MBChB programme. His research interests lie in understanding how students decide what to learn in a supported problem-based learning environment. |
Prof Graham J Louw - (BVSc, DVSc) Completed Postgraduate Diploma in Education and now registered for Masters in Higher Education Studies (UCT).Originally qualified as a veterinarian, then obtained a doctoral degree in developmental neuroanatomy; moved to human anatomy some 20 years ago; research interests have included comparative anatomy, growth and development of school children, visuospatial skills in students, medical education. |
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Geney Gunston - MBChB, M. Phil Ed (HES) Areas of interest: Applied Anatomy and Medical Education Understanding the issues that impact on success for students from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds who enter the MBChB programme. Tel: 021 406 6249 |
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Dr Jacqui Friedling - Postdoctoral Fellow Research interests Anatomy and skeletal biology, life history studies (health, disease, diet and activity patterns in historic populations), forensic anthropology, human variation, adaptation and development, dental anthropology. Tel: 21 404 7641 |
Students
Hope Gangata - - BSc Hons Physiotherapy, BSc Hons Human Anatomy, MSc Medicine in Anatomy (UCT) &p; PhD Candidate (UCT) Research interestsPatho-biomechanics of the legs of children with cerebral palsy, the clinical anatomy of the palmaris longus muscle, creating three dimensional learning aids for the anatomy course of medical students and researching on the anatomical basis of Physiotherapy techniques. |
Kundisai Dembetembe - (MSc Student) Focus: Applied Anatomy, Forensic AnthropologyProject Title: Age Estimation Using Epiphyseal Closure at the Wrist Joint: A South African Context This project focuses on using what is known about 'normal' human skeletal development to estimate age. Using digital x-ray images, skeletal age will be determined using current age estimation standards (Greulich & Pyle, 1959) and test their applicability to South African population groups. These results are important in forensic science as many unidentified human skeletal remains are discovered in South Africa, especially the Western Cape. |
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Laché Rossouw - BSc Hons Applied Biotechnology (UWC), MSc Medicine in Applied Anatomy Candidate (UCT) With an undergraduate degree in Medical Bioscience from the University of the Western Cape and an Honours degree in Applied Biotechnology from the same intuition, her research interest is in the application of Forensic Science to these specific areas. Currently she is studying towards a Masters in Medicine degree at UCT, focusing on the application of Forensic Anthropology to the study of historic populations. Her main interest is in molecular DNA analysis from various sample materials, both forensic and archaeological. |
Nonhlanhla Dlamini The title of my doctoral research project is: "Residency and Migrations: a characterisation study of the biological and cultural diversity of the early inhabitants from the Upemba Depression, Democratic Republic of Congo.In this project, I will examine intra-regional population variation, using dental and cranial morphological traits. Trace element analyses will be applied in order to trace natal origins and patterns of movement, as well as to reconstruct dietary patterns. An extensive assessment of the health status and occupational stress will also be undertaken. |
Rip da Silva Graduated with a B.Sc. in human bioscience in 2005 and proceeded to obtain an honours degree in anatomy in 2006. Currently studying towards a Masters, he is investigating the variation in gross anatomy and histology of the human aorta in a South African population. |