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Congratulations to the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI), who received the Vice-Chancellor’s Social Responsiveness Award for 2018 at the Health Sciences graduation ceremony on Saturday 13 April 2019.
View the Dean's presentation from the Faculty Assembly here
Dean Williamson welcoming the Minister of Health, Dr. P Aaron Motsoaledi, to the Steve Lawn Annual Memorial Lecture on campus. View the full talk here
News
Thursday, 25 April 2019
The untapped potential of DNA technology to significantly boost healthcare in Africa, including the acceleration of diagnosis and treatment of threats like HIV and tuberculosis, substantiates the urgent need for focused investment in genomics.
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Fri, 15 Mar 2019 - 12:00
The year was 1986. South Africa was in a State of Emergency – strikes, mass protests and school boycotts in solidarity with the struggle for liberation were common. Against this turbulent backdrop, a young black woman from Benoni on the East Rand had made the cut to study medicine at the University of Cape Town (UCT), and was on her way to the Mother City.
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Fri, 15 Mar 2019 - 11:00
Although there is increasing evidence of participation of African scientists in genomics research, there is little evidence of its major impact in practice.
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Tue, 12 Mar 2019 - 08:00
Prof. Karen Sliwa, president World Heart Federation and director Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa puts maternal health on the global scale.
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Fri, 08 Mar 2019 - 13:45