Faculty Research Committee

                                                                                                                                       Members

Anaesthesia

Prof

Bruce Biccard

Health & Rehabilitation Sciences

Dr

Gillian Ferguson

Health Sciences Education

Prof

Francois Cilliers

Human Biology

A/Prof

Sudesh Sivarasu

IDM

Profs

Valerie Mizrah and Stefan Barth DRC: Research Equipment

Integrative Biomedical Sciences

Prof

Arieh Katz

Medicine

Dr

Jonny Peter

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Dr

Mushi Matjila

Paediatrics

A/Prof

Kirsty Donald

Pathology

Prof

Collet Dandara

Primary Health Care

Mr

James Irlam

Psychiatry & Mental Health

Dr

Henk Temmingh

Public Health & Family Medicine

Prof

John Ataguba

Radiation Medicine

Dr

Alistair Hunter

Surgery

Prof

Maritz Laubscher

Ex officio members

Dean: Health Sciences

 Prof

Lionel Green-Thompson

DVC: Research Innovation

Sue Harrison

Executive Director: Research Office

Dr

Linda Mtwisha

SFARS representative

A/Prof 

Lillian Artz

Human Research Ethics Committee

Prof

Marc Blockman

Animal Ethics Committee

Prof

Graham Louw

Director of Reseach

Dr

Yolande Harley

Research Enterprise Manager

Transformation Office

TBC

Faculty Finance & Operations Manager

Ms

Zaida Sherry

Research Management Accountant

Mr

Salie Nassiep

Clinical Research Centre

Dr

Delva Shamley

URC Accredited Research Entity Leaders

Adolescent Health Research Unit (AHRU)

Prof

P de Vries

Alan J Flisher Research Centre for Public Mental Health

A/Prof

K Sorsdahl

Albertina & Walter Sisulu Institute for Ageing in Africa (IAA)

Dr

S Kalula

Biomedical Engineering Research Centre

UCT/SU MRC Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders

Cardiovascular Research Unit (CRU)

Prof

D Bezuidenhout

Centre Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit (CIDER)

Centre for Environmental and Occupational Health Research, Centre for (CEOHR)

A/Profs

 S Adams and A Dalvie

Desmond Tutu HIV Centre

Prof

LG Bekker

Gender, Health and Justice Research Unit (GHJRU)

A/Prof

L Artz

Hatter Institute of Cardiology Research

Prof

K Sliwa-Hahnle

Health Economics Unit

A/Prof

J Ataguba

HIV Mental Health Research Unit (HIVMHU)

A/Prof

J Joska

Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Institute of (IDM)

Prof

V Mizrahi

Kidney Disease and Hypertension Research Unit (KHRU)

Dr

K Ndlovu

Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity (CLII)

Prof

K Dheda

UCT Medical Imaging Research Unit (MIRU)

(TBC)

MRC/UCT Drug Discovery and Development Research Unit

Prof

K Chibale

MRC/UCT Precision and Genomic Medicine Research Unit (PGM)

SAMRC/UCT Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre

MRC/UCT Immunology of Infectious Diseases Unit

Prof

F Brombacher

Receptor Biology Research Unit 

Prof A/Prof

R Millar (Director) and A Katz (co director)

Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport (H-PALS) Research Centre

Prof

V Lambert

Molecular Mycobacteriology Research Unit   

MRC Unit on Child & Adolescent Health

Neurosciences Institute

Prof

G Fieggen

Orthopaedic Research unit 

Dr

M Held

South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI)

A/Prof

M Hatherill

Women's Health Research Unit (WHRU)

Dr

D Constant

Brain Behaviour Unit

Prof

D Stein

Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa (CIDRI- Africa)

Child Language Africa(CLA)

Prof

M Pascoe

Medical Biotechnology and Immunotherapy

Prof

S Barth

Children's Institute

Prof

S Matthews