Faculty Research Committee

Chair	Prof	Ambroise Wonkam
Departmental Research Chairs (DRCs)
Anaesthesia	Prof	Bruce Biccard
Health & Rehabilitation Sciences	Dr	Gillian Ferguson
Health Sciences Education	Prof	Francois Cilliers
Human Biology	A/Prof	Thomas Franz
IDM	A/Prof	Mark Hatherill
	Prof	Jonathan Blackburn
Integrative Biomedical Sciences	Prof	Arieh Katz
Medicine	Dr	Jonny Peter
Obstetrics & Gynaecology	Dr	Mushi Matjila
Paediatrics	Prof	Brenda Morrow
Pathology	Prof	Anna - Lise Williamson
Primary Health Care	Mr	James Irlam
Psychiatry & Mental Health	A/Prof	Adele Marias
Public Health & Family Medicine	Prof	John Ataguba
Radiation Medicine	Dr	Alistair Hunter
Surgery	Dr	Tim Pennel
Ex officio members
Dean: Health Sciences
DVC: Research Innovation	Prof	Mamokgethi Phakeng
Director University Research Office	Dr	Marilet Sienaert
SFARS representative	A/Prof	Lillian Artz
Human Research Ethics Committee	Prof	Marc Blockman
Animal Ethics Committee	Prof	Patrick Commerford
Faculty Research Office	Dr	Yolande Harley
Transformation Office		To be confirmed
Faculty Finance & Operations Manager	Ms	Eliza Hui
Research Management Accountant	Mr	Salie Nassiep
Clinical Research Centre	Dr	Delva Shamley
Cancer Research Initiative	Prof	Jennifer Moodley
URC Accredited Research Entity Leaders
Adolescent Health Research Unit (AHRU)	Prof	P de Vries
Alan J Flisher Research Centre for Public Mental Health	Prof	C Lund
Albertina & Walter Sisulu Institute for Ageing in Africa (IAA)	Dr	S Kalula
Cardiovascular Research Unit (CRU)	Prof	P Zilla
Desmond Tutu HIV Centre	Prof	R Wood
Environmental and Occupational Health Research, Centre for (CEOHR)	A/Prof	A Dalvie
Gender, Health and Justice Research Unit (GHJRU)	A/Prof	L Artz
Hatter Institute of Cardiology Research	Prof	K Sliwa-Hahnle & S Lecour
Health Economics Unit	A/Prof	J Ataguba
Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport (H-PALS)	Prof	EV Lambert
HIV Mental Health Unit (HIVMHU)	A/Prof	J Joska
Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Institute of (IDM)	Prof	V Mizrahi
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research, Centre for (CIDER)	Prof	L Myer
Kidney and Hypertension research unit	Prof	I Okpechi
Lung Infection and Immunity Unit (LIIU)	Prof	K Dheda
Medical Imaging Research Unit (MIRU)	Prof	T Douglas
MRC Unit on Child & Adolescent Health	Prof	H Zar
MRC/NHLS/UCT Molecular Mycobacteriology Research Unit	Prof	V Mizrahi
MRC/UCT Drug Discovery & Development Research Unit	Prof	K Chibale
MRC/UCT Immunology of Infectious Diseases Unit	Prof	F Brombacher
MRC/UCT Receptor Biology Research Group		Em. Prof R Millar & Prof A Katz
Neurosciences Institute	Prof	G Fieggen
Orthopaedic Research unit	Dr	M Held
SAMRC/UCT Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre	Prof	L Denny
South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI)	A/Prof	M Hatherill
UCT Leukaemia Unit	Prof	N Novitzky
Welcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa (CIDRI- Africa)	Prof	R Wilkinson
Women's Health Research Unit (WHRU)	A/Prof	J Harries
Contact Person	Ms	Carlette Hlungwani

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