HEALTH SCIENCES IN THE NEWS
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Faculty’s oldest known graduate passes away
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Respected alumnus, Dr Joe Baron, who was up to now the Faculty’s oldest known graduate, died on 29 May 2013, two weeks short of his 102nd birthday. Dr Baron was featured in delightful interviews as part of our centenary celebrations in UCT Alumni News and the Faculty’s centenary film, ‘The Faculty of Health Sciences at 100 years’ . Smiles all round at SHAWCO Community Day
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The youngsters were making the most of SHAWCO's Community Day in Manenberg, which kicked off celebrations of the student-run welfare organisation's 70th anniversary. SHAWCO uses one of the school's classrooms as its Manenberg Community Centre. PRESS RELEASE: Mental health research & policy consortium welcomes the endorsement of global mental health action plan by WHO decision making body
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The 66th World Health Assembly (WHA), WHO’s decision making body, has endorsed a global mental health action plan for the next 8 years, which will provide an evidence-based guideline for member states to better integrate mental health into domestic policies, plans and strategies. Statement from the Dean: Loss of fellow Colleague, Dr Louis Heyns
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The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town wishes to express its sadness and anger following the senseless murder of fellow health professional colleague, Dr Louis Heyns, who was based at the University of Stellenbosch. Dr Heyns went missing last week on his way home from visiting his son, and his body was discovered yesterday morning. NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards 2013
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UCT finalists in the NSTF-BHP Billiton awards. Six UCT scholars and units are finalists in the prestigious 2012/13 National Science and Technology Forum-BHP Billiton awards. This year, the NSTF celebrates its 15th awards, which recognise, acknowledge and promote excellence in the South African research and development community. Lack of genetic counselling posts costs dearly
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Funding for vital genetic counselling services in the Western Cape (WC) will have dried up by the end of 2013 unless urgent plans are made to secure funding for these posts, says UCT's Professor Jacquie Greenberg. Presently, the Province has only three part-time, one-year contract posts; these being at Groote Schuur, the Red Cross Children's War Memorial and Tygerberg Hospitals. Press Release: UCT celebrates the return of Emeritus Professor Cyril Karabus
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The University of Cape Town has welcomed the return of Emeritus Associate Professor Cyril Karabus to South Africa, after being held in the United Arab Emirates since last August. Ballim feasts on science with Nobel laureates in Japan
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It's rare that a researcher gets to ask questions directly of a Nobel laureate. For UCT's Dr Reyna Ballim, the 5th HOPE meeting in Tokyo, Japan, provided a scientific feast; the meeting hosted seven laureates (from between 1973 and 2008), in chemistry, physics and physiology or medicine. Fear and anxiety in the social brain
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Research lead by Professor Jack van Honk (Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health) and Dr Barak Morgan (Department of Human Biology) is revealing new facts about the role of the amygdala, or the 'social brain', in an array of social behaviours - and especially its role in fear and anxiety disorders. Child health care to the fore at first ever children's nursing conference
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"Welcome to all who are my friends and special in the lives of other children in hospital. May you learn new things here and come back to us renewed and energised and continue to give life to many." These were the words of welcome from 14-year-old Elandri, who receives on-going care at the Red Cross Children's War Memorial Hospital in Cape Town, to conference delegates attending South Africa's first ever children's nursing conference.