Dr Elona Toska, a postdoctoral research fellow in the AIDS and Society Research Unit (ASRU) and an associate lecturer in the Department of Sociology, is one of two UCT recipients of a prestigious Collaborative Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and Research (CIPHER) grant. The second awardee is Dr Millicent... Read more
Building research writing capacity in Postgraduate students
ArchivesLatest newsMust-ReadResearch July 30, 2018
The Discipline of Geography in the School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences (SAEES) hosted a series of postgraduate workshops to teach writing methods and encourage peer learning. Workshops were part of a deliverable on a Water Research Commission (WRC) funded project investigating the use of water in agriculture*. The third and last... Read more
Two new research chairs awarded to FMHS
AchieversArchivesResearchStellenbosch University July 5, 2018
Two prominent female researchers at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) have been awarded Research Chairs in their respective fields. This brings the total number of research chairs at the Faculty to 12. The new SARChI chairs are Prof Xikombiso Mbhenyane, head of the Division of Human... Read more
Two international awards for UCT autism research
ArchivesLatest newsResearchUniversity of Cape Town July 4, 2018
Researchers from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health recently received two prestigious international awards for their work on autism spectrum disorders. This places a global spotlight on the important work being done by Professor Petrus de Vries and his research team at the Centre... Read more
Young researcher to jet out to UK
AchieversArchivesMust-ReadResearchUniversity of the Free State June 19, 2018
When Mamosa Ngcala jets out to the United Kingdom (UK) on 31 July 2018, she will not only be doing research and improving herself academically at the Durham University, but she will also put yet another feather in the growing research profile cap of the Qwaqwa Campus. “I am looking forward... Read more
SARChI research chair for Caroline Ncube
ArchivesLatest newsResearchUniversity of Cape Town June 13, 2018
The UCT Faculty of Law has once again proved its research prowess with Professor Caroline Ncube being awarded the Research Chair in Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development through the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI). This comes as a well-deserved acknowledgement of Ncube’s contribution to the field of intellectual... Read more
Research suggests dogs lower blood pressure in humans
ArchivesLatest newsResearchStellenbosch University June 12, 2018
Apart from providing unconditional acceptance and love, animal–human interaction also offers health benefits, such as the potential to lower your blood pressure. That’s according to Dr Marieanna le Roux, lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Stellenbosch University (SU) and collaborator of the non-profit organisation Pets as Therapy (PAT). PAT takes... Read more
Scientist unveils ground-breaking fossil discovery
Research June 11, 2018
South Africa’s leading researcher on Devonian marginal marine ecosystems and early vertebrates – or ancient fish and early tetrapods – Dr Robert Gess has announced the ground-breaking discovery of what is believed to be a 360 million-year-old fossil. The two new species, named Tutusius and Umzantsia, are Africa’s earliest... Read more
Wits Research Chair is first African president of WFPHA
ArchivesLatest newsResearchUniversity of the Witwatersrand May 28, 2018
Professor Laetitia Rispel has been elected as the President of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA). Professor Laetitia Rispel holds the DST/ NRF SARChI Chair entitled Research on the Health Workforce for Equity and Quality, at Wits. She is the former head of the Wits School of Public Health. Rispel... Read more
New research study to assess reproductive health needs of refugees
ArchivesDurban University of TechnologyLatest newsResearch May 25, 2018
The Durban University of Technology (DUT’s) Urban Futures Centre hosted a Seminar Presentation entitled: Using technology to improve refugee and migrant access to sexual and reproductive health care. The event was held in conjunction with the AIDS Foundation of South Africa and The Florence Foundation, at Steve Biko Campus,... Read more
