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‘The climate crisis is a public health crisis’
On 23 April 2024, UCT’s Green Campus Initiative participated in a Climate Change and Health Seminar, hosted by James Irlam, a senior lecturer in the Primary Health Care Directorate.
02 May 2024
Preserving the future: A day in the life of Melvin Lawrence – UCT’s Pathology Department employee
Melvin Lawrence shares his passion for preserving specimens and contributing to groundbreaking medical research for UCT's Health Sciences students.
30 Apr 2024
UCT academic up for prestigious fellowship honour
UCT's Prof Valerie Mizrahi has been recognised with a lifetime fellow honour from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
23 Apr 2024
QS rankings place four UCT subjects in the top 100
UCT ranked 15th in the world for Development Studies and is among the top 100 institutions in a further three subjects.
12 Apr 2024
Leading UCT researchers honoured with SAMRC scientific awards
Four UCT academics won top national science awards for their important work in health research.
05 Apr 2024
Building a healthier Africa through discovery
Driving vaccine and drug discovery at UCT, these SARChI Chairs have developed local talent and collaborations that tackle Africa’s pressing health challenges.
04 Apr 2024
‘Become activists for science’
On Monday, 2 April, nine matric learners were inducted into the STEM MentHer Programme – an initiative to produce a pipeline of South African women scientists.
04 Apr 2024
Looking through the lens of missed vaccination opportunities
Dr Chukwudi Nnaji probes three critical questions for missed opportunities for vaccination in his PhD research.
26 Mar 2024
Bending the arc towards health equity
Professor Susan Cleary delivered her inaugural lecture on 14 March.
25 Mar 2024
Adopt a social approach to managing TB
UCT’s Dr Anna Versfeld said patients’ social contexts must be taken into consideration to help tackle the TB scourge in South Africa.
24 Mar 2024
Infrastructure and innovation for a healthy Africa
These SARChI chairs have integrated innovative science and technology to make a material contribution to a healthy Africa.
22 Mar 2024
Decomposing pig bodies provide insight into novel methods to identify human remains
Kara Adams’s unconventional research set out to uncover the effect clothing and environmental factors have on the body’s decomposition process.
20 Mar 2024
‘I made it because I asked for help’
Lwando Mhlabeni beat severe depression and a medical leave of absence to graduate with a BSc in Occupational Therapy.
20 Mar 2024
Grade sevens uncover nuts and bolts of the brain
Sixty learners from schools in Cape Town joined UCT’s jam-packed, day-long programme to observe International Brain Awareness Week on 13 March.
19 Mar 2024
UCT’s H3D spearheads Africa’s drug discovery accelerator programme
UCT’s H3D will play a leading role in supporting drug discovery in sub-Saharan Africa through the Grand Challenges African Drug Discovery Accelerator programme.
13 Mar 2024
Speculating on the speculum – could a redesign help to save lives?
On World Human Papilloma Virus Day, the virus behind 95% of cervical cancers, post-docs and post-grads were invited to a design-a-thon at UCT’s IDM to ‘rethink, reimagine and redesign’ the dreaded cervical speculum.
11 Mar 2024
UCT on board as innovative Lego Braille Bricks project enters new national phase
The extended Lego Braille Bricks pilot project will fast-track inclusive education for blind and visually impaired learners and capacitate teachers’ competencies in the country.
08 Mar 2024
UCT and McMaster lead a new clinical trial to reduce HIV-related deaths in Africa
A new trial will test a low-cost antibiotic aimed at reducing deaths among 8 000 patients with advanced HIV who are starting or restarting anti-retroviral therapy, a combination of drugs to treat HIV.
06 Mar 2024
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