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Invite: UCT to host cutting edge human genetics research forum
The African Society of Human Genetics (AfSHG) in partnership with the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Division of Human Genetic, Department of Pathology and the Wellcome Connecting Sciences Global Training Programme , is hosting a Young Investigators Research Forum (YIF) in human genetics where researchers in these fields from around the world will present their cutting-edge research as oral presentations and poster presentations.
20 Feb 2023
Breast cancer project provides lifeline for patients by fast-tracking treatment
A cancer project established to plug the gap by providing hope and care to cancer patients finding themselves in long public healthcare system queues, provides a life-saving service with a catch-up surgery programme that operates on Saturdays when theatre spaces are normally not used at Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH). Clinicians are also providing their services pro bono.
17 Feb 2023
Access to vital form of contraception received by only 50% of women in Cape Town health facilities
Many women receiving antenatal care in public health services in Cape Town choose bilateral tubal ligation as their preferred method of postpartum contraception during their antenatal course. If the sterilisation does not occur immediately, these women are discharged on an alternative form of contraception and, ideally, an interval date for bilateral tubal ligation is arranged.
16 Feb 2023
Peri-urban Cape Town youth with HIV face social challenges contributing to increased risk of obesity
More than two fifths (41%) of adolescents and youth living with HIV (AYLHIV) across peri-urban Cape Town were found to have abdominal obesity, compared to rates for young people in the general South African population (13.7–22.1%). Various factors ranging from the food and built environment, community, family and individual level factors were found to be associated with abdominal obesity in this population.
15 Feb 2023
UCT expands executive short courses to bridge skills gap in labour market
The University of Cape Town (UCT) aims to help the workforce obtain relevant skills by expanding its more than 200 executive education short courses and open up further opportunities for study to school-leavers and recent graduates, as well as to drive continuous development among working professionals.
13 Feb 2023
Study shines spotlight on protecting mental health of elite cricketers
We don’t like cricket. We love it. This love for the sport though, comes at a price. Cricket is one of the world’s most demanding sport. Extensive travel and time away from home, different formats, and constant pressure to improve match statistics. The demands and challenges within cricket expose players to the risk of mental-ill health – specifically, anxiety and depression.
13 Feb 2023
Large-scale research provides analysis into SA’s socio-economic problems
The conclusion of the Research Project on Employment, Income Distribution and Inclusive Growth (REDI3X3) – a large-scale, multi-year research undertaking led by the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) – provides an in-depth analysis of some of South Africa’s most pressing challenges; and how to fix them.
09 Feb 2023
New digital tools to enable UCT scientists prepare for malaria outbreaks in southern Africa
The Wellcome foundation has provided approximately R487-million to support global research to address urgent health threats brought about by climate change. This funding provides for 24 research teams in 12 countries around the world to develop innovative digital tools to model the relationship between climate change and infectious disease.
07 Feb 2023
UCT research directed at focusing on care for the elderly
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Elena Moore has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Career Development Award that will bolster a unique five-year research programme that places older people in southern Africa at the top of its priority list.
02 Feb 2023
UCT researchers contribute to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is currently in its Sixth Assessment cycle , during which the IPCC will produce the assessment reports of its three Working Groups, three special reports, a refinement to the methodology report and the synthesis report.
28 Feb 2022
UCT honours country’s top matriculants and first-year scholarship recipients
The University of Cape Town (UCT) recently rolled out the blue carpet when Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng honoured 17 of the country’s top matriculants, now UCT first-year students. Each has earned a Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship for their stellar results.
25 Feb 2022
Efficacious COVID-19 vaccines increase uptake, new global study finds
Despite the unprecedented progress in developing COVID-19 vaccines, global vaccination levels needed to reach herd immunity remain a distant target while new variants keep emerging. According to a new global study, this will change if efficacious vaccines are offered.
24 Feb 2022
An academic by day and actress by night - finance lecturer gets full professorship
To most people, drama and accounting may seem like two poles at opposite ends of the academic spectrum. However, for Professor Gizelle Willows the pursuit of both these passions has led to finding a niche in behavioural finance as well as attaining a number of career highlights. Most recently, she was promoted ad hominem to full professor at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) College of Accounting.
22 Feb 2022
UCT sets its sights on conquering cancer
Despite being on the brink of elimination, more than 600 000 women develop cervical cancer each year. Of that number, 300 000 are lost to the disease. This loss of life has innumerable repercussions for both the women’s families and their communities, leading not only to a breakdown of the family unit but also spiralling cycles of poverty.
21 Feb 2022
Maternal anaemia investigated as a global health priority
University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD candidate Jessica Ringshaw is investigating the impact of maternal anaemia and iron deficiency during pregnancy on the child brain through her recently awarded Wellcome Trust International Training Fellowship.
18 Feb 2022
Works of prize-winning poet and novelist, Tatamkhulu Afrika should be revived
As a writer and poet Tatamkhulu Afrika’s work won many accolades. And yet his contributions to South African literature have been largely neglected, if not forgotten, said Dr Halim Gençoğlu, a University of Cape Town (UCT) Ottoman scholar and research fellow in the Department of Sociology’s Re-Centring Afro Asia Project .
18 Feb 2022