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Communicating science
The proliferation of fake news and misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of science communication. The Faculty of Health Sciences offers a Science and Communication course for all Honours students on the BSc Honours Joint programme, convened by Dr Sharief Hendricks and Dr Nancy Laguette, from the Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine (ESSM). In this course, students learn how to write, illustrate and communicate science more effectively.
10 Dec 2020
Message from the Postgraduate Health Sciences Students’ Council
2020. Wow, it was a year of the unexpected for students, staff, and the entire world in general. During this year, I served as the chair of the Postgraduate Health Sciences Student Council and the student representative of the postgraduate student oversight and advocacy task team. It was really a year filled with meetings as we had to plan for the postgraduate community, including local and international students. As a team, we ensured that postgraduate students had everything necessary to complete their degrees.
10 Dec 2020
Message from the Chair of the Health Sciences Students’ Council
2020 was a path in my journey I never thought I would ever go through - it brought joy, grief, pain, and success. Being a medical student during a pandemic was challenging in the sense that it provided an opportunity for us to be a part of the response to assist in alleviating the burden. We were also challenged with not being able to study in an environment that we were accustomed to, whilst many were navigating grief at the same time.
10 Dec 2020
Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine tackles COVID challenges and high-risk procedures head-on
From March to September, the COVID Anaesthesia and Airway Team managed more than 500 COVID cases, of which approximately half were intubations and transfers of critically ill patients to ICU, and more than a third cases requiring surgery. Above and beyond the service component to the patients and hospital, the greatest success was the phenomenal collaboration, cooperating and integration of practitioners across professions, disciplines and divisions who typically have little interaction.
10 Dec 2020
The fun side of finance
10 Dec 2020
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Hormonal contraceptives, hurting or healing – UCT study investigates
Research on vaginal health in young women, specifically in the territory of hormonal contraceptive methods, continues to evolve. Despite the benefits of contraceptives, which are vital for young women’s reproductive health and used worldwide by over 150 million women, some concern has arisen on the potential effects of these prevention methods on the vaginal environment, and the associated risk of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.
08 Dec 2020
The genetics of neurodevelopmental disorders in Africa
Researchers at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Paediatrics and Child Health in the Faculty of Health Sciences are working collaboratively on the NeuroDev Study. The study, titled “Genetic Characterization of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in African Populations”, is set to investigate the genetics of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) in African populations.
08 Dec 2020
