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Teamwork is the key to success for the IDM Professor Valerie Mizrahi delivered the Wolfson Memorial Lecture, detailing the vision for the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine. 26 Nov 2021
UCT researchers win big at NRF Awards Five University of Cape Town researchers have been recognised for their outstanding work during this year’s NRF Awards. 25 Nov 2021
Simulation education improves critical care skills during COVID-19 pandemic UCT’s Project TeamCare has spearheaded simulation interventions to support COVID-19 and ICU services at Groote Schuur Hospital. 25 Nov 2021
UCT student entrepreneurs go for gold at competition final UCT’s three student entrepreneurs were on a winning streak during the final round of the Entrepreneurship Intervarsity competition last week. 24 Nov 2021
UCT leads in training aspiring African neurologists Dr Lawrence Tucker, the head of the Division of Neurology at UCT and Groote Schuur Hospital, says neuroscience is severely under-represented among young African physicians. 19 Nov 2021
National Order for UCT’s Lynette Denny Cervical cancer researcher Professor Lynette Denny will receive the Order of the Baobab (Silver) from President Cyril Ramaphosa on 18 November. 19 Nov 2021
Grant to boost bioimaging in Africa The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has awarded funding to two groups at UCT to expand access to and expertise in bioimaging and microscopy across Africa. 15 Nov 2021
Health Sciences PhD student awarded Google Fellowship UCT’s Dennis Dogbey is the only African recipient in the Human-Computer Interactions subfield this year. 12 Nov 2021
Grants give African data science a boost Three members of the IDM have been awarded NIH grants for projects in the field of data science applied in health research in Africa. 12 Nov 2021
VC’s challenge to new UCT Fellows Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has congratulated nine new UCT College of Fellows inductees. But she threw down some challenges to these ‘elders’ around Vision 2030. 10 Nov 2021
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