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Four UCT academics ranked among top 1% of most-cited researchers
UCT researchers' global impact has been recognised in Clarivate’s 2024 Highly Cited Researchers list.
25 Feb 2025
Hope for women with heart disease in the peripartum period
Recent research by the Cape Heart Institute brings hope for women with peripartum cardiomyopathy, with improved treatments and reduced risk in future pregnancies.
25 Feb 2025
The Long Shadow of Pre-eclampsia: Why Follow-up Screenings Matter
This reproductive health awareness month we are focusing on pre-eclampsia, a common condition in pregnancy, and its unrecognised long-term impacts on women’s health.
21 Feb 2025
Elections 2024: Little accommodation for blind and visually impaired voters
A study led by researchers in UCT’s Including Disability in Education in Africa revealed that there was little accommodation for blind and visually impaired voters during the 2024 general election.
12 Feb 2025
Emerging researchers working to effectively treat skin cancer
South Africa experiences one of the highest rates of skin cancer globally. In the wake of SunSmart Skin Cancer Awareness Month we focus on the innovative work of two young resarchers.
05 Feb 2025
Bongani Mayosi Memorial Lecture: ‘We will not forget’
The annual Bongani Mayosi Memorial Lecture was held in the New Lecture Theatre on 31 January on UCT’s upper campus. The event celebrated the memory and legacy of the colossal scholar.
03 Feb 2025
UCT study empowers medical students through AI and open educational resources
Research by UCT’s DOT4D has brought to light an innovative approach in medical education, leveraging AI to empower students in creating open educational resources.
20 Feb 2024
Med student’s elective abroad ‘memorable, magical, meaningful’
After a few weeks, UCT med student Moses Malebana concluded a successful elective at the Medical University of Graz.
15 Feb 2024
Three UCT academics among Clarivate’s highly cited list
UCT’s Prof Estelle (Vicki) Lambert, Prof Dan Stein, and Assoc Prof Darren Martin have been included on the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2023 list.
08 Feb 2024
Don’t take hearing loss for granted
Lebogang Ramma, a professor in audiology at UCT, delivered the first inaugural lecture of 2024 on Thursday, 1 February.
05 Feb 2024
UCT-led palliative care programme honours ‘life before death’
The Abundant Life Palliative Care programme serves terminally ill patients and their loved ones in Cape Town’s southern suburbs.
01 Feb 2024
Flute from his femur – A researcher’s journey with healthcare tech, AI
‘Bone Flute’ caps Ralph Borland’s collaboration with a Tygerberg Hospital surgeon – and a personal journey that fuses art, research, and his experience as a patient.
27 Feb 2023
Project Flamingo: A beacon of light for patients with breast cancer
Thanks to its weekend catch-up surgery initiative, Project Flamingo provides hope to patients with breast cancer.
15 Feb 2023
‘If it’s not a calling, find another job’ – Dr Imtiaz Sooliman
Gift of the Givers’ Dr Imtiaz Sooliman set the tone for returning physiotherapy students with a hard-hitting message about mercy, love, care, compassion and ethics.
10 Feb 2023
Executive education for everyone
UCT is expanding its offering of executive short courses to help bridge the skills gap between supply and demand in the labour market.
08 Feb 2023
Novel digital medicines information platform – a ‘game-changer’ for sector
The digital version of the South African Medicines Formulary is expected to benefit thousands of clinicians beyond South Africa’s borders.
24 Feb 2022
Capacity building and skills development for health innovation in Africa
On Friday, 18 February, H3D director, Professor Kelly Chibale, spoke alongside global healthcare and pharmaceutical industry leaders about building scientific capacity in Africa.
22 Feb 2022
T cells take the fight to Omicron
Neutralising antibodies are not the only defence against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant – T cells generated during previous infection or vaccination still recognise the new variant.
21 Feb 2022
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