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Wolfson Memorial Lecture explores dementia prevention On Thursday, 3 November, world authority on dementia Professor Nick Fox of the University College London presented UCT’s 11th annual Wolfson Memorial Lecture. 07 Nov 2022
Eight UCT researchers honoured by ASSAf & SAYAS UCT researchers are among those recognised this year by the Academy of Science of South Africa and the South African Young Academy of Science. 07 Nov 2022
UCT jumps up in clinical and health UCT is 77th in the world for clinical and health and among the top 200 in four other subject areas, according to Times Higher Education. 02 Nov 2022
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
UCT observes World AIDS Day Ahead of World AIDS Day, UCT's Professor Linda-Gail Bekker said too many people living with HIV are still not receiving the care they need. 30 Nov 2020
Reflections of UCT’s Future Leaders Both old and new members of UCT’s 2030 Future Leaders programme share how the initiative, launched in 2018 by the vice-chancellor, has impacted their academic careers. 23 Nov 2020
Delivering innovation and inclusivity in science University of Cape Town researchers, Professor Ambroise Wonkam, director of Genetic Medicine of African Populations (GeneMAP) based at the Division of Human Genetics and Ntando Yola, the Community Engagement Lead at the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation will bring their unique perspectives together at a Science-meets-Science Culture talk that is open to all, Life Science Across the Globe. The session will be hosted on Wednesday.   20 Nov 2020
New UCT fellows’ crucible moments UCT’s newly inducted fellows shared crucible moments, surprising facts about themselves and their biggest mistakes at this year’s College of Fellows celebration. 20 Nov 2020
Millions of people are on treatment for HIV: why are so many still dying? Antiretroviral coverage of people with HIV has increased dramatically, but deaths have not decreased as much as was hoped. 20 Nov 2020 Republished
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