UCT funding to support cost-effective manufacturing of pharmaceuticals in South Africa
The manufacturing and availability of medicines in sub-Saharan Africa will receive a major boost with the injection of R13 million to UCT’s H3D.
ESOI Workshop: Imaging in Assessing Response to Cancer Therapy
An interactive hands-on course aimed at practising radiologists and radiology residents, focusing on the criteria-based assessment of tumour response to treatment.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Edina Sinanovic
Professor Edina Sinanovic will deliver her Inaugural Lecture, titled “Getting the most out of life – Understanding the opportunity cost of your decisions” at 17:00 SAST on 18 September 2023.
Professor Elelwani Ramugondo
Professor Elelwani Ramugondo is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Transformation, Student Affairs and Social Responsiveness at the University of Cape Town (UCT). She was previously deputy dean for Postgraduate Education in the Faculty of Health Sciences and chair of UCT’s Academic Freedom Committee. From June 2009 to December 2013, she was the head of Occupational Therapy.
Department of Family, Community and Emergency Care – Seminar
"Withholding and Withdrawal of Life-sustaining therapies"
Professor Gary Maartens
Professor Gary Maartens is both head of clinical pharmacology at the University of Cape Town and a chief specialist physician at Groote Schuur Hospital.
As a young specialist doctor, he worked in Cape Town during the early ’90s, witnessing first-hand the HIV epidemic in South Africa and realised much research needed to be done. Today Maartens is an international authority on the therapeutic aspects of HIV-associated TB, drug-resistant TB and antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings.
Advanced HIV and Adherence Counselling
Life Steps is an adherence intervention comprising of 13 education and problem-solving steps
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Catherine Orrell
The University of Cape Town invites you to an inaugural lecture by Professor Catherine Orrell, on the topic: Toward effective HIV treatment in South Africa – injustice, clinical pharmacology and adherence
Social Responsiveness Award
The Social Responsiveness Award was established in 2009. It recognises UCT academics who demonstrate how social engagement can enhance the teaching and learning process – one of the university’s priorities.
National Research Foundation Awards
The annual National Research Foundation (NRF) Awards recognise and celebrate South African research excellence.