69th Annual Academic Day
August 2025

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Stellenbosch University will be hosting its 69th Annual Academic Day (AAD) on 20 and 21 August 2025.

We look forward to an event where all participants can learn, network, collaborate and be inspired by the outstanding research done in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University.

All submissions by staff, postdoctoral fellows, postgraduate and undergraduate students will be presented in either oral or poster format, within a set of 10 multidisciplinary tracks, namely: 
 

• ​Infectious Diseases
   
• Non-communicable Diseases
   
• Mental Health and Neurosciences
   
• Violence, Injuries, Trauma and Rehabilitation
   
• Maternal and Child Health
   
• Primary Health Care
   
• Perioperative Sciences
   
• Health Professions Education
   
• Global Health, Public Health and Health Systems
   
• Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine​
  
   

We invite you to join us at this outstanding event on the calendar of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. We trust that it will once again be a unique and informative conference and look forward to spending the day with you as we celebrate 69 years of excellence.​​
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Prof Nico Gey van Pittius
Vice Dean: Research and Internationalisation