SU researchers help with genetic study about bipolar disorder Stellenbosch University researchers have played their part in what is said to be the largest genetic study on bipolar disorder to date. Results emanating from the efforts of the...

​For Hannah Simba, a PhD candidate in Public Health at Stellenbosch University (SU), the promotion and inclusion of women scientists is critical in cultivating overall scientific excellence. This recipient of the L'Oreal Sub-Saharan Africa...

Women's health as well as reproductive health tends to be neglected in the public domain. However, Dr Rizwana Roomaney, a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Stellenbosch University (SU), wants to help change this. An experienced...

Remarkable women. They have marched hand-in-hand through the ages. They walked with hope and knew that what they were about to do could change their current reality and those of future generations. They used their presence and their silence...

​​World Mental Health Day is marked each year on 10 October. In an opinion piece for the Daily Maverick, Prof Mark Tomlinson from the Institute for Life Course Health Development argues that mental health is deeply complex and cannot just...

The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the digitalisation of our work, social and learning environments at an unexpected rate. All over the world people’s agility were put to the test since March 2020 and many in-person events had to...

In 2014 Stellenbosch University started a programme where our top researchers are honoured with Distinguished Professorships. The title was created to recognise academics who have reached the pinnacle of achievement in their university...

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed major challenges to public health medicine specialists. For Extraordinary Professor Hassan Mahomed, who has been at the forefront of coordinating the response in the Western Cape, it has been an especially...

With a research background in child and adolescent mental health and development, Prof Sarah Skeen, associate professor and co-director of the Institute for Life Course Health Research at the Department of Global Health, has been at the...

​​​Two Stellenbosch University (SU) academics are the driving forces behind a new book containing a collection of 35 creative essays through which various South African women describe how the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted...