Stories
Discover stories of our pursuit of impactful solutions, building learning communities that leverage the latest technologies,
and our exceptional people.
Awards and milestones
70 years of remarkable milestones: FMHS celebrates its legacy of impact
Medicine and health
Dr Scarpa Schoeman returns to shape SU’s next generation of doctors
In 1995, Dr Scarpa Schoeman was an excited first-year medical student at Stellenbosch University. Now, three decades later, he has returned to head the medical...
Medicine and health
Study shows role of serotonin abnormalities in cot deaths
Cot deaths, or sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), are tragic and often lack a clear medical explanation.
Findings from the Safe Passage Study (SPS), recently...
Medicine and health
Groundbreaking Life Pod achieves first successful organ donation
The “Avengers of Medicine” recently assembled in the Save7 “Life Pod” to bring life-saving and life-changing organs to more than eight transplant patients...
Media release
New evidence questions the benefit of calcium supplements in pregnancy for preventing pre-eclampsia
An updated Cochrane review has found that calcium supplementation has no effect on pre-eclampsia, challenging long-held assumptions about the role of calcium in...
Medicine and health
Survivors’ voices amplified at 16 Days of Activism event
Stellenbosch University’s Co-Create Health Hub joined forces with Aurorah Kuils River Community Action Network (CAN) to mark 16 Days of Activism with an event...
Medicine and health
Long-term study shows extent of synergy between alcohol and nicotine use on infant deaths and lifelong prospects of survivors
The extent of the impact of the combined use of alcohol and nicotine, as well as other drugs, during pregnancy on infant deaths and the lifelong health...