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Awards and milestones
70 years of remarkable milestones: FMHS celebrates its legacy of impact
Awards and milestones
Desmond Tutu TB Centre honoured with international public health award
The Desmond Tutu TB Centre (DTTC) was recently awarded the 2025 Karel Styblo Union Public Health Prize, providing much-needed encouragement for the Centre to...
Awards and milestones
Two FMHS professors join academy of outstanding scientists
Two senior academics from Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) were among the 45 leading scholars inducted as Members of the...
Media release
Dr Florence de Vries’ PhD shaped by loss, purpose and care
Dr Florence de Vries has spent her career thinking carefully about the power of storytelling – who wields it, who benefits from it and who can be harmed by the...
Awards and milestones
Amogelang Moagi does not allow hip of steel, loss to steal her graduation joy
“A hip of steel and a heart of steel.” That’s how Amogelang Moagi’s lecturer Dr Susan de Klerk describes her. These words are particularly apt, given the...
Awards and milestones
From forensics to farms: Dr Tiya’s mission to protect communities against pesticides
Moving from DNA analysis in forensics to studying the impact of pesticides on farm workers may seem unusual – but for Dr Luthando Tiya, it was a natural next...
Media release
SU to cap one of youngest doctors in SA
On 11 December, 21-year-old David Obagbuwa will graduate with an MBChB from Stellenbosch University (SU), becoming one of the youngest medical doctors to...