After thorough consultation, the decision to unbundle the FHMS Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (DIHS) was approved by our Faculty Board and the Senate at the end of last year, effective as of 1 January 2017. The DIHS has been unbundled into four departments and the positions for the new executive heads as well as divisional heads will be advertised internally to appoint suitable candidates. As a result Prof Usuf Chikte, previous head of the DIHS, will serve as acting head in a number of departments and divisions until the vacancies have been filled. The new structure is as follows: Department of Nursing and Midwifery – Executive Head: Prof Anita van der Merwe Department of Family and Emergency Medicine – Acting Executive Head: Prof Usuf Chikte

• Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care – Head: Prof Bob Mash
• Division of Emergency Medicine – Head: Prof Lee Wallis

Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences – Acting Executive Head: Prof Usuf Chikte

• Division of Speech-Language and Hearing Therapy – Acting Head: Dr Daleen Klop
• Division of Occupational Therapy – Head: Prof Lana van Niekerk
• Division of Physiotherapy – Head: Prof Susan Hanekom

Department of Global Health – Executive Head: Prof Usuf Chikte

• Division of Health Systems and Public Health – Acting Head: Prof Usuf Chikte
• Centre for Health Systems Strengthening 
• Centre for Rehabilitation Studies 
• African Cancer Institute 
• Unit for Infection Prevention and Control 
• Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics – Acting Head: Prof Usuf Chikte
• Centre for Evidence-based Health Care – Sentrum vir Bewysgebaseerde Gesondheidsorg
• Division of Human Nutrition – Head: Prof Xikombiso Mbhenyane