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Archer Kajee

Medicine and health

SU-Oxford study shows promise in mindfulness training for medical students

Medical students in South Africa face numerous challenges during their years of tough study, often risking burnout from the strain. The practise of “mindfulness...
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Marieke van der Zalm

Awards and milestones

Van der Zalm awarded EDCTP’s Female Scientific Leadership Prize for sub-Saharan Africa

Paediatrics and Child Health Associate Professor Marieke van der Zalm of the Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre (DTTC) is this year’s recipient of the Female...

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Dr Zara Trafford photographed in front of Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences on the Tygerberg Campus.

Awards and milestones

SU researcher receives R12m grant for disability studies

Dr Zara Trafford, a scholar in disability studies at the Institute for Life Course Health Research in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at...

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Prof Soraya Bardien

Awards and milestones

Prof Soraya Bardien wins prestigious Women's Leadership Award

Professor Soraya Bardien of Stellenbosch University (SU) has been awarded the prestigious Higher Education Resource Services South Africa (HERS-SA) Women...

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NSTF Awards

Awards and milestones

SU shines at ‘Science Oscars’

​​​Stellenbosch University (SU) took home three prestigious accolades at the annual National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)/South32 Awards, also known as...

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Prof Louis Jenkins

Awards and milestones

Prof Louis Jenkins receives international medical award

When Professor Louis Jenkins received an email announcing he'd won a prestigious international award for 'Excellence in Health Care', his first instinct was to...

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Kayla Lourens

Awards and milestones

SU student receives prestigious award recognising young doctors

Final-year MBChB student at Stellenbosch University (SU), Kayla Lourens has been recognised as one of South Africa's top final-year medical students, earning...

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