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Dr Scarpa Schoeman

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...

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Olivia Matshabane

Awards and milestones

SU’s Matshabane becomes first South African to receive IBRO Rising Star Award

A Stellenbosch University researcher focusing on the ethical priorities surrounding emerging neurotechnologies for neuropsychiatric conditions in Africa has...

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Collage from African Psychosis Research Network inaugural meeting.

Events

New Africa-wide network launched to advance psychosis research

Psychotic disorders remain under-researched and under-resourced across Africa, despite evidence that between 1 percent and 4.4 percent of people on the...

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A picture of the globe surrounded by colourful ribbons that symbolises the different forms of cancers.

Opinion and features

World Cancer Day: Experts focus on key challenges in treatment of cancer

Personalised and timely care, the battle between cancer and the immune system, and standardised, evidence-based guidelines to tackle cervical cancer are among...

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FMHS 70th

Awards and milestones

70 years of impact – celebrating our legacy

Seventy years ago, Stellenbosch University brought about a vision to create a place where the advancement of human health became the foundation on which...

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Novel Chegou

Awards and milestones

Prof Chegou elected as fellow of African Academy of Sciences

Prof Novel Chegou of Stellenbosch University’s recently created Division of Immunology, which he currently leads as acting head, has been elected as a Fellow of...

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Child Health

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...

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Profs Hemmings and Essop

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...

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Prof Salim Safurdeen Abdool Karim photographed at the Coetzenburg Centre on the Stellenbosch Campus where he received his honorary doctorate.

Institutional news

SU honorary doctorate for world-renowned epidemiologist, infectious disease expert

Stellenbosch University (SU) bestowed an honorary doctorate on world-renowned epidemiologist and infectious disease expert Prof Salim Safurdeen Abdool Karim at...

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David

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...

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