Final-year medical student, Azhar Adam Nadkar, has been elected by a global association for medical education to coordinate the student participation in a major conference later this year. Nadkar was recognised last year by the rector of...

​Quintin, the remote-controlled tele-presence robot that helps to put patients in Tygerberg Hospital's Covid-19 ICU in virtual contact with their families, is set to feature in an innovative student project aimed at tackling urgent global...

Wednesday (24 March) is World Tuberculosis Day. In an opinion piece for Health24, Prof André G Loxton (Molecular Biology and Human Genetics / South African Medical Research Council) highlights the need for continued funding and...

Wednesday (5 February) is World Read Aloud Day. In an opinion piece in Cape Argus, Dr Zelda Barends from the Department of Curriculum Studies argues that reading aloud to children helps entice them to read and, in so doing, improves their...

Prof Hans Strijdom, Head of the Division of Medical Physiology in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University, delivered his inaugural lecture on Tuesday 15 August 2023. The title of his talk was “The...

​​The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on women scientists. They were forced to spend less time doing research, published fewer publications, and weren't able to initiate as many research projects as their male peers. This is the...

When Prof Karin Baatjes takes up her new position as Vice-Dean: Learning and Teaching of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University (SU), her key aims will be to deliver graduates and educators who “serve...

Quintin, the remote-controlled tele-presence robot that helps to put patients in Tygerberg Hospital's Covid-19 ICU in virtual contact with their families, is set to feature in an innovative student project aimed at tackling urgent global...

​The annual 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign ends on Sunday 10 December. In an opinion piece for News24, Prof Juliana Claassens (Department of Old Testament and New Testament) writes that we sometimes...

​​​Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes are the leading cause of premature death worldwide. People with hypertension (high blood pressure) and diabetes have a greater...