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TB researcher receives coveted fellowship from EDCTP
Dr Suventha Moodley, a TB researcher at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), was recently awarded a three-year Career Development Fellowship from the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)...
New CIRCoRe workstream head aims to advance categorisation and science at SU
Phila Msimang, the incoming Head of the CIRCoRe Workstream “Race, Human Categorisation and Science" (RHCS), recently met with the Stellenbosch University (SU) Rectorate to discuss the importance of engaging with key scientific questions...
POPIA Deadline for Prior Authorisation: 1 February 2022
Some personal information processing activities are considered of such a high risk that the Information Regulator must be approached for prior authorisation before the activities commence or continue. This includes certain research...
FMHS greets valued colleagues after decades of loyal service
Two valued staff members from the Division of Student Administration at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) of Stellenbosch University (SU) have retired after a long period of service. Mrs Salot Hanekom worked for SU for a...
Seven FMHS researchers among SU’s top 20 postdocs
Every year, since 2017, Stellenbosch University (SU) has awarded the top 20 postdoctoral research fellows at the university. It is a highly prestigious achievement to be ranked among them – and in 2021, seven of the university's top 20...
New study detects infections with Omicron despite booster dose
A significant new study by South African and German scientists has provided the first evidence globally that even three vaccine doses may not be sufficient to prevent infection with the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The study,...
Impact of COVID on school attendance in South Africa
The article, How COVID is affecting school attendance in South Africa: piecing together the puzzle, by Dr Debra Lynne Shepherd and Nompumelelo Mohohlwane was published in The Conversation on 18 January 2022: Estimating how many learners...
President Ramaphosa lauds SU’s world-class research centre set to lead global epidemic response
President Cyril Ramaphosa, along with the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Blade Nzimande, and the biotech investor of NantAfrica (a division of NantWorks), Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong, visited the Stellenbosch University...
Children in sub-Saharan Africa dying of Covid-19 at a higher rate than elsewhere
Children in sub-Saharan Africa who are hospitalised with Covid-19 are dying at a rate far greater than children in the United States (US) and Europe, according to a new multicentre study published yesterday (Wednesday 19 January 2022) in...
Stellenbosch University Research Fellow the lead author on the costs of piracy to Gulf of Guinea countries
Dr Curtis Bell (PhD), Associate Professor, US Naval War College and Research Fellow with the Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa (SIGLA), was the lead author of a 2021 report, commissioned by the UNODC and...