Awards and milestones
SU awards honorary doctorate to champion of health equity
Stellenbosch University (SU) awarded an honorary doctorate to pioneering South African social scientist and epidemiologist Dr Olive Shisana on Thursday (26...
Opinion and features
The invisible middle: Teens falling through the cracks of TB care
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day was observed on 24 March. In an opinion piece for the Daily Maverick, Dr Susan Purchase from the Desmond Tutu TB Centre writes that...
Opinion and features
South Africa’s organ shortage: Time to act
World Kidney Day is marked each year on 12 March. In an opinion piece for the Weekend Argus, Prof Yazied Chothia from the Division of Nephrology writes that a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...