Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

🩺🌍 Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the University of the Western Cape are teaming up with the Western Cape Government and key partners to bring essential cataract surgeries and dental care to the Garden Route and Central Karoo Districts. The Central Karoo InReach project in Beaufort West is set to address a three-year backlog, providing over 120 cataract surgeries and 300 dental procedures, while giving health sciences students invaluable experience. Read the full story for all the details! 📖✨ #CentralKarooInReach #CommunityCare #HealthcareImpact #Collaboration #SUHealthSciences

Join us for an insightful session on "Sustaining the Polio-Free Status in South Africa: The SA Polio Eradication Initiatives" as part of Stellenbosch University's Global Health Webinar Series. Facilitated by Dr Juliet Nyasulu, Chairperson of the SA Polio National Certification Committee, and featuring Dr Simangele Mthethwa from the World Health Organization, this discussion explores the critical work being done to maintain South Africa’s polio-free status and how we all play a part in public health. Watch now and be part of this vital conversation! #PolioEradication #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #StellenboschUniversity #Healthcare #SUHealthSciences https://lnkd.in/d4NSxBYR

Exciting news! Prof Samantha Sampson has been named Director of the VALIDATE Network, a global collaboration accelerating vaccine development for neglected diseases. With 25 years of TB research experience, Prof Sampson brings a vital perspective from lower- and middle-income countries to this role. Her appointment highlights South Africa's growing influence in global health. #Validate #TB #VaccineResearch #Science #Mycobactomics #SUHealthSciences Read more: https://lnkd.in/d4AEvUUK

The #NatureForumOnHealthEquity and the #NatureAwards for #InclusiveHealthResearch is taking place in our #BMRI on 23 and 24 October! #NatureMedicine and the #NatureAwards, sponsored by #Takeda, will bring together leading #health_equity and #inclusive_health #researchers to discuss how to improve #health outcomes for all of #society, how #community involvement builds resilient #health_systems, and how to invest in #people and #technologies to deliver health #equity in #Africa. Intertwined with the #event will be a #ceremony for the #Inclusive Health #Research #Awards, which celebrates leading researchers who have made significant advances in #diverse, #patient-centric, and community-inclusive practices. #REGISTER HERE: https://lnkd.in/dcwuPDDu. #Stellenbosch #StellenboschUniversity #UniversiteitStellenbosch #FMHS #conference #medicine #healthsciences #health #sciences #science #health_conference

#NEWSLETTER ALERT: Don't miss the #WomensMonth Edition of #PULSE, our #faculty #newsletter --> https://lnkd.in/dYdMWeJd. #Stellenbosch #StellenboschUniversity #UniversiteitStellenbosch #university #FMHS #medicine #healthsciences #health #sciences #science #news #health_news #news_stories

The BBC featured the research of Dr Phoebe Runciman, #SeniorLecturer and Head of #Research in our #InstituteofSportandExerciseMedicine (#ISEM). Dr Runciman is running a #monitoring_system at the #Paris2024 #ParalympicGames that aims to better understand #Paralympians' #risk of #injury and, ultimately, to protect #health. READ all about it here: https://lnkd.in/dyqEzYvP. #Stellenbosch #StellenboschUniversity #UniversiteitStellenbosch #university #FMHS #medicine #healthsciences #health #sciences #science #Paralympics #parasport #ParalympicGames #Paralympics2024 #sport #exercise_medicine

#PUPPIES! 😍🐶 Two of our #fourth_year #occupational_therapy #students, in collaboration with the #AnimalWelfareSociety, recently brought four puppies onto #Stellenbosch #campus for the benefit of #student_mental_health. The #event was part of the students’ quarterly #mental_health campaign, which they organise as part of their mental health placement at the #university’s Centre for #Student_Counselling and #Development (#CSCD). READ all about it on SMF News here: https://lnkd.in/da4K9qfe. #Stellenbosch #StellenboschUniversity #UniversiteitStellenbosch #FMHS #medicine #healthsciences #health #sciences #science #dog #puppy #therapy #animal_welfare #AWSS #AWS

If you had told him 16 years ago that he would make a name for himself in the #Paralympian sphere, Prof Wayne Derman (Head of our Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine) would have laughed outright. Prof Derman is currently #MedicalDirector at the #Paris2024 #Paralympic Games which he told us more about before the #Games – READ MORE here: https://lnkd.in/d-tJvNxt. ---------- As jy 16 jaar gelede vir hom gesê het hy gaan bekendheid verwerf in die Paralimpiese sfeer, sou prof. Wayne Derman (Hoof van ons Afdeling #Sport- en Oefengeneeskunde) gelag het. Prof. Derman is tans Mediese Direkteur van die Parys 2024 #ParalimpieseSpele; hy het ons voor die Spele meer daarvan vertel – LEES MEER hier: https://lnkd.in/debGrfAU. #Stellenbosch #StellenboschUniversity #UniversiteitStellenbosch #university #FMHS #medicine #healthsciences #health #sciences #science #Paralympics #ParalympicGames #Paris #Olympics #ExerciseMedicine

"The #mpox #outbreak in #Africa is yet another example of how #infectious_diseases perceived to be 'someone else’s #problem', and affecting mainly #poor, #developing_countries, may suddenly pose unexpected global #threats." This is according to Prof Wolfgang Preiser (Head of our Division of #MedicalVirology), Dr Cheryl Baxter (Stellenbosch University Head of #Scientific #Research #Support), and Prof JEAN NACHEGA (#ProfessorExtraordinary of #Medicine in our #faculty), in an #opinion_piece for The Conversation Africa. READ THE PIECE here: https://lnkd.in/ed6eV3Sf. #Stellenbosch #StellenboschUniversity #UniversiteitStellenbosch #university #FMHS #healthsciences #health #sciences #science #disease #infectious_disease #developing_country #threat #virology #research #editorial #TheConversation #TheConversationAfrica

#CONGRATULATIONS to all the recipients – and an extra special CONGRATS to our very own Prof Simon Schaaf and the Centre of Excellence for Biomedical #Tuberculosis (#TB) Research! :)