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Valuing Our Stories

The Faculty of Health Sciences is embarking on a project called Valuing Our Stories. Part of this journey is to locate stories in the broader story of the University of Cape Town, and especially in the Faculty of Health Sciences.
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Student aoth-taking and prize-giving 2025

Student Oath-taking and prize-giving 2024

[Photo gallery] This year’s prize-giving and oath-taking ceremony took place on 29 November 2025 in the Sarah Baartman Hall to a radiant, ecstatic and celebratory crowd of students and their loved ones who attended.

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Stuart Saunders Lecture 2025

The Dr Stuart Saunders Memorial Lecture

28 January 2025
(Ends 28 January 2025)
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UCT and the Department of Medicine invite you to a lecture titled "Reconceptualising Global Health and Medicine - A Time for Courage and Ethical Scholarship" by Professor Ntobeko Ntusi, President and CEO of the SAMRC.
28 January 2025
(Ends 28 January 2025)
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Health Sciences Notice board

Noticeboard

  • Call for applications: Master of Public Health Bursary - Empilisweni Centre

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    Deadline for submission: Rolling deadline in 2024

    Empilisweni Centre aims to strengthen capacity in clinical services and implementation science in South Africa through training and mentoring emerging researchers focussed on cancer prevention and control.

    The Centre will offer up to two scholarships to support new or enrolled students in the Masters In Public Health (MPH) programme. They seek highly motivated students with public health interests in either cancer control, health systems research, health economics, epidemiology, socio-behavioural and implementation science, to join their interdisciplinary research group. The candidate should have expressed interest in public sector service, health service or implementation research, or related areas.

    For more information, please read the full announcement here.

  • SAMRC: Conference Applications

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    The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) seeks applications for funding to host national and international conferences, including summits and symposia. The theme of the conference should be aligned to the vision and mission of the SAMRC. Training events, such as summer schools, with a focus on health research will also be considered. All applications must be submitted at least 6 months prior to a conference.

    Award details 
    Up to R200 000 for international conferences and R100 000 for national conferences.

    Eligibility 

    • Organisations whose core business is conducting medical/health research.
    • The conference must have medical/health research as its central theme and be hosted at a venue in South Africa.

    Download the PDF outlining UCT’s deadlines for internal approval .

    Funder deadline 
    27 December 2024