Congratulations to our Graduates

 

Congratulation to all postgraduate students from the Department of Human Biology who graduated in December 2018 and the best wishes for their future.

 

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

In Neuroscience

• Jean-Paul Fouche: Structural brain connectivity of HIV-positive children: A graph network analysis study
  Supervisor: Professor DJ Stein (Psychiatry and Mental Health)
  Co-supervisors: Professor J Hoare (Psychiatry and Mental Health); Professor E Meintjes (Human Biology)
• Patricia Cathryn Swart: The effects of prenatal and early -postnatal ethanol exposure on rat brain neurochemistry and behaviour
  Supervisor: Emeritus Professor VA Russell (Human Biology)
  Co-supervisor: Dr J Dimatelis (Human Biology)

In Physiology

• Andrea Paige Gibbon: Whole exome sequencing: A customised approach to exploring the genetic basis of musculoskeletal soft tissue injuries
  Supervisor: A/Professor AV September (Human Biology)
  Co-supervisors: Professor M Collins (Human Biology); Dr CJ Saunders (Surgery)
• Franclo Henning: Mechanisms underlying the development of weakness in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: An in vitro single muscle fibre contractility study
  Supervisor: Dr T Kohn (Human Biology)
  Co-supervisor: Professor J Carr (Neurology, Stellenbosch University)

In Exercise Science

• Mary Ann Dove: Socio-ecological factors in talent development in cricketers in a diverse society
  Supervisor: Dr C Draper (Human Biology)
  Co-supervisors: Dr J Gray (Human Biology); Dr S Taliep (Sport Management, Cape Peninsula University of Technology)
• Nicola Ann Sewry: The effectiveness and implementation of the BokSmart Safe Six injury prevention programme
  Supervisors: Professor M Lambert (Human Biology); Professor W van Mechelen (VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam)
  Co-supervisors: Dr J Brown (Human Biology); Professor E Verhagen (VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam)
• Simone Annabella Tomaz: Physical activity and gross motor skills in rural South African preschool children
  Supervisor: Dr C Draper (Human Biology)
  Co-supervisors: Dr T Hinkley (Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University); Dr R Jones (Education, University of Wollongong)

 

DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MEDICINE

In Anatomy

• Liesl Margo Arendse
• Elizabeth Sarah Dinkele (with distinction)

In Biomedical Engineering

• Yasheen Brijlal

In Dietetics

• Marieke Theron

In Exercise Science

• Justin John Durandt (with distinction)
• Jarred Lee Marsh
• Jason Mark Wulfsohn

In Medical Cell Biology

• Alice Clare Brown

In Neurosciences

• Kira Michaela Düsterwald (with distinction)
• Aubrey Jonathan Kumm (with distinction)
• Marisa Yiljoen

In Physiology

• Hamida Abdalla Aboalgasm (with distinction)
• Rachel Christy Reid Bean (with distinction)

In Sports Injuries

• Jordy Anterio de Roos

 

DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

• Scott Pierre Bruton (with distinction in the dissertation)
• Alastair Blaine During (with distinction)
• Brian Jngasia Lugadilu
• Munyaradzi Thembani Matose
• Jerry Sam (with distinction)
• Werner Heinrich Stoltsz (with distinction)
• Seth Mkhanyisi Thompson
• Willem Johannes van den Bergh (with distinction)
• Jacobus Johannes Verster

 

DEGREE OF MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN HEALTH INNOVATION

• Christopher Tarumbidzwa Mutswangwa
• Anastacia Nonkululeko Nyathi (with distinction in the dissertation)

 

DEGREE OF MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY

In Sport & Exercise Medicine

• Thomas Frederik Swart

 

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

• Kagiso Patrick Kobe
• Emmanuel Bernard Massawe
• Patience Zamantungwa Moabi