News archive

October 2024

Why people stop taking their HIV treatment and what we can do about it - Fri, 10/04/2024 - 10:35
Call for FHS 2025 Postdoctoral Fellowship - UCT-Registered Candidates only - Wed, 10/02/2024 - 12:40

August 2024

Women’s Month: ‘Medicine chose me’ - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 14:23

July 2024

UCT Valedictory Lecture of Professor Ntobeko Ntusi - 22 May 2024 - Mon, 07/15/2024 - 10:25
Do socio-cultural contexts drive antimicrobial resistance? - Fri, 07/05/2024 - 14:17
UCT-led project awarded £500 000 to fast-track research on antimicrobial resistance - Tue, 07/02/2024 - 10:53

June 2024

How Groote Schuur primed Ntobeko Ntusi to head up the SA Medical Research Council - Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:29

May 2024

Rising Star Award recipient Dr Sabelo Hadebe on forging a career out of immunology - Fri, 05/31/2024 - 08:33
Appointment of Professor Mashiko Setshedi as Head of the Department of Medicine - Fri, 05/31/2024 - 08:25
Ntobeko Ntusi delivers valedictory address - Fri, 05/31/2024 - 08:18
Valedictory Lecture - Journey of a Hepatologist through the decades, Professor Wendy Spearman - Thu, 05/30/2024 - 12:36
Professor Bongani Mayosi Netcare Clinical Scholarship - Thu, 05/16/2024 - 20:21
A humanist with an unblinking gaze – Professor Ntobeko Ntusi takes the hot-seat at the South African Medical Research Council - Fri, 05/10/2024 - 18:59
Valedictory Lecture: Professor Ntobeko Ntusi - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 13:53
Writing a Research Proposal for beginners - Tue, 05/07/2024 - 08:48
UCT academic up for prestigious fellowship honour - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 08:34

April 2024

Leading UCT researchers honoured with SAMRC scientific awards - Mon, 04/15/2024 - 12:21

March 2024

New CEO and COO of Groote Schuur Hospital - Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:49
Let's support our students with debt relief - Wed, 03/06/2024 - 12:17
Adolescent nephrology clinic plugs ‘critical gap’ between paediatric and adult care - Mon, 03/04/2024 - 09:00

February 2024

Tertiary hospital professionals sound the public healthcare alarm after severe national budget cuts - Mon, 02/26/2024 - 12:34
General Physicians Conference 2-4 Feb 2024 - Fri, 02/16/2024 - 07:45
PhD positions at Med Uni Graz, Austria - Mon, 02/12/2024 - 13:29
Accelerate use of nuclear medicine as primary diagnostic, therapeutic modality - Fri, 02/09/2024 - 07:57
Bongani Mayosi Memorial Lecture: A tribute to the past and a celebration of the future of medicine in SA - Mon, 02/05/2024 - 15:13
Professor Ntobeko Ntusi named new President and CEO of the South African Medical Research Council ​ - Mon, 02/05/2024 - 10:41

December 2023

Cecile du Toit Valedictory Lecture - Fri, 12/01/2023 - 10:43

November 2023

KTU’s updated clinical tool reaffirms support for frontline healthcare workers - Wed, 11/29/2023 - 08:04
Congratulations to members of our Department on UCT ad hominem promotion - Tue, 11/21/2023 - 08:23
Why we need intersectional research to better understand the socio-cultural drivers of antibiotic resistant infections and optimise antibiotic use - Thu, 11/16/2023 - 15:00
FCP Part 1 Refresher Course 2024 - Tue, 11/14/2023 - 12:20
Second career-boosting opportunity for translational scientists - Tue, 11/14/2023 - 09:29
UCT and Medical University Graz, Austria staff exchange visit by Professor Regina Roller-Wirnsberger - Wed, 11/08/2023 - 08:34
UCT DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2023: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - Wed, 11/08/2023 - 08:19

September 2023

In Remembrance: Dr Timo Xolani Freeth - Wed, 09/20/2023 - 13:38
Med student’s stellar academic record paves way for elective abroad - Wed, 09/20/2023 - 11:24

August 2023

Dr Zinhle Cindi graduates with PhD – 30 March 2023 – at UCT - Sat, 08/19/2023 - 10:57

June 2023

2023 HIV and TB EPIDEMIOLOGY & BIOSTATISTICS WORKSHOP - CLINICAL STUDY DESIGN, CONDUCT AND ANALYSIS - 15th August to 24th October 2023 - Wed, 06/28/2023 - 09:58
Achievements in the first six years of the Fogarty HIV-associated TB Training Program at UCT - Thu, 06/01/2023 - 08:31

May 2023

Dr Stuart Saunders Lecture: The Nine Circles of Scholarship - Mon, 05/29/2023 - 16:44

April 2023

Pathophysiology and management of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure - Fri, 04/14/2023 - 12:15

March 2023

Nature publication on the 7WCI Cape Town Statement - Sun, 03/26/2023 - 20:39
UCT’s HIV and TB hotline – serving healthcare workers, communities for 15 years - Thu, 03/16/2023 - 09:28
In Remembrance - Emeritus Professor John Terblanche 1935 - 2023 - Mon, 03/13/2023 - 09:56

January 2023

Inaugural lecture of Professor Richard van-Zyl Smit Dec 2022 - Mon, 01/16/2023 - 13:06
Lancet Article on Professor Ntobeko Ntusi - Mon, 01/16/2023 - 13:00

November 2022

PASCAR research course - Wed, 11/23/2022 - 10:14

September 2022

UCT awarded two new SAMRC extramural units - Thu, 09/01/2022 - 14:00

August 2022

A worthy Solly Marks Visiting Professor! Felicitazioni! - Mon, 08/29/2022 - 10:45
Findings from the World Heart Federation COVID-19 Study - Wed, 08/17/2022 - 11:45
Two international awards for UCT’s Katherine Antel - Thu, 08/04/2022 - 13:00

May 2022

SA healthcare workers lack critical knowledge on new ARV - Thu, 05/05/2022 - 15:00

April 2022

UCT team participates in research to find safer new treatment for cryptococcal meningitis - Mon, 04/04/2022 - 06:15
Keertan Dheda – reflections on a career finding ways to fight TB - Mon, 04/04/2022 - 06:15

March 2022

Department of Medicine celebrates Emer Prof Solly Benatar - Mon, 03/28/2022 - 12:15
Steve Lawn Invite - Wed, 03/16/2022 - 13:00

February 2022

HCV Symposium - Mon, 02/14/2022 - 08:00

January 2022

Annual Bongani Mayosi Memorial Lecture - Fri, 01/21/2022 - 08:30

December 2021

Thank You from ECHO Clinic - Tue, 12/14/2021 - 10:45

November 2021

Van den Ende Memorial Lecture with Emeritus Professor Solomon (Solly) Benatar - Tue, 11/30/2021 - 14:15