HPALS Announcements 08 December
HPALS AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Sudesh Sivarasu
Lara Paul
Trevino and Ayesha
Welcome to Zulfah
2023 Year in Review
Grant Awardees
•Dale Wellcome Trust grant for a collaborative study between international & national partners focused on integrating sleep & circadian science into our understanding and treatment of anxiety, depression & psychosis in adolescents.
(R51 million).
•Feyisayo Wayas FHS Research transformation Award for her project on Citizen science
•Alison SA MRC mid-career award (R5 million), co-tutelle programme Stirling university, P recently returned from the University School of Physical Education in Krakow, Poland.
•Prof Sudesh Sivarasu Re-awarded the DSI/NRFI South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Biomedical Engineering & Innovation at University of Cape Town
•Lara Dugas AXA chair in non-communicable diseases epidemiology
•Dr. Sharief Hendricks was awarded the DVC Building Research Active Academic Staff Grant.
•Assoc Prof Janetta Harbron awarded Co-Create Solutions for Adolescent Obesity
Amazing Speakers
Post Graduate Student Graduations
PhD degrees:
- Shaun Sutehall (in Exercise Science, Supervisor A/Prof Andrew Bosch)
- Clare Bartels (in Physiology, Supervisor Prof Vicki Lambert)
- James Spragg (in Exercise Science, Supervisor A/Prof Jeroen Swart)
- Kyle Willard (in Exercise Science, Supervisor Prof Alison September)
MSc degrees:
- Elzie Chebet Koech (MMedSc in Nutrition, Dr Janetta Harbron)
- Zakirah Jaffer (MPhil in Biokinetics, Dr Dale Rae)
- Elochukwu Ezenwanko (MSc (Med) in Exercise Science, A/Prof Yumna Albertus)
- Maahir Kauchali (MSc (Med) in Neuroscience, Dr Rachael Dangarembizi)
- Robyn Burrows (MPhil in Biokinetics, A/Prof Jacolene Kroff)
- Lara Paul (MSc (Med) in Exercise Science, Dr Sharief Hendricks
Researchers Slaying at International Conferences
- GEMS
- SLEEP SCIENCE
- BIOMECHANICS
- RUGBY SCIENCE
- HPALS ARMY AT ECSS