Celebrating Lynette Denny

Celebrating Lynette Denny - fearless leader and champion for women's health.

Professor Denny is the former head of UCT’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the director of the university’s Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre (GCRC). On Wednesday, 10 August, UCT’s Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) hosted a special thanksgiving event to honour and celebrate Lynette Denny and her decades of service to the women of low- and middle-income countries around the world.

Please see the YouTube link to the event recording  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDZzhKz7nxU

In recognition of her work, Lynette Denny has also received a list of impressive awards, including the Order of the Baobab (Silver) from President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2021. The National Order recognises her work as a leading researcher in cervical cancer and its association with the human papilloma virus (HPV).

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