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September 2024

Dr Hlengiwe Madlala awarded the prestigious United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Award - Tue, 09/10/2024 - 11:05
A Landmark Achievement in Occupational Health and Safety Short Course Training - Mon, 09/09/2024 - 13:19
Congratulations to Graduates in the School - Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:58

July 2024

Prof Lucy Gilson honoured with The Virchow Prize 2024 - Tue, 07/16/2024 - 10:59
New Directorship - Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research (CIDER) - Mon, 07/08/2024 - 20:24
ASSAf Launches Report on "Achieving Good Governance and Management in the South African Health System" - Mon, 07/08/2024 - 13:42

April 2024

Post-doctoral Fellow shares his journey after completing UCT's Master of Public Health in Environmental Health - Thu, 04/25/2024 - 12:27
Women in Global Health Leadership Fellowship Inaugural Programme - Thu, 04/25/2024 - 09:53
The Division of Environmental Health releases a new factsheet - Fri, 04/19/2024 - 10:53
March 2024 Graduation - Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:07

February 2024

Environmental Health Projects Website Launch - Mon, 02/26/2024 - 12:02
UCT Master of Public Health welcomed new cohort of students in January 2024 - Mon, 02/12/2024 - 09:39
Press Release - Advancing Paediatric Antibiotic Research - Wed, 02/07/2024 - 13:26

January 2024

Four doctoral students in the School graduated in December 2023 - Tue, 01/16/2024 - 13:50

December 2023

The Division of Environmental Health releases a new policy brief - Thu, 12/14/2023 - 12:01

November 2023

Centre for Environmental and Occupational Health Research quality assurance review completed - Tue, 11/28/2023 - 10:59
2023 Ad Hominem Promotions in the School - Thu, 11/09/2023 - 12:36

October 2023

School Research Week 2023 - Tue, 10/03/2023 - 14:56

September 2023

Early Career Award for Best Publication in 2022 - Thu, 09/28/2023 - 14:22
Undergraduate students present at PHASA 2023 - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 11:38
2023 PHILA Awards - Wed, 09/13/2023 - 10:33

August 2023

Flagship Mental Health Wellness Champions Programme for Staff Launched at the School of Public Health - Fri, 08/04/2023 - 09:56

July 2023

Four doctoral students in the School graduated in July 2023 - Tue, 07/25/2023 - 11:11
Division of Environmental Health hosted ChemObs stakeholder group - Thu, 07/20/2023 - 08:35
UCT and AXA Research Fund host joint event on climate risk and health outcomes - Sat, 07/01/2023 - 05:55

June 2023

School of Public Health Africa Day Celebrations - Thu, 06/08/2023 - 14:47

May 2023

UCT career guidance with a twist – Qaphela! WorkSafe and StayHealthy message for young workers - Thu, 05/04/2023 - 12:49

April 2023

First cohort of Professional Masters in Chemical Risk Management graduated - Thu, 04/13/2023 - 09:49

March 2023

UCT Occupational Medicine ECHO project launched - Mon, 03/27/2023 - 13:26
Congratulations Dr Zahida Sonday - Mon, 03/27/2023 - 07:35

February 2023

23rd World Congress of Epidemiology - Tue, 02/21/2023 - 12:36
15th International Health Economics Association (IHEA) World Congress - Tue, 02/21/2023 - 12:03
The South African Health Reforms 2015-2020: The Road Ahead - Mon, 02/13/2023 - 10:15
UCT Occupational Medicine ECHO project - first in Africa - Mon, 02/06/2023 - 11:43
School of Public Health Vision Workshop - Thu, 02/02/2023 - 10:24

November 2022

2022 Ad Hominem Promotions in the School - Thu, 11/24/2022 - 11:56
Farewell to outgoing HOD and Welcome to new HOD and Director of the School - Thu, 11/24/2022 - 10:48

August 2022

Five UCT subjects in ShanghaiRanking’s GRAS top 100 - Mon, 08/15/2022 - 13:45
Three doctoral students in the School graduated in July 2022 - Wed, 08/03/2022 - 13:30

June 2022

Training on health risk and assessments in health facilities focussing on ventilation assessment launched at UCT - Mon, 06/27/2022 - 10:45
Major breakthrough on occupational health and safety - Mon, 06/13/2022 - 09:15
Heath promotion video produced by 4th Yr Health in Context students - Tue, 06/07/2022 - 11:30

May 2022

Staff Tea in celebration of Africa Month - Mon, 05/30/2022 - 13:15
Tribute to Stephen Taylor - Thu, 05/26/2022 - 15:15
Another accolade for Occupational Medicine at UCT - Mon, 05/23/2022 - 09:30

April 2022

Social Responsiveness Award: UCT lauds champion for human rights - Thu, 04/14/2022 - 13:00

March 2022

A reflection on health and human rights - Tue, 03/22/2022 - 12:00

February 2022

A/Prof Klaus von Pressentin selected as the 2022 STFM International Scholar - Tue, 02/08/2022 - 13:15

December 2021

Dr Randall Ortel offers vaccine service in Manenberg - Thu, 12/09/2021 - 09:00

November 2021

Gestational smoking lowers child’s memory and quality of life - study - Thu, 11/04/2021 - 10:15

October 2021

Ad Hominem Promotions in the School - Mon, 10/25/2021 - 11:30
Prof Mohamed Jeebhay honoured with a Fellowship of the College of Public Health Medicine (Occupational Medicine) by Colleges of Medicine of SA - Fri, 10/08/2021 - 15:00
Heritage Day Celebration – Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics - Fri, 10/08/2021 - 13:30

September 2021

A timely call to establish an international convention on the rights of older people - Mon, 09/20/2021 - 11:15
COVID-19: Communities doing it for themselves - Tue, 09/07/2021 - 09:00

August 2021

International Webinar on Conflict of Interest in Health Research - Thu, 08/19/2021 - 11:00
Paper on reshaping the way we think about human metabolism published in the journal Science - Mon, 08/16/2021 - 09:00

July 2021

HPS Division supports 20 PhD scholars in Africa and Asia conducting Health Policy Analysis research - Tue, 07/20/2021 - 11:00
Raising awareness about early antenatal care - Tue, 07/13/2021 - 14:15

June 2021

Congratulations Dr Itumeleng Ntatamala - Thu, 06/03/2021 - 14:30