Plenary Presentation
Prof Hanna-Andrea Rother - Innovation, adaptability & sustainability to protect health - the case of communicating chemical risks
Student Posters
Best Poster Winner
Feroza Amien (PhD) - General and oral health advocacy: Perspectives of South African medical practitioners and educators
First runner-up
Kimeshnee Govindsamy (MPH Epidemiology & Biostatistics) - Missed opportunities in cervical cancer prevention for adolescent girls and young women living with HIV: A global assessment of integrated care models
Second runner-up
Katleho Marake (MBChB Special Studies Module) - How green is Heineken?
Honourable mentions
Maxine de Araujo (MPhil Public Health) - Screening and prevalence of maternal syphilis in a rural and urban community in the Western Cape, South Africa
Jodilee Erasmus (MPhil Public Health) - Community health in the shadow of policing and substance use, Cape Town
Kelechi Nnene (MPH Health Economics) - Shifting the cost gap: Economic benefits of early-stage colon cancer presentation in a South African tertiary hospital
Shannal Pillay (MPH Epidemiology and Biostatistics) - Describing postpartum location of maternal ART and infant HIV testing in Gugulethu, South Africa
Mpumelelo Zondo (MSc Epidemiology and Biostatistics) - The epidemiology of acute traumatic hand injuries by power tools seen at a tertiary hospital in South Africa
Popular vote: Most visually appealing poster
Esther Opone (MPH Health Policy and Systems) - Safeguarding the digital generation: Qualitative analysis of Africa-based digital technology companies’ policies impacting African youth health and well-being
Popular vote: Most engaging presenter
Tazkia Abram (MBChB Special Studies Module) - Policy dystopia: Analysing government discourse in defence of South Africa’s Tobacco Control Bill during a public engagement exercise
Full poster gallery
Walter Chabaya (MPH Epidemiology and Biostatistics) - Social support in postpartum women living with HIV referred to adherence clubs versus routine primary health services
Courteney Collins (MPH Epidemiology and Biostatistics) - Closing immunity gaps: Hepatitis B vaccine coverage and uptake in HIV-exposed and unexposed children in South Africa
Michaela Deglon (PhD Public Health) - HABVIA: Heat adaptation benefits for vulnerable groups in Africa
Nondumiso Dlamini (MPH Social and Behavioural Sciences) - "I don't trust anybody else" - The lived experiences of primary caregivers of children with paediatric TB in a Cape Town hospital
Elloise du Toit (MPH Epidemiology and Biostatistics) - Vaccines as important tools to control Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
Lubayna Khan (MSc Epidemiology and Biostatistics) - Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions (KAP) of maternal Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccines among healthcare workers in Cape Town: A mixed method study
Memory Mabuku (MSc Epidemiology and Biostatistics) - Comparative analysis of child injury data (0-13 years) at Red Cross War Memorial's Children's Hospital, South Africa, 2019-2024
Andrea Madden (MPH Epidemiology and Biostatistics) - Living to 100: Aerobic physical activity and non-communicable disease - a systematic review
Constance Matlholwa (MPH Social and Behavioural Sciences) - Understanding the health risks of e-cigarettes: A rapid review to inform UCT's investment decisions
Jane Phiri (MPH Health Economics) - Factors associated with partial health insurance coverage among households in Malawi
Mahlatse Ramakgoakgoa (MSc Epidemiology and Biostatistics) - The impact and effect modification of BMI and HIV on body image outcomes among pregnant women living in South Africa
Jessica Spannenberg (Masters in Chemical Risk Management) - Assessing Bisphenol A (BPA) risk management strategies for vulnerable populations in South Africa
Mustafa Shuaib (PhD Public Health) - Patterns of adiposity and gestational weight gain in pregnant South African women living with HIV
Yumna Williams (MMed Occupational Medicine) - An evaluation of mortality rates and their determinants in a cohort of former asbestos miners in South Africa
Dane Witten (MPH Health Policy and Systems) - Unravelling unintended consequences in health policy through the 2007 Occupation-Specific Dispensation (OSD) strategy
Tanya Wood (MPH Environmental Health) - Determining pesticide mixtures and exposure clusters using urinary biomarkers in children from the rural Western Cape
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