2024 at a glance

Valuing Our Stories

The Faculty of Health Sciences is embarking on a project called Valuing Our Stories. Part of this journey is to locate stories in the broader story of the University of Cape Town, and especially in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

UCT Inaugural Lectures - Health Sciences

An overview of UCT Inaugural Lectures presented by Health Sciences professors.

Celebrating our latest ad hominem promotions for 2025

Congratulations on this career milestone.

Welcome to the 2024-2025 Health Sciences Students' Council

Meet the newly appointed undergraduate HSSC members as elected by the undergraduate student body.

Highlights of 2024

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FHS Research News

Lenacapavir Named 2024 Breakthrough of the Year: A New Era in HIV Prevention

The fight against HIV has reached a historic milestone with Science magazine naming Lenacapavir its 2024 Breakthrough of the Year.

Honorary doctorate for Kelly Chibale

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Kelly Chibale is set to be awarded an honorary doctorate by Leiden University in the Netherlands on 7 February 2025 during the institution’s 450th anniversary celebrations.

Unlocking the future of medicine

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Holistic Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D) has proudly launched the Centre for Translational AMR Research (CTAR) Programme

25 years of HIV/AIDS research and activism

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has made inimitable contributions to the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. At the forefront of its efforts has been the Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER).

Leading in TB research earns Prof Keertan Dheda the 2023 Alan Pifer Award

Professor Keertan Dheda, global leader in TB research based at UCT’s Faculty of Health Sciences and a member of the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM), was awarded the Alan Pifer Award

The role of healthcare professionals in tackling the root causes of violence

Professor Sithombo Maqungo used his inaugural lecture, delivered in the last week of November, to unpack the state of violent injuries in South Africa.

Kelly Chibale elected to the US National Academy of Medicine

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Kelly Chibale has been elected as an international member of the esteemed United States National Academy of Medicine (NAM) for pioneering infectious disease drug discovery in Africa.

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Photo galleries

Student aoth-taking and prize-giving 2025

Student Oath-taking and prize-giving 2024

[PHOTO GALLERY] This year’s prize-giving and oath-taking ceremony took place on 29 November 2024 in the Sarah Baartman Hall to a radiant, ecstatic and celebratory crowd of students and their loved ones who attended.

So long to our retirees

[PHOTO GALLERY] On 8 November 2024 the faculty held an appreciation function for its 2024 cohort of retirees.

Celebrating Africa Day

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FHS Fun Day

[PHOTO GALLERY] Bringing together student mentors and first-year students from various academic programs to relax and connect with their peers in a fun and casual setting.