CURRENT STUDENTS


 

Student representatives
Theresa Mann and Kasha Dickie

 

PhD

  • Mr. Fernando Beltrami - Is VO2max really measured during incremental tests?

  • Mr. Graham Bentz - The effectiveness of a high performance rugby program in disadvantaged schools in South Africa.

  • Mr. James Brown - The efficacy of the BokSmart rugby injury prevention programme.

  • Ms. Marilize Burger - Genetic Risk Factors for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

  • Mr. Benoit Capostagno - The use of a submaximal cycle test, heart rate variability and the DALDA questionnaire to monitor training adaptations and performance in cyclists.

  • Mr. Ian Cook - Physical activity: Measurement and relationship to health in African, Northern-Sotho speaking South Africans in the Limpopo province.

  • Mr. David Crombie - Role of emotional intelligence in sports performance

  • Dr. Caroline D'Alton - Excessive endogenous heat production as a cause in the development of exercise-induced heatstroke- with special reference to the possible relationship of an underlying muscle disorder.

  • Ms. Liesl de Milander - Genes and endurance athletic ability.

  • Ms. Juliet Evans - Depot-specific adipose tissue biology may explain ethnic differences in obesity-related complications in South African women.

  • Mr. Christian Froyd - The role of central and peripheral mechanisms in exercise performance.

  • Mr. Sharief Hendricks - Tackling in rugby - coaching strategies for effective technique and injury prevention.

  • Ms. Yael Joffe - Polymorphisms in the TNFA and IL-6 genes: the impact and interaction between dietary fat intake, obesity, obesity-related insulin resistance and serum lipid levels in South African women.

  • Mr. Mark Kirkman - Interval Training: How does duration and intensity effect 10km running performance?

  • Ms. Liske Kotze

  • Ms. Nancy Laguette - Role of the COL5A1 3'-UTR in Achilles tendinopathy.

  • Ms. Karen Lienhard

  • Mr. Timothy Lindsay - Non-linear dynamics in exercise performance and fatigue.

  • Ms. Theresa Mann - Individual variation in the adaptive response to exercise training.

  • Mr. Selvan Naidoo - Physical activity, the urban environment and the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus.

  • Mrs. Delphine Oliver - Psycho-physiological correlates of perceived pain in Ironman triathletes, influence of training and performance variables.

  • Mr. Julian Pillay - The use of pedometry to measure physical activity in the health insured population of South Africa.

  • Ms. Tina Plattner - The effects of exercise induced muscle damage on neuromuscular recruitment patterns and cortical activity.

  • Mr. Sebastian Prim

  • Dr. Gabrielle Prinsloo - The effect of heart rate variability biofeedback during laboratory induced cognitive stress.

  • Ms. Colleen Saunders - Genetic basis of Achilles tendon pathology.

  • Ms. Philipa Skowno - Psychological markers in the rehabilitation and recovery of patients with (1) chronic diseases and (2) exercise and sports medicine injuries.

  • Dr. Jeroen Swart - Perceptual cues in the regulation of performance during maximal endurance exercise.

  • Mr. Nicholas Tam -

  • Ms. Ezera Thabangu - Reliability and validity of the global physical activity questionnaire (GPAQ) in SA communities.

MSc

  • Mr. Tiaan Campher - Monitoring training and performance during Varsity Cup Rugby Tournament.

  • Ms. Madelaine Carstens - Factors associated with substrate oxidation in women: metabolic flexibility and insulin resistance.

  • Ms. Sarah Chantler - The genotype and phenotype of Black South African women - A 5-year follow up

  • Mr. Ashley Chetty - Regulation of GLUT4 by p300.

  • Ms. Kasha Dickie - Physical activity, body composition and metabolic risk: A 5-year follow up study of South African women

  • Ms. Gumede Dimakatso - Regulation of GLUT4 by NRF-1.

  • Mr. Jason Douglas - Profiling of U16-U19 Elite junior rugby players.

  • Mr. Justin Durandt - A description of the profiles for U18 rugby players who attended Craven Week between 2002-2008.

  • Mr. Veeraj Goyaram - Molecular biology of exercise in diabetes/ insulin resistance.       

  • Ms. Melanie Hay - The role of COL5A1 in the aetiology of musculoskeletal soft tissue injuries

  • Ms. Monica Uys

  • Mr. Harry Hill

  • Ms. Cee-J Miller - The association with muscle ROM and the response to an intervention.

  • Mr. Kevin O'Connell - Genetic risk factors underlying hamstring injuries.

  • Ms. Paula Pienaar - Microvascular reactivity and health outcomes.

  • Ms. Phoebe Runciman - Central regulation and physiology of exercise performance in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

  • Mr. Josh Smith - Characterisation of isokinetic hamstring and quadriceps strength ratios in trained distance runners.

  • Ms. Kim Stephenson - The VNTR polymorphism within the Per3 gene and running: Molecular and Performance Components

  • Ms. Julia Thomas - The relationship between stroke rate efficiency, boat set up, flexibility, anthropometric and strength measures in elite 200m sprint kayakers

 BSc (Med)(Hons) (Biokinetics)

  • Kyrah Fraser

  • Sarah Glover

  • Shaun Hall

  • Gregory Hyson

  • Gail Ingle

  • Hanro Kruger

  • Bevan Matthews

  • Nadine Moodley

  • Cathrine Platt

  • Brad Roode

  • Christin Stewart

  • Christopher Webster

BSc (Med)(Hons) (Exercise Science)

  • Kesia Davidowitz

  • Daniel Freitag

  • Simakahle Lunga

 MPhil (Biokinetics)

  • Murry Capon

  • Fallon Hope

  • Wayne Lombard

  • Smart Mabweazara

  • Ziyaad Parker

  • Udhir Ramnath

  • Quaasim Samaai

  • Sita Smit

  • Simone Tomaz

MPhil (Sport and Exercise Medicine)

  • Dr. Siddieq Allie

  • Dr. Sachin Baba

  • Dr. Carolette Cloete

  • Dr. Ryan Jankolowitz

  • Dr. Alan Kourie

  • Dr. William Lubinga

  • Dr. Jerome Mampane

  • Dr. Osiomah Omobai-Musa,

  • Dr. Fayruz Sattar

  • Dr. Nicholas Theron

  • Dr. Alan Thomson

MPhil (Sports Physiotherapy)

  • Chris Allan

  • Anita Beutel

  • Kim Buchholtz

  • Theo Calligeris

  • Nadia Clenzos

  • Abraham Du Toit

  • Ugendrie Govender

  • Rykie Greybe

  • Tamlyn Guest

  • Michael Gwilliams

  • Ashleigh Hansen

  • Wayne Holroyd

  • Rashaad Jakoet

  • Robyn John

  • David Milner

  • Martin Sarembock

  • Vibhav Singh

  • Sandhya Silal

  • Kathryn Thomas

  • Timothy Vadachalam

  • Wanda van Niekerk

  • Johan van Wyk

BACK TO TOP