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Postgraduates Funding Opportunities in
the Department of Medicine GSH Short Courses 2011 - 2012 offered to Medical Staff. *Training Need Assessment Form Journal supplementary material *Fig.1 Pedigrees and mode of inheritance *Frequency and clinical genetics of familial dilated cardiomyopathy in Cape Town: Division of Human Genetics *Clinical Genetic Services in Groote Schuur Hospital Physician Conference 2012 |
Medicine’s magnificent seven 
 Doctors in the house: Dr Graeme Meintjies (left) and Dr Richard van Zyl-Smit are two of the seven doctoral graduates to come out of the Department of Medicine this year This week, UCT’s Department of Medicine will graduate the most PhD students it’s capped in one go in its 91-year history. Seven new doctors of medicine will graduate on 17 December, much to the delight of the department. Read more... |
Vitamin D deficiency linked to TB  Researchers
at UCT and the National Institute for Medical Research
(NIMR) in the UK have found that vitamin D deficiency is
extremely common in black Africans living in Cape Town, and
is also associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB)
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Mobile phones offer heart
lifeline
 Technology that turns low-cost mobile phones into sophisticated stethoscopes could save thousands of lives in poor countries. The kit, developed by Oxford University and South African researchers, enables people to record and analyse their own heart sounds using a mobile phone microphone. Patients then send the recordings to medics who can remotely monitor their condition. The idea came from a conversation between Dr Thomas Brennan of Oxford University’s Department of Engineering Science and Professor Bongani Mayosi of the University of Cape Town about how to reduce the numbers of people dying of tuberculous pericarditis: a condition affecting up to 1-2% of TB patients where the lining of the heart becomes infected. Read more... |
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NRF kudos for UCT scholars 15 September 2011 UCT scholars featured prominently among the recipients of recent awards presented by the National Research Foundation (NRF). Professor Bongani Mayosi, head of the Department of Medicine, received the NRF Transformation of the Science Cohort Award, which recognises an individual who, according to the organisation, "has played an outstanding role in addressing the challenges of getting more women and black scientists to advance world-class research performance". Read more... |
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UCT women aplenty in M&G
book
 Prof Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan Prof Jill Farrant Prof Karen Sliwa Mail & Guardian's Book of South African Women is a celebration of the achievements of women in South African society. (Or, in the words of M&G editor-in-chief, Nic Dawes, "to discover and represent people who are doing transformative work".) Read more .... |
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Student piques interest with her TB findings
 Lung Institute breathes new life into old TB clinicMail & Guardian's Book of South African Women is a celebration of the achievements of women in South African society. (Or, in the words of M&G editor-in-chief, Nic Dawes, "to discover and represent people who are doing transformative work".)Read more... |
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 Lung Institute breathes new life into old TB clinic A fresh coat of light blue paint delineates the newly refurbished section of the Chapel Road Clinic in Salt River. The area has been transformed with several counselling rooms, improved patient access and confidential waiting areas where patients can receive tailored care. Read more... |
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Professor shakes things up in cardiac studies  After Professor Karen Sliwa delivered her inaugural lecture on 16 February, colleague Professor Valerie Mizrahi described her as the "consummate clinician/scientist", someone whose work stretches "from the intricacies of cell biology and genetics through to primary health care and intervention". Read more ... |
