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Research Focus, March 2013

Women in Science awards 2013: Call for nominations
17 May 2013 closing date! THE SCOURGE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH? The Department of Science and Technology is calling for nominations to recognise and award excellence by women scientists and researchers. The awards are aimed at profiling women scientists and researchers as role models for younger scientists and researchers; encourage and reward younger women who are starting their careers as emerging researchers and scientists. The theme for the 2013 South African Women in Sciences Awards is “The scourge of violence against women: what is the role of science and research?
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EU Call: Access and quality of primary health care
The global objective of this Call for Proposals is to increase access to public health services and to improve the quality of service delivery of primary health care through the district health system in South Africa. Closing date 24 May 2013. See summary under the Funding Opportunities link
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MRC Self-Initiated Research. Closing date 27 May 2013
See the link under Funding Opportunities.
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Faculty Day 2013
Faculty Day 20-21 August 2013 will be hosted at the Prinshof Campus this year. Registration is now open at www.facultyday.co.za
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Best Publication!
The Office of the Deputy Dean Research: Prof C. de Jager and the Faculty of Health Sciences Research Committee invites you to submit nomination(s) for the Awards for Best Publications in 2012. CLOSING DATE FOR NOMINATIONS: Tuesday 2 July 2013
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Welcome Message by the Deputy Dean Research

The University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Health Sciences is committed to increasing its research contribution to society, building on its unique identity, strengths and relevance within the University’s vision of being a leading research-intensive university in Africa, recognised internationally for its quality, relevance and impact, and also for developing people, creating knowledge and making a difference locally and globally.

The Faculty of Health Sciences is the proud host of two South African Medical Research Council Units on Inflammation and on Mother and Child Health, an Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Centres for Sustainable Malaria Control, Forensic Anthropology, Applied Morphology and Comprehensive Physical Rehabilitation, a Zoonotic Research Group and a Clinical Trials Unit. A SARChI Research Chair on Sustainable Malaria Control was recently awarded by the National Research Foundation.

The Faculty of Health Sciences is also a partner in three University Institutional Research Themes in Food, Nutrition and Well-being; the Management of Animal and Zoonotic Diseases; and in Genomics. These are complemented by the Faculty Research Themes on Sustainable Malaria Control; Cellular and Molecular Medicine; and a range of other research interest groups, reflecting a diversity of research that contributes to health knowledge and interventions in South Africa, Africa and globally, from stem cells to community health promotion.

Our research is supported by a range of expert laboratories and has achieved a number of global discoveries.  The Faculty has more than 20 NRF-rated scientists, while the high number of scientific papers in ISI journals is proof of good-quality research from the Faculty. The hallmark of our research remains its focus on health and health-care challenges facing South Africa and Africa, from laboratory based cutting edge science to finding solutions to health-care burdens.

Prof C (Tiaan) de Jager
Deputy Dean Research
Faculty of Health Science

Author : Web Administrator
Date : 2013-02-01