Departmental Research Committee

The Departmental Research Committee (DRC) oversees research-related administration in the Department of Human Biology with all of its divisions. Responsibilities of the DRC include the following:

• Review and authorisation of research proposals for grants and postgraduate student projects
• Preparation of the annual departmental research report
• Recording of research output

The DRC chair represents the Department of Human Biology on the Faculty Research Committee.

Getting Advice from the DRC

• Please review information on the pages of this research administration section of the HUB web site.
• Should the required information not be available, please contact Ms Abbigale Van Der Westhuizen or the DRC representative of your division (see below).

Composition of the DRC

The Departmental Research Committee is constituted of representatives of each division in the department, and the Head of Department and the Directors of the core research facilities as ex officio member.

Name	Portfolio	Email	Extension
Prof Thomas Franz	DRC Chair		650 1795
A/Prof Sudesh Sivarasu	Division of Biomedical Engineering		404 7613
Dr Dorit Hockman	Division of Cell Biology		406 6461
Dr Adhil Bhagwandin	Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology		406 6284
Dr Yumna Albertus	Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine		650 4560
Prof Marjanne Senekal	Division of Human Nutrition		406 6784
Dr Vinogran Naidoo	Division of Physiological Sciences		406 6243
Prof Malcolm Collins (ex officio)	Head of Department
Prof Sharon Prince (ex officio)	Deputy Head of Department
Prof Alison September (ex officio)	Transformation
Prof Ernesta Meintjes (ex officio)	Cape Universities Body Imaging Centre at UCT
A/Prof Dirk Lang (ex officio)	Confocal and Light Microscope Imaging Facility
Prof Vicki Lambert (ex officio)	Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport Research Centre
Prof Tania Douglas (ex officio)	Medical Imaging Research Unit
Ms Abbigale Van der Westhuizen	Administration		406 6235