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News of the Department of Human Biology
Congratulations to Prof Tania Douglas for receiving the 2019 South African Women in Science Award as Distinguished Woman Scientist in Research and Innovation!
All alumni and collaborators of the Division of Biomedical Engineering are invited to celebrate with us 50 years Biomedical Engineering at the University of Cape Town on 19 September 2019.
Congratulations to Dr Sharief Hendricks and Warren Lucas from the Department of Human Biology who feature amongst the 2019 Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans.
All HUB staff members (PASS and Academic) are invited to a one-day workshop ‘Developing Resilience’ on 28 August 2019 | Sign up here
Congratulations to Dr Amaal Abrahams from the Division of Cell Biology for receiving the Faculty of Health Sciences’ Excellence in Teaching Award for 2018.
Welcome to Mrs Megan Peterson as Senior Scientific Officer in the Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biology Anthropology.
Congratulation to all students from the Department of Human Biology who graduated during UCT's graduation ceremony in April.
Congratulations to Dr Dorit Hockman and Dr Joseph Raimondo from the Division of Cell Biology in the Department of Human Biology who have both been awarded recently with prestigious FLAIR fellowships.
Congratulations to Dr Tinashe Mutsvangwa for his election as Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Congratulations to Prof Sudesh Sivarasu for his recent election as member of the Global Young Academy from May 2019.
The Division of Biomedical Engineering welcomes 37 postgraduate students who joined various programmes this year.
Biomedical engineers from UCT and Osmania University, India, have put their heads together to develop a tool for clinicians to administer medication to their patients remotely using mobile messaging technology.