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Congratulations to Emerita Prof Valerie Mizrahi who was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, announced last night! amacad.org/new-members-20… UCT IDM UCT UCT Research

Prof Harald Winkler (Harald Winkler (@haraldwinkler.bsky.social)) received National Research Foundation of South Africa A1-rating recognising his internationally leading scholarship and impact of interdisciplinary research at the nexus of development, climate change & social justice. #UCTResearchExcellence UCT Commerce.

How much of what university staff learn in development workshops shapes their work? In his #UCTInauguralLecture, Prof François Cilliers unpacked a decades-long career in health professions education, exploring the links between theory, research & practice: bit.ly/3RFOlXq

The inaugural #CollectiveConversations On Science for Society, led by Profs Edgar Pieterse (African Centre for Cities) & Geci Karuri-Sebina (Wits School of Gov), sparked a reimagining of sustainable African urban futures through unlearning, innovation & critical reflection: bit.ly/3SfZRsI.

Dr Jesse Heyninck, Honorary Research Associate UCT, received an National Research Foundation of South Africa P-rating for his research in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KRR), a field of AI that enables machines to reason logically and transparently. Read more: bit.ly/42V772a #UCTResearch

The Pathways to Water Resilient South African Cities project, led by UCT & University of Copenhagen Research, co-created a living lab to engage Mitchells Plain residents & other stakeholders on hydrology, water quality, policy, stewardship, biodiversity & urban design: bit.ly/4j6j0IV

According to UCT study published in PLOS Global Public Health, good communication between partners supports better self-diabetes management, leading to improved health outcomes: bit.ly/4jMgGru #UCTResearch

Dr Mapheyeledi Sibindlana, UCT graduate and founder of Root_Fed Consultancy, has completed a groundbreaking PhD that critically examines how violence is understood and represented in the context of student protest. Read more: qr.codes/E6Ccd3

Professor Kelly Chibale, one of Africa’s leading scientists in the field of drug discovery, has been elected as an international member of the US-based National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honours in the global scientific community. Read more: qr.link/S4Va0i

PhD graduate UCT, Eve Wong’s research centres on the Khoisan Revivalism movement in South Africa, exploring how young, urban, working-class individuals reclaim erased histories and challenge fixed notions of race & authenticity: bit.ly/4iRv4gJ.

The Vaccines for Africa Initiative (VACFA) UCT is particularly effective because it links research to policy and practice, aiming to create a continent free of vaccine-preventable diseases: bit.ly/4jj6GoN. #UCTResearch

As environmental risks grow, threatening economies and livelihoods, statistical ecology is vital for effective conservation. This was the core message from UCT Prof Res Altwegg in his #UCTInauguralLecture: bit.ly/4ml8T5t.

A/Prof Katye Altieri UCT has been awarded the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust’s New Frontiers Research Award for 2025. She’s the second-ever recipient of this competitive five-year grant supporting bold, high-impact research: bit.ly/43EUgTg. #UCTResearchExcellence

Prof Dan Stein has received an A-rating from National Research Foundation of South Africa in recognition of his multidisciplinary research focused on anxiety & related disorders. His work also advances psychiatric genetics in African populations, which is key for closing health equity gaps.#UCTResearchExcellence

Two National Research Foundation of South Africa-DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) chairs have been awarded to UCT: Prof Babatunde Abiodun in ocean modelling & Prof Tommie Meyer in symbolic AI: bit.ly/44KWdia. #UCTResearchExcellence #UCTSARChI

Prof Bruce Biccard UCT Health Sciences has received an A-rating from National Research Foundation of South Africa for pioneering and leading perioperative outcomes research in Africa to ensure safe surgery and anaesthesia. #UCTResearchExcellence

The Mitigating Antimalarial Resistance Consortium in South-East Africa, led by UCT, has co-developed East Africa’s first regional plan to tackle drug-resistant malaria in partnership with the East African Community Roll Back Malaria Secretariat: bit.ly/3SVzw3u.

Distinguished Professor Philippe-Joseph Salazar has again received an A-rating from National Research Foundation of South Africa for pioneering research in Rhetoric Studies. His work has extended the reach of rhetoric to Reconciliation, White separatism & Islamic extremism.

To mark #AfricaDay, UCT Health Sciences hosted a conversation to reflect on progress made over three decades of democracy in South Africa, assess the state of healthcare and explore the road ahead for clinical research: bit.ly/3HsgRK5.

A/Prof Laura Heathfield UCT Health Sciences has received a P-rating from National Research Foundation of South Africa for research improving DNA recovery and analysis in post-mortem forensic settings, with applications in human identification & molecular autopsies. #UCTResearchExcellence