Happy Father’s Day to my dad, my father in law, my husband & to all of the dad’s around the world. Raising tiny humans is an incredible responsibility & I have been so fortunate to have respectful, loving, strong, kind, fair, empathetic, funny men in my life, & my kids do too.

Remember: Scientists are people too! 👩🏿‍🔬👨🏽‍💻👩🏾‍🔬👨🏾‍💻 Credit: @EliseGravel

Congratulations to all our authors for their latest publication doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2… 👏👏 Robyn Waters Maritz Laubscher Stephen Roche Roopam Dey UCT Global Surgery Division UCT Libraries Bongani Mayosi Health Sciences Library (BMHSL)

Our latest #COVID19 article reporting a low 30-day mortality in #orthopaedic patients undergoing surgery during the pandemic - samj.org.za/index.php/samj… Well done team🦠👏 Roopam Dey Maritz Laubscher SA Medical Journal Orthopaedic Research Unit @Orthopaedics_SA UCT Health Sciences UCT Libraries

All you need to know about #COVID19 variants, the fourth wave, vaccines & the unlikelihood of herd immunity: What might happen in South Africa? dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-0… The Presidency 🇿🇦 National Department of Health Western Cape Health & Wellness Gauteng Health KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health UCT Health Sciences

Congratulations to Mthawelanga Ndengane, PhD and Robyn Waters who are graduating today! 🎉🧑🏽‍🎓

Proud to be a part of the research team Orthopaedic Research Unit (ORU), UCT . Keep an eye out for updates on our innovative research and findings in the musculoskeletal, trauma, and bone and joint infection space 🦴🦠🧫🩻 UCT Maritz Laubscher Simon Graham Nosipho

Well done to Maritz Laubscher and team on a successful Del Kahn Research Day & to our members on their excellent presentations. Talks covered fracture revision, knee injury repair, kinematics in shoulder surgery, scoliosis surgery, diagnosing STB and ASCI mortality #orthopaedics

Additional exciting #orthopaedic talks presented by ORU members at the Del Kahn Research Day #Research #surgery

We are proud to share our new publication: Higher sensitivity of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra over TB culture for the diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis using open or CT-guided biopsies. 📄academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-a… Maritz Laubscher Robyn Waters Anna Coussens UCT Research UCT Health Sciences

From all of us at the ORU, we are wishing everyone a healthy, happy & successful new year 💫 We look forward to a rewarding year of #research and #collaboration Watch this space as we start new and exciting projects in the #trauma and #boneandjoint #infection space 🦴📊🩻

A new generation of cancer-preventing vaccines could wipe out tumors before they form. Learn more on #WorldCancerDay: scim.ag/5KK Science Visuals

"Science is fun and being a scientist is a fun job!" On this year's International Day for Women and Girls in Science, listen to 2023 medicine laureate Katalin Karikó speak about being a scientist. What is your favourite thing about being a scientist? #womeninscience

When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018. #WomenInScience scim.ag/5Pe

Time to catch up on #CIDRIPapers 📃 First up, Robyn Waters & co evaluated Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra on open and CT-guided biopsies compared with Mtb culture and histopathology in spinal TB: academic.oup.com/ofid/article/1…

We are excited to announce the launch of the Global Injury Group, funded by NIHR Global Health A collaborative research group focused on improving the care of the injured through research. Watch this space and follow us Global Injury Group. fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR1555….

Simon Graham Maritz Laubscher, Oxford Trauma and Emergency Care @uniofoxford Orthopaedic Research Unit (ORU), UCT Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Muhimbili University @TheAOAlliance Dan Perry Liverpool Orthopaedic and Trauma Service, Robyn Waters Bruce Biccard NDORMS George njambilo Nosipho MUST Kamuzu University of Health Sciences UCT Health Sciences Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme Muhimbili University

#globalinjury #globalsurgery #musculoskeletalinjury #orthopaedic #research #nihr #collaboration

Clinicians & researchers at the ORU are incredibly excited and honored to be part of the Global Injury Group, funded by NIHR Global Health , a collaborative research group focused on improving the care of the injured through research. Watch this space! 🦴📄🌍🏥 globalinjury.ndorms.ox.ac.uk