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HART in the News
News and updates 2023 NWU Excellence Awards - Prof Ruan Kruger (Most Productive Senior Researcher) NWU Excellence Awards - Prof Yolandi Breet (First Runner-up Most Productive Emerging Researcher) NRF-Nominated Young Researchers Meet Nobel Laureates in Japan 9th Scientific Merit Awards - Bronze Award - Prof Lebo Gafane…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/may-measure-month
May Measure Month
HART participates in May Measure Month campaign since 2017 Research from May Measure Month High prevalence but lack of awareness of hypertension in South Africa, particularly among men and young adults May Measurement Month 2018: results of blood pressure screening from 41 countries May Measurement Month 2018: an…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/world-obesity-day
World Obesity Day
The HART joined the international awareness campaign of the World Obesity Federation on 4 March 2022. The World Obesity Day (WOD) has a simple message that ‘Everybody Needs to Act’ to address obesity and its causes. See our efforts here:https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/preceed-africa
PRECEED-Africa
“After the COVID-19 pandemic, our lives are finally ‘normal’ again but let’s not forget that the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been unprecedented. Despite these devastating consequences, cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains one of the leading causes of death and the long-term impact of COVID-19 on CVDs is unknown",…Ms. Nonkululeko Navise is a lecturer in the School of Physiology and she is part of the Hypertension in Africa research Team (HART) pursuing her PhD studies in Physiology with the research unit. Her research focus is on the longitudinal investigation of chronic kidney disease and how it relates with cardiovascular risk factors and all-cause…
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Nonkululeko Navise
Ms. Nonkululeko Navise is a lecturer in the School of Physiology and she is part of the Hypertension in Africa research Team (HART) pursuing her PhD studies in Physiology with the research unit. Her research focus is on the longitudinal investigation of chronic kidney disease and how it relates with cardiovascular risk factors and all-cause…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/social-work/international-school-social-work-conference
International school social work conference
International school social work conference: "Empowering Global Futures: Strategies for School Social Work”. 9th and 10th September, 2024 Venue: ARU, Essex, UK Recently, there has been renewed interest in school based social work. In 2022, we formed the SWISIC (Social work in schools International Collaboration), to bring together school social…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/consumer-sciences/test1212
Test1212
What does a degree in Consumer Sciences entail? The composition of the South African consumers’ population who gained access to the market environment has changed during the past few years. The role of the consumer scientist is to address the needs of these consumers with regard to nutrition, clothing and textiles. Consumer scientists can…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/riiprcenqamr/news
News
NWU procured a new Thermo Scientific GC1610 This instrument is one of many upgrades and replacement analytical instruments procured by the CPBS - RIIP/CENQAM, demonstrating our commitment to improvement, Quality, and regulatory compliance. The GC1610 is controlled by the latest validated, server based Chromeleon 7.2 software platform…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-human-performance/spring-sport-science-summit
Spring Sport Science Summit
Click here for more information about the Spring Sport Science Summit.Christine Taljaard-Krugell (PhD Nutrition), a Senior Lecturer at North-West University, specializes in nutrition and public health. Committed to preparing students for real-world challenges, Christine empowers them to address public health issues on a local and global scale. Christine has been extensively involved with the African Nutrition…
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