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Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry describe the disciplines of drug design, chemical synthesis and biological evaluation of bio-active molecules, and pharmaceutical analysis of compounds. The goal of medicinal chemistry is to discover molecules, most often organic compounds, with the appropriate pharmacological and…Prof Ruan Kruger is a C1-rated researcher and the current President of the Childhood Hypertension Consortium of Africa (CHCAfrica). He held the DSI-NRF SARChI Research Chair in the Early Detection and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Africa with a research focus on…
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Ruan Kruger
Prof Ruan Kruger is a C1-rated researcher and the current President of the Childhood Hypertension Consortium of Africa (CHCAfrica). He held the DSI-NRF SARChI Research Chair in the Early Detection and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Africa with a research focus on…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/cen/research
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RESEARCH AREAS – CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR NUTRITION The Nutrition Transition The relationships between nutritional exposures and health outcomes, as well as modulating and influencing factors, are examined in cross-sectional and prospective epidemiological studies, intervention and clinical trials, and in mechanistic…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/psychosocial-health/about-us
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Welcome to the School of Psychosocial Health: The School of Psychosocial Health comprises of two subject groups: The subject group of Psychology and the subject group of Social Work. The School has the following expertise: The development of a culture-sensitive research method, called the Mmogo™-method. The…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/pharmacy/clinical-pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacy
The subject group Clinical Pharmacy is involved in teaching and research regarding clinical aspects of pharmacy. Subjects presented by the subject group are: Pathology Health Science Clinical Pharmacy Advanced Primary Care Drug Therapy.https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/pharmacy/phamacy-practice
Phamacy Practice
Pharmacy Practice modules have been selected and developed in order to broaden the knowledge and attitude of the undergraduate pharmacy student, and to develop skills relevant to the practice of the pharmacist as manager and communicator. The application is generic and aimed at the total scope of practice of the pharmacist --…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/pharmacy/study-pharmacy
Study Pharmacy
[accordion collapsed] 1. What is Pharmacy? The profession of a pharmacist is dynamic, information driven, patient-orientated and takes responsibility for medicine in all its facets by acting as a: Supervisor of medicine; Formulator, producer, distributor and controller of safe, effective and quality medicine; Advisor on the safe,…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/pharmacy/about-us
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Vision: The School of Pharmacy strives to maintain its leadership role in South Africa and to be internationally pre-eminent in education, research and community engagement Mission: To train pharmacists as professional health practitioners, researchers, scientists and leaders through relevant and excellent teaching-learning…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/pharmacy/contact-us
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Psychology
[accordion collapsed] What is Psychology? Psychology is the study of human behaviour, cognition and emotion. The curricula taught at NWU consist of a fixed composition of modules that focuses on Psychology as major subject. In compiling the curricula, career opportunities and the manpower needs of our…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/consumer-sciences
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What is Consumer Sciences? Consumer Sciences is a field of study that focuses on the wellbeing of consumers and their interaction with communities and the environment. It is a stimulating field of study that gives the opportunity to apply creativity to the advantage of the consumer on numerous levels. The needs of the South African consumer are…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hart/staff
Staff
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Welcome to the School of Nursing The nursing profession is essential in promoting health, prevention and treatment of disease conditions and care for a dignified death of a patient. The School of Nursing provides education and training of international quality to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Nursing is a dynamic profession with…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/healthethics
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Welcome to the Faculty of Health Sciences Ethics Office for Research, Training & Support's web page. We trust that this web page will be of support to you. The web page offers you information, guidance and supporting documents, as well as access to some important national and international documents.The web page has been set up to…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/human-movement-sciences
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Overview The School of Human Movement Sciences has a vision to be a school of excellence in the development and training of students in the areas of human movement science, biokinetics, recreation, sports science and coaching science, enabling them to be practitioners, leaders and innovators in these applied fields for the people of South Africa…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/musa
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Overview The research entity “Medicine" Usage in South Africa (MUSA)” has the unique research purpose of understanding those factors that influence patients’ appropriate use of medicine within the Southern African healthcare context. In 2008, MUSA was established as a research niche area within the Faculty of Health Sciences of the NWU; more…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/ohhri
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Globally 2.9 million annual deaths (nearly 8 000 deaths/day) in 2019 were attributed to work with 2.58 million due to occupational diseases and 0.32 million related to occupational accidents. The burden of occupational diseases and injuries increased by 26% from 2014. The economic loss due to occupational diseases is estimated at 5.8% of the…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/cenqam