Dr Wentzel is a senior lecturer and researcher in Physiology. She focuses on exploring the physiological mechanisms activated during acute and chronic cardiometabolic, hydrodynamic and psychological stress responses within healthy and at-risk populations. Ultimately, she wants to investigate how these mechanisms may differ in, and translate to…
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Annemarie Wentzel
Dr Wentzel is a senior lecturer and researcher in Physiology. She focuses on exploring the physiological mechanisms activated during acute and chronic cardiometabolic, hydrodynamic and psychological stress responses within healthy and at-risk populations. Ultimately, she wants to investigate how these mechanisms may differ in, and translate to…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/research-and-innovation/research-innovation-health-sciences
Research & Innovation: Health Sciences
Research Centres of Excellence: The Centre of Excellence for Nutrition’s (CEN) Research Centre of Excellence. Nutrition in the Life Cycle. Centre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacen) Cutting-edge Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation Centre in South Africa. Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART)…Dr Rümando Kok is a HPCSA registered clinical psychologist and senior lecturer. He has been practicing as a clinical psychologist since 2011 and is currently the clinical lead of the practice at the Centre for Health & Human Performance (CHHP): Psychology and Wellbeing at the North-West University: Potchefstroom Campus. Dr Rümando Kok has an…
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Rümando Kok
Dr Rümando Kok is a HPCSA registered clinical psychologist and senior lecturer. He has been practicing as a clinical psychologist since 2011 and is currently the clinical lead of the practice at the Centre for Health & Human Performance (CHHP): Psychology and Wellbeing at the North-West University: Potchefstroom Campus. Dr Rümando Kok has an…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/node/23987
SASBCP virtual conference registration
Home Programme Registration Abstract submission Conference access Contact us Sponsors Thank you for your interest in attending the SASBCP 2022 Virtual Conference! We look forward to meeting you in the virtual conference room. Kindly fill out the below registration form. Following…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/phasrec/test1234
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PhASRec Video Project Playlist here for viewing. [accordion collapsed] The effect of a sleep hygiene period on match performance, physical, physiological and psychological states of university-level soccer players (sleep study) Soccer has increased immensely at a collegiate level as seen with…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/symposium-cloned
Symposium - Cloned
HART Symposium A decade of hypertension research: Reflecting on the past to strengthen the future 19 - 20 September 2022 Prof Neil Poulter London, UK Biosketch × Prof. Neil Poulter Professor of Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine Imperial College London London, United Kingdom Professor…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/about-hart
About HART
Vision The vision of HART is to be nationally and internationally recognised for excellence in cardiovascular research. Mission The team aims to achieve this by driving research excellence in scientific knowledge generation, translation and implementation to impact preventative and treatment strategies for hypertension through community…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/cross-sectional-studies
Cross-sectional studies
African-PREDICT study ExAMIN Youth SA The ASOS project [tabs] The SAfrEIC study SAfrEIC study (South African study on the effect of Sex, Age and Ethnicity on Insulin sensitivity and Cardiovascular Function) was a cross-sectional study conducted during 2007, which included a black and…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/longitudinal-studies
Longitudinal studies
African-PREDICT study ExAMIN Youth SA PRECEED-Africa The EndoAfrica project The SABPA study The PURE study .boxlayout a { color: #00889c; }http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/population-outcome-research
Population outcome research
The PURE study Current PI of South African-leg: Prof Cristian Ricci Supervisor for HART: Prof Yolandi Breet The Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study is a large-scale epidemiological study designed to examine the relationship of societal influences on human lifestyle behaviors,…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/policy-change
Policy change
The South African strategic plan to reduce cardiovascular disease includes the target to reduce the population intake of salt to less than 5 g/day. At present, the salt intake is higher than this level, with older reports from the early 2000s estimating that 40% salt was provided from discretionary salt intake…
Alta (Aletta E.) Schutte PhD FESC FRRSAf ISHF is SHARP Professor and Principal Theme Lead of Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at UNSW Sydney, Australia; with a joint appointment as Professorial Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health. She is a NHMRC Investigator Grant Leadership Fellow.…
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Prof Alta (AE) Schutte
Alta (Aletta E.) Schutte PhD FESC FRRSAf ISHF is SHARP Professor and Principal Theme Lead of Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at UNSW Sydney, Australia; with a joint appointment as Professorial Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health. She is a NHMRC Investigator Grant Leadership Fellow.…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/asos-project
The ASOS project
Principal Investigator: Prof R Kruger The Arterial Stiffness in Offspring Study (ASOS) is a cross-sectional, observational study that investigates the trends of elevated blood pressure, arterial stiffness and body composition in young school children between the ages 6 and 8 years. Our research indicated that the black population is more…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/endoafrica-project
The EndoAfrica project
Principal Investigator EndoAfrica study: Prof Carla Fourie EndoAfrica study: The putative interface of emerging cardiovascular risk factors affecting populations living with and without HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. The EndoAfrica study is a collaboration between Prof. Hans Strijdom at Stellenbosch University, Medical University Gräz (…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/sabpa-study
The SABPA study
Principal Investigator: Prof L Lammertyn The Sympathetic activity and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Africans (SABPA) Prospective Cohort study The evidence in more than 10 000 Africans of the North-West Province of South Africa that taxing environmental demands may be detrimental to their cardio-metabolic health, motivated the design of the…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/pure-study
The PURE study
Principal Investigators for the Cardiovascular Assessments in PURE: Prof CMT Fourie and Prof AE Schutte The Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study is a longitudinal, multinational study including 17 low-, middle- and high-income countries of the world. The study will track changes in lifestyles,…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/phasrec/current-projects