article  // 23 May 2023

UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Romy Parker

Professor Romy Parker will deliver her Inaugural Lecture, titled “Pain Management to Reduce Suffering in South Africa”, at 17:00 SAST on 8 June 2023.
article  // 25 Apr 2023

UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Kirsty Donald

Professor Kirsty Donald presented a lecture titled “Context matters: Risk and resilience in early childhood brain development”. The lecture recording is now available.
article  // 12 Apr 2023

UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Jeff Murugan

The first lecture in the new series was presented in-person by Professor Jeff Murugan at 18:00 on Wednesday, 19 April 2023. The lecture was titled “The Future is Quantum – a random walk in the landscape of mathematical physics”.
article  // 17 Jul 2023

UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Mark E Engel

Professor Mark E Engel will deliver his Inaugural Lecture, titled “We are here too – Contributing African Strep A research towards eliminating Rheumatic Heart Disease,” at 17:00 SAST on 3 August 2023.
article  // 29 Aug 2023

UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Edina Sinanovic

Professor Edina Sinanovic will deliver her Inaugural Lecture, titled “Getting the most out of life – Understanding the opportunity cost of your decisions” at 17:00 SAST on 18 September 2023.
article  // 22 Jun 2023

UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Salome Maswime

Professor Salome Maswime will deliver her Inaugural Lecture, titled “From caesarean section-related complications to global surgical systems strengthening”, at 17:00 SAST on 12 July 2023.
article  // 16 Oct 2023

UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Lydia Cairncross

Professor Lydia Cairncross will deliver her Inaugural Lecture, titled “From Endocrine Surgery to Access to Care - the Imperative for Health Equity Action in Academic Medicine” at 18:00 SAST on 2 November 2023.
article  // 26 Oct 2023

UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Michael Held

Professor Michael Held will deliver his Inaugural Lecture, titled “Right Down to the Bone - Orthopaedic Training and Education” at 18:30 SAST on 16 November 2023.
article  // 12 Jan 2024

UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Lebogang Ramma

Professor Lebogang Ramma will deliver his Inaugural Lecture, titled “Hearing the Call - Trading Epistemic Curiosity for Contextual Relevance in Audiology.” at 17:30 SAST on 1 February 2024.