contact  // 29 Apr 2024

Professor Robert Wilkinson

Honorary professor in the Department of Medicine, Wilkinson (MA, PhD, DTM&H, FRCP) is director of the Clinical Infectious Disease Research Initiative (CIDRI) and a full member of the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM). He has established an enviable track record in the study of infectious diseases, particularly TB (mycobacterium tuberculosis) and HIV. He has shed considerable light in areas such as TB-HIV drug interaction and early detection of treatment response.

contact  // 29 Apr 2024

Professor Heather Zar

Paediatric pulmonologist Professor Zar is head of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and director of the Division of Paediatric Pulmonology at the Red Cross War Memorial Childrens' Hospital. She has a PhD from UCT on respiratory illness in HIV-infected children. Her research focuses on child lung health and uses a translational approach to apply complex technology to clinical problems using a wide range of methodologies.

page  // 07 Sep 2017

NRF A-rated

National Research Foundation (NRF) A-rated researchers are international leaders in their field. Just under a third of the country’s A-rated researchers are at UCT.
page  // 07 Sep 2017

Research excellence awards

The following are some awards that recognise excellence, a core pillar of the University of Cape Town's academic project.
event 30 April 2024 (This event has ended)

Public Symposium on South Africa’s Foreign Policy

The Faculty of Humanities will host the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Alvin Botes, and the South African Institute for International Relations (SAIIA) for a joint public symposium.
page  // 01 Mar 2017

Alan Pifer Award

The Alan Pifer Award is the vice-chancellor's annual prize in recognition of outstanding welfare-related research.
event 4 May 2024 (This event has ended)

UCT Open Day 2024

The annual UCT Open Day is aimed at high school learners in Grades 10, 11 and 12, their families and teachers.
article  // 11 May 2022

Research and innovation: highlights 2020/21

Despite the global pandemic – and, in fact, driven by the increased urgency it created – the year of 2020/21 at UCT was marked by great research achievements and several seminal events informed by and feeding into our forward thinking.