Awards and Achievements

Awards and achievements for 2012

• Physiological Society of Southern Africa (PSSA) conference
  
  

Owen Karimanzira received a merit award for qualifying as one of the top three MSc students in the Wyndham Prize final.

Andrew Raymond came joined second in the Wyndham Prize

• Faculty of Health Sciences Research Day

Rebecca Meiring and Alessandra Prioreschi were awarded the best student oral presentation and best student poster respectively in the diseases of lifestyle section

• South African Wildlife Management Association (SAWMA) conference

Alwyn Lubbe received third prize in the student oral presentation competition

• University of the Witwatersrand Cross Faculty Symposium

Aletta Esterhuyse was awarded first prize and Arista Van Staden third place in the poster competition in the Faculty of Health Sciences division

• 6th Annual Pfizer Young Research Scientists Symposium

Alessandra Prioreschi won first place for her oral presentation in the clinical research category

• NRF

Professor Duncan Mitchell was re-awarded an A1-rating