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DESCRIPTION:Wits PhD presentation by competition finalists
<br />PROGRAMME
<br />29 September 2020: Session 1
<br />Speakers:
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<br />09:00 Professor Joao Rodrigues, Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research &amp; PG Affairs (Opening Remarks)
<br />09:10 Professor Zeblon Vilakazi, Wits Vice-Principal and Vice-Chancellor (designate) (Keynote Address)
<br />09:30 Professor Robert Muponde, Director: Postgraduate Affairs Office (On The PhD Seminar)
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<br />Finalists:
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<br />09:45 1 Albert Whata: Change Point Detection for SARS-CoV-2 DNA Sequences
<br />10:10 2 Anza Thiba: HYPERTENSION: A GLOBAL PANDEMIC
<br />10:35 3 Carol Preston: Responding to multiple pandemics through arts-based activities with primary school children in a rural community &nbsp; &nbsp;
<br />11:00 4 Caroline Rimmer: ANXIETY: THE UNSEEN KILLER
<br />11:25 5 Chia-yu Chen: Transgenic crops: The missing link in the battle against pandemics
<br />11:50 6 Claire Hart:&nbsp; The sibling pandemic: What psychoanalytic sibling research can teach us about the COVID-19 world
<br />12:15 hr 7 Jorge da Rocha: Parallel Pandemics - Pharmacogenomics and Prevaricators&nbsp;
<br />12:40 hr 8 Leigh Crymble: Driving positive behavioural change during a pandemic using language, personality values and decision-making insights
<br />13:05 hr 9 Lerato E. Mohalajeng: Crowdsourcing: The Solution to Efficient Drug Development During Pandemics
<br />13:30 hr 10. Melusi M. Makhoba: Recalibration of the marketing strategy during a pandemic
<br />13:55 hr 11 Marifa Muchemwa: Family Changes and Child Maintenance Effect on Men’s Mental Health in South Africa in the context of the COVID 19 Pandemic.
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<br /><h3 class="p1">PROGRAMME</h3>
<br /><h4 class="p2" style="text-align: center;">29 September 2020: Session 1</h4>
<br /><p class="p3"><span><strong>Speakers:</strong></span></p>
<br /><ul>
<br /><li class="p3"><span><strong>09:00 </strong>Professor Joao Rodrigues, Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research &amp; PG Affairs (Opening Remarks)</span></li>
<br /><li class="p3"><span><strong>09:10 </strong>Professor Zeblon Vilakazi, Wits Vice-Principal and Vice-Chancellor (designate) (Keynote Address)</span></li>
<br /><li class="p3"><span><strong>09:30 </strong>Professor Robert Muponde, Director: Postgraduate Affairs Office (On The PhD Seminar)</span></li>
<br /></ul>
<br /><p class="p4">&nbsp;</p>
<br /><p class="p3"><span><strong>Finalists:</strong></span></p>
<br /><ul>
<br /><li class="p3">09:45 1 Albert Whata: Change Point Detection for SARS-CoV-2 DNA Sequences</li>
<br /><li class="p6">10:10 2 Anza Thiba: HYPERTENSION: A GLOBAL PANDEMIC</li>
<br /><li class="p6">10:35 3 Carol Preston: Responding to multiple pandemics through arts-based activities with primary school children in a rural community &nbsp; &nbsp;</li>
<br /><li class="p6">11:00 4 Caroline Rimmer:<em> ANXIETY: THE UNSEEN KILLER</em></li>
<br /><li class="p6">11:25 5 Chia-yu Chen: Transgenic crops: The missing link in the battle against pandemics</li>
<br /><li class="p6">11:50 6 Claire Hart:&nbsp; The sibling pandemic: What psychoanalytic sibling research can teach us about the COVID-19 world</li>
<br /><li class="p6">12:15 hr 7 Jorge da Rocha: Parallel Pandemics - Pharmacogenomics and Prevaricators&nbsp;</li>
<br /><li class="p3">12:40 hr 8 Leigh Crymble: Driving positive behavioural change during a pandemic using language, personality values and decision-making insights</li>
<br /><li class="p7">13:05 hr 9 Lerato E. Mohalajeng: Crowdsourcing: The Solution to Efficient Drug Development During Pandemics</li>
<br /><li class="p9">13:30 hr 10. Melusi M. Makhoba: Recalibration of the marketing strategy during a pandemic</li>
<br /><li class="p6">13:55 hr 11 Marifa Muchemwa: Family Changes and Child Maintenance Effect on Men’s Mental Health in South Africa in the context of the COVID 19 Pandemic.</li>
<br /></ul>
SUMMARY:The WITS PhD Seminar, Day 1
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