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2025 Wits School of Biomedical Sciences Research Day

- FHS Communications

 

The maiden School of Biomedical Sciences research day took place on the 17th of September 2005 at the Holiday Inn, Sunnyside Park Hotel, Parktown, with the theme “Biomedical Sciences: A Gateway to Medical Discovery and Innovation”. This Research Day marked a significant milestone in our efforts to showcase cutting-edge research across the disciplines of Anatomy and Physiology that comprise the school. As a new school, we used this Research Day to foster collaboration and academic excellence.

 

Caption: Attendees captivated by the insightful presentations and panel discussions

We had 150 delegates registered for the day and about 180 in attendance. A total of 36 abstracts were received and split between oral and poster presentations based on quality and representation of the various research niches in the school. The keynote address was delivered by Professor Yahya Choonara of the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, while the Assistant Dean of Research, Professor Aletta Millen, presented on strengthening research in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

 

Caption: Senior lecturers engaging postgraduate students on their poster presentations

Below are the students who won in the oral and poster categories.

Poster presentation prize winners

  • 1st place: Thato Portia Rathokane, Heat-Induced Changes to Porcine Bone at Different Taphonomic Conditions 
  • 2nd place: Nastassia Altriche, Targeting Breast Cancer Stemness: Enhancing Macrophage Anti-Tumour Immunity with Tamoxifen and CBD Co-Treatment   
  • 3rd place-joint: Sphiwe Mbonani, The neural connections of the nervus intermedius with the facial and vestibulocochlear nerves   
  • 3rd place-joint: Liam McCourt, Evaluating the analytical performance and clinical utility of the iMOST-L Full blood count analyser for point-of-care diagnostics                            

Oral presentation prize winners

  • 1st place: Courtney Jeffery, Pathophysiology of pain and itch in keloid scars in people of African ancestry      
  • 2nd place: André Le Roux, A Validated Liquid Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry Method for Simultaneous Identification and Quantification of Pesticides in Human Serum
  • 3rd place: Quenth Chinenere, Ethical Stewardship of the Unclaimed: Curators’ Perspectives on South African Human Skeletal Collections    

 

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