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Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics in School of Public Health at the University of Cape Town. Please use website for official contact.
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined June 2016
📑Check out this insightful 2025 article published in AIDS and Behavior: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Predictors of Gestational Weight Gain and Postpartum Weight Retention in South Africa. ➡️Read the full article here: #PublicHealth #Science #Research.
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AIDS and Behavior - Suboptimal gestational weight gain (GWG) is associated with pregnancy complications and postpartum weight retention (PPWR). Little data exists about GWG and PPWR attitudes and...
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🧪 We're thrilled to celebrate National Science Week with an interactive presentation for high school learners at Cape Town libraries!.📚 Join us.Gugulethu Public Library, Wed, 6 August, 1pm.Central Library, Cape Town, Thu, 7 August, 3pm.#NSW2025.@UCT_news @UCT_SPH @UCTHealthSci
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🤓Wishing a warm welcome to all our returning students for Semester 2! We hope you had a restful break and are feeling energised for the weeks ahead 🌟.#Semester2 #BackToSchool #NewGoals #FreshStart #WelcomeBack
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❗️Calling all prospective 2026 MPH/MSc candidates! Don’t miss the 31 July deadline for early application review.🖱️See links below for more information.📗MPH: 📘MSc: #Epidemiology #PublicHealth #Degree #UCT
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RT @SpotlightNSP: FIGHTING FOR MOTHERS | Professor Susan Fawcus, a champion for maternal well-being, spoke to @BienneHuisman about her jour….
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Over a long and distinguished career, Professor Susan Fawcus has become known for her work trying to reduce the deaths of mothers and babies in South Africa. In her home in Cape Town, the soft-spoken...
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📑Check out this excellent 2025 article published in AIDS and Behavior: Routine Electronic Mother-Infant Data (REMInD): A proof-of-Concept Data to Care Study. ➡️Read the full article here: .#Epidemiology #PublicHealth #Science #Research #Data.
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AIDS and Behavior - Data to Care (D2C) strategies– using routine data to identify and re-engage people living with HIV who are not in care– have shown promise in high-income settings...
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🎓Considering a Master's degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics?.⬇️Our division offers both a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree and a Master of Science (MSc) degree. 🖱️Check out our website for more info: #Epidemiology #Biostatistics #Science
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📑Check out this exciting 2025 article published in Scientific Reports: Objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity does not attenuate prospective weight gain among african-origin adults. ➡️Read the full article here: . #PublicHealth.
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Scientific Reports - Objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity does not attenuate prospective weight gain among african-origin adults spanning the epidemiological transition
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🗓️ Upcoming deadline:.Submit a poster abstract for the SPH Research Day taking place on 18 September 2025. 🖱️ For more information visit: . #epidemiology #biostatistics #research #data
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📑New 2025 research article published in JIAS: .The effect of STI screening during pregnancy on vertical transmission of HIV and adverse pregnancy outcomes in South Africa: a modelling study.➡️Read the full article: #Epidemiology #PublicHealth #Research.
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Introduction Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in pregnancy are associated with an increased risk of vertical HIV transmission and adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes. In South Africa, syndro...
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📑 New 2025 systematic review published in Systematic Reviews. ➡️ Read the full version here:.#Epidemiology #PublicHealth #Biostatistics #Research #Data #Science.
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Introduction Human mobility is associated with an increased risk of HIV acquisition and disengagement from HIV care, leading to poorer health outcomes among highly mobile individuals compared to less...
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Join Tammy and Mpumi online or in person on Thursday 10.04.2025 where they discuss findings from two discrete choice experiments exploring what matters most to adults initiating or re-initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Cape Town.
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UCT’s HABVIA project is making heat adaptation real in vulnerable communities. This work took centre stage at the HeatNexus 2025 convening, where the team shared early insights and joined a global movement for climate resilience. #ClimateHealth.
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RT @SBarquera: 🎉 It's not a dream! The Ministry of Education of Mexico has announced that starting March 29, #junkfood will be banned in sc….
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RT @SpotlightNSP: MONDAY MUST READ | Professor @Tuliodna sat down with @BienneHuisman to talk through what cuts to US spending on aid and m….
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Cuts to United States spending on aid and medical research have caused widespread havoc and anxiety in the last month. Professor Tulio de Oliveira sat down with Spotlight’s Biénne Huisman to talk...
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On #WorldDiabetesDay, UCT researchers Lara Dugas & Elton Mukonda share insights into the diabetes crisis in South Africa. Early screening, policy change, & better access to healthy foods, means this disease can be managed effectively. Read more:
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RT @eggersnsf: Goodbye World Congress of Epidemiology #WCE2024 - the best ever! .Huge thanks to Thoko Malaba @t_hoko, Natasha Moodaley, Lan….
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RT @ChenKai_yale: A great honor & pleasure to give a planetary lecture on #ClimateChange Epidemiology today at the World Congress of Epidem….
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RT @abeatriznunes: What an #Epi birthday!. Privileged to have attended the nerdiest #WCE2024 session: The Dictionary of Epidemiology: Revie….
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