Leading up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, we’re sharing the stories of many womxn researchers working in ASSET. Today Dr Ruwayda Petrus shares her journey by answering a few questions. How did you become interested in research? Being a curious young mind; I have always wanted to know why things were the way […]
Leading up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, we’re sharing the stories of many womxn researchers working in ASSET. Today s a clinical psychologist, works as psychotherapist and is the co-developer of the Friendship Bench intervention, Dr Ruth Verhey shares her journey by answering a few questions. How did you become interested in research? […]
Leading up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, we’re sharing the stories of many womxn researchers working in ASSET. Today medically trained Statistician and Epidemiologist from King’s College London, Prof Wei Gao shares her journey by answering a few questions. How did you become interested in research? To me, research is a career in […]
Leading up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, we’re sharing the stories of many womxn researchers working in ASSET. Today general medical practitioner and University of Cape Town-based researcher Dr Lindsay Farrant shares her journey by answering a few questions. How did you become interested in research? While doing my MPhil in Palliative Medicine […]
Leading up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, we’re sharing the stories of many womxn researchers working in ASSET. Today University of Cape Town-based Dr Zulfa Abrahams shares her journey by answering a few questions. How did you become interested in research? I worked for many years as a community dietician at the SA […]
Leading up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, we’re sharing the stories of many womxn researchers working in ASSET. Today PhD student, Roxanne Keynejad, shares her journey by answering a few questions. How did you become interested in research? I became interested in research after I realised that there was a lot we could […]
Like pandemics and epidemics (SARS 2002 and Ebola 2014-2016) of the past, COVID-19 is causing mental health problems and consequences globally. In particular healthcare workers and frontline workers have been impacted significantly (1,2), with COVID-19 survivors (3) and the general population also being affected (4). Addressing mental health in a timely manner is critical. Untreated […]
Just like many countries in the world Malawi has been affected by COVID-19 and the cases are rising every day. As of June 8th, 2020, there were 443 cases with confirmed COVID-19, with 55 who have recovered and four deaths [1]. Located in sub-Saharan Africa, Malawi is a landlocked nation bordering Tanzania to the north, […]
“Jeez mom,” said my 11 year old last night, “2020 has been hectic. First we had the bush fires, then corona, and now these protests.” I pointed out that corona is still very much with us, especially in Cape Town as we enter the peak at the same time as easing a lockdown that has […]
History has recorded several infectious diseases ravaging the entire world with severe implications on human health, circulating at a wide range from person to person over a short period of time. These diseases have continued to reemerge at different times in different forms posing public health threats in an ever increasing globalized era. By the […]