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Health Sciences
care and comprises participation in large, international,
collaborative trials, cutting edge national research projects,
self-initiated local and collaborative studies, as well as
smaller individual projects. Several important clinical data
bases have been established which provide valuable
information in maternal medicine, gynae oncology and
reproductive medicine. In addition, our Undergraduate
Teaching Unit is actively engaged in education research.
Research supervision is provided at the level of MMed
and MPhil dissertations and PhD theses to registrars, sub-
specialist trainees and staff.
Obtaining an MMed has become a compulsory
requirement by the HPCSA for specialist registration, which
has greatly increased the need for research supervisors.
Our Department has 25 funded registrars in specialist
training and 13 supernumerary registrars (all self funded),
the majority of whom are non-South African from Malawi.
Staff and students
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Professors
2
Associate Professors (full time)
2
Associate Professor (part time)
1
Adjunctive Professors
3
Senior Lecturers
15
Lecturers (including part-time)
30
Postdoctoral and Research Staff
20
Technical and Support Staff
3
Admin and Clerical Staff
7
Total
83
Students
Doctoral
1
Master’s
35
PG Diploma
Undergraduate
775
Total
811
Research fields and staff
Professor Lynette Denny
Cervical cancer: prevention in low-resource settings;
natural history; precursors in HIV positive women. Other
gynaecological cancers: management of endometrial,
ovarian cancer and advanced vulval cancer. HPV: prevalence,
types; vaccination, DNA typing.
Professor Susan Fawcus
Maternal mortality; Perinatal mortality; Intrapartum
asphyxia; Magnesium supplementation in pregnancy;
Better Birthing Initiative.
Calcium and pre-eclampsia trial, co-investigator Associate
Professor John Anthony.
Obstetric haemorrhage pilot project. Multicentre
collaborative study. Co-investigator Associate Professor J
Anthony.
Professor Zephne van der Spuy
Contraceptive and interceptive development; Polycystic
ovary syndrome; Reproductive failure; Endocrine
dysfunction in pregnancy; Menopause; Nutrition and
reproductive health; Genetics of benign gynaecological
conditions.
Associate Professor John Anthony
Thrombophilia; Eclampsia; Bioethics.
Associate Professor Silke Dyer
Infertility: health-services in low-resource settings,
psychosocial consequences, quality of life, HIV.
Associate Professor Petrus Steyn
Fertility Regulation and Reproductive Health, Development
of Sexuality Education.
Associate Professor Athol Kent
Medical education: Reproducible assessment procedures.
Dr Saadiqa Allie
Obstetric hysterectomy; Teenage pregnancy.
Dr Anne Horak
High risk obstetrics; Fetal cardiac abnormalities.
Dr Stephen Jeffery
Refractory overactive bladder syndrome: treatment,
epidemiology; HIV and obstetric pelvic floor trauma;
surgical repair of posterior compartment prolapse;
interdisciplinary patient care.
Dr Lynelle Kenneth
IUCD in HIV pos women
Dr Mushi Matjila
Fetal Anomalies: Antenatal Pyelectasis; Reproductive
endocrinology in normal and abnormal pregnancies.
PhD thesis (in process): “The role of Kisspeptin and
cognate receptor GPR 54 in placentation”.
Dr Nomonde Mbatani
Uterine sarcomas: outcome of treatment; Treatment
outcome and complications of gynaecological malignancy.