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Health Sciences
grant support, mainly awarded by international funding
agencies especially National Institute of Health (NIH) USA,
European Developing Country Clinical Trials Partnership
(EDCTP), Wellcome Trust UK, Global Alliance for Vaccines
and Immunisation(GAVI) and the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation. Current studies located in this clinical research
unit include studies of childhood pneumonia, of paediatric
TB and of HIV-associated illness. Other satellite clinical
research sites have been established in secondary level
and community based facilities, supported by this central
unit. A recent highlight was a large 4 year award from the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a birth cohort study,
the Drakenstein Child Lung Health study to investigate the
antenatal and early life determinants of child health with a
focus on pneumonia. This has enabled the establishment
of clinical research sites in the Drakenstein area, Paarl,
and the undertaking of a mutlidisclipinary study that
involves several departments and divisions in the Faculty of
Health Sviences. There are 3 NRF rated researchers in the
Department including one A-Rated person.
Departmental Profile
Professor and Head of Department and Director of the
School of Child and Adolescent Health: Professor Heather
Zar
General Paediatrics
• Emergency Unit
• Inpatient unit
Subspecialties:
• Adolescent Medicine
• Allergy
• Cardiology
• Critical Care
• Endocrine
• GIT
• Haematology/Oncology
• Infectious Diseases
• Neonatology
• Nephrology
• Neurodevelopment
• Neurology
• Pulmonology
• Rheumatology
Affiliated Disciplines
• Allied Health Sciences
• Dietetics
• Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• Child Health Unit
• Children’s Institute
• Dermatology
• Nuclear Medicine
• Paediatric Anaesthesia
• Palliative Care
• Paediatric Pathology
• Paediatric Radiology
• Paediatric Surgery
• Poisons Centre
• South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI)-
IIDMM
Department of Paediatrics
and Child Health
Departmental Statistics
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Professors
3
Associate Professors
9
Emeritus Professors
6
Emeritus Associate Professors
10
Honorary Senior Lecturers
12
Honorary Lecturers
3
Senior Lecturers (full time)
30
Lecturers (full time)
7
Senior Lecturers (part time)
10
Lecturers (part-time)
11
Research Staff
62
Administrative and clerical staff
16
Total
179
Students
Doctoral
9
Master’s
47
MPhil
24
PG Diploma (Child Nurse Practice)
28
Undergraduate
553
Total
661
Research Fields and Staff
A.C. Argent
Respiratory mechanics in croup; respiratory mechanics and
endotracheal suctioning; electrical impedance tomography