Faculty of
Health Sciences
Gala Dinner
2013
Master’s degree
with distinction
Master’s degree with distinction
MChD:Periodontics and Oral Medicine
Muhammed Abram
Master of Dentistry in Prosthodontics
Ashana Harryparsad
Master of Nursing Science: Clinical
Jacki Pautz
Ntombifikile Klaas
Master’s degree with distinction
Master of Early Childhood Intervention
Cornelia Griessel
Susan Holland
Master of Medical Pharmacology
Pamela Chetty
Master’s degree with distinction
Master of Public Health
Karabo Born
Joy Ebonwu
Edward McEwen
Christiaan Visser
Asungushe Kayombo
Master’s Degree with distinction
MMEd: Internal Medicine
Pieter Greeff
MMed: Orthopaedics
Henri van den Bout
MMed: Psychiatry
Kirstin Soley
MMed: Surgery
Gert van der Merwe
Master’s degree with distinction
MSc: Anatomy
Anja Ackermann
Lané Prigge
MSc: Cell Biology
Antonia Buys
MSc: Clinical Epidemiology
Oscar Benyera
Master’s degree with distinction
MSc: Human Physiology
Jeanette du Plooy
MSc: Medical Immunology
Karlien Kallmeyer
Juanita Mellet
Mmaborwa Mothiba
Master’s degree with distinction
MSc: Medical Microbiology
Tsidiso Maphanga
MSc: Pharmacology
Nuno da Costa Mousinho
Tracey Hurrell
Doctoral degrees
Doctoral degrees
Doctor of Medicine: Psychiatry
Christoffel Grobler
Doctor of Philosophy: Anatomy
Wendy van der Spuy
Doctor of Philosophy: Dietetics
Jane Muchiri
Doctor of Philosophy: Environmental Health
Bontle Mbongwe
Doctoral degrees
Doctor of Philosophy: Human Physiology
André Stander
Albe Swanepoel
Doctor of Philosophy: Internal Medicine
Rowan Milner
Doctor of Philosophy: Medical Immunology
Madelein Meissner-Roloff
Matlou Mokgobu
Doctoral degrees
Doctor of Philosophy: Medical Virology
Tanya Murray
Dewald Zaayman
Doctor of Philosophy: Nursing Science
Winnie Chilemba
Roinah Ngunyulu
Anna van der Wath
Doctoral degrees
Doctor of Philosophy: Paediatrics
Refiloe Masekela
Doctor of Philosophy: Pharmacology
Tyren Dodgen
Dwayne Koot
Doctor of Philosophy: Physiotherapy
Karien Mostert-Wentzel
Marjorie Steffen
Doctoral degrees
Doctor of Philosophy: Radiography
Chandra Makanjee
Doctor of Science
Robin Green
Best
publications
Best Publication by a Young Researcher
(<35 years) Clinical
2nd Runner up
School of Health Systems and Public Health
M Rantao and OA Ayo-Yusuf
Dual Use of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco
Among South African Adolescents
American Journal of Health Behavior
Best Publication by a Young Researcher
(<35 years) Clinical
1st Runner up
School of Health Systems and Public Health
S Takuva, G Louwagie, K Zuma and V Okello
Durability of First Line Antiretroviral Therapy:
Reasons and Predictive Factors for Modifications in
a Swaziland Cohort
Journal of Antivirals & Antiretrovirals
Best Publication by a Young Researcher
(<35 years) Clinical
Winner
Medical Virology
D Zaayman and M Venter
West Nile Virus Neurologic Disease in Humans,
South Africa, September 2008-May 2009
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Best Publication by a Young Researcher
(<35 years) Non Clinical
2nd Runner up
Pharmacology
CA Pallant, AD Cromarty and V Steenkamp
Effect of an alkaloidal fraction of
Tabernaemontana elegans (Stapf.) on selected
micro-organisms
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Best Publication by a Young Researcher
(<35 years) Non Clinical
1st Runner up
Physiology
CJJ Vorster, BA Stander and AM Joubert
Differential signaling involved in Sutherlandia
frutescens -induced cell death in MCF-7 and
MCF-12A cells
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Best Publication by a Young Researcher
(<35 years) Non Clinical
Winner
Anatomy
JC Serem and MJ Bester
Physiochemical properties, antioxidant activity
and cellular protective effects of honeys from
southern Africa
Food Chemistry
Best Overall Publication: MMed and
MChD
2nd Runner up
School of Health Systems and Public Health
SV Moodley, MJ Matjila and MYH Moosa
Epidemiology of substance use among
secondary school learners in Atteridgeville,
Gauteng
South African Journal of Psychiatry
Best Overall Publication: MMed and
MChD
1st Runner up
Medical Virology
SH Mayaphi, TM Rossouw, DP Masemola, SA
Olorunju, MJ Mphlele and DJ Martin
HBV/HIV co-infection: The dynamics of HBV in
South African patients with AIDS
South African Medical Journal
Best Overall Publication: MMed and
MChD
Winner
Nuclear Medicine
DS Mshelia, AN Hatutale, NP Mokgoro, ME
Nchabaleng, JR Buscombe and MM Sathekge
Correlation between serum calcium levels and dualphase (99m)Tc-sestamibi parathyroid scintigraphy in
primary hyperparathyroidism
Clinical physiology and functional imaging
Best Publication representing the
Best Team Effort
2nd Runner up
School of Health Systems and Public Health
P Rheeder, MC Duim-Beytell, R Meijer, T
Gustavsson, GKG Danler, RA Ahmed and DG van Zyl
Carotid intima-media thickness and its associations
with type 2 diabetes mellitus in South Africans
Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and
Diabetes of South Africa
Best Publication representing the
Best Team Effort
1st Runner up
Pharmacology
AE Adewusi, G Fouche and V Steenkamp
Cytotoxicity and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory
activity of an isolated crinine alkaloid from
Boophane disticha (Amaryllidaceae)
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Best Publication representing the
Best Team Effort
Winner
Medical Virology
C van Eeden, JH Wiliams, TGH Gerdes, E van
Wilpe, A Viljoen, R Swanepoel and M Venter
Shuni virus as a cause of Neurologic disease in
horses
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Best Overall Publication:
Education / Health System
2nd Runner up
Odontology
V Bookhan and FA De Wet
A comparative study of student vs supervisor
diagnoses of anatomical abnormalities affecting
the TMJ
South African Dental Journal
Best Overall Publication:
Education / Health System
1st Runner up
School of Health Systems and Public Health
E Ncube, K Voyi and H du Preez
Implementing a protocol for selection and
prioritisation of organic contaminants in the
drinking water value chain: Case study of Rand
Water, South Africa
Water SA
Best Overall Publication:
Education / Health System
Winner
School of Health Systems and Public Health
C Mutero, D Schlodder, N Kabatereine, R Kramer
Integrated vector management for malaria
control in Uganda: knowledge, perceptions and
policy development.
Malaria Journal
Best Overall Publication:
Non-clinical
2nd Runner up
Medical Microbiology
HM Said, MM Kock, NA Ismail, K Baba, SV Omar, AG
Osman, AA Hoosen and MM Ehlers
Molecular characterization and second-line anti-TB
drug-resistance patterns of multidrug resistant
tuberculosis isolates from the northern region of
South Africa
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Best Overall Publication:
Non-clinical
1st Runner up
Physiology
BA Stander, F Joubert, C Tu, KH Sippel, R McKenna
and AM Joubert
In Vitro Evaluation of ESE-15-ol, an Estradiol
Analogue with Nanomolar Antimitotic and Carbonic
Anhydrase Inhibitory Activity
PLoS One
Best Overall Publication:
Non-clinical
Winner
Physiology
I Wepener, W Richter, D van Papendorp, AM
Joubert
In vitro osteoclast-like and osteoblast cells'
response to electrospun calcium phosphate
biphasic candidate scaffolds for bone tissue
engineering
Journal of Material Science-Materials in Medicine
Best Overall Publication:
Clinical
2nd Runner up
School of Health Systems and Public Health
G Louwagie, BV Girdler-Brown, R Odendaal, T
Rossouw, S Johnson, M van der Walt
Missed opportunities for accessing HIV care among
Tshwane tuberculosis patients under different
models of care.
International Journal of Tuberculosis and
Lung Disease
Best Overall Publication:
Clinical
1st Runner up
Nuclear Medicine
M Sathekge, A Maes, Y D'Asseler, M Vorster, H
Gongxeka, C van de Wiele
Tuberculous lymphadenitis: FDG PET and CT
findings in responsive and nonresponsive disease
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and
Molecular Imaging
Best Overall Publication:
Clinical
Winner
Paediatrics
OP Kitchin, R Masekela, P Becker, T Moodley, SM
Risenga, RJ Green
Outcome of human immunodeficiency virus–
exposed and –infected children admitted to a
pediatric intensive care unit for respiratory failure
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine