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a meeting of the South African Food Lab, a working<br />

group working towards solutions for Food Security in the<br />

country. Baheya Najaar represented the Division at the<br />

Breastfeeding Conference (organized by the Department<br />

of Health) that resulted in the Tshwane declaration on<br />

breast feeding.<br />

DePArtmeNtAl StAtiStiCS<br />

permanent and long-term contract staff<br />

Professors (1 Discovery) 10<br />

Associate Professors (1 mrC) 9<br />

Senior lecturers (1 mrC) 13<br />

lecturers (including part-time) 15<br />

Postdoctoral and research Staff 29<br />

technical and Support Staff 25<br />

Admin and Clerical Staff 9<br />

total 110<br />

students<br />

Doctoral 41<br />

master’s 79<br />

m Phil 25<br />

honours 40<br />

Pg Diploma 18<br />

undergraduate 1536<br />

total 1739<br />

reSeArCh FielDS AND StAFF<br />

ASSoCiAte ProFeSSor lAuriStoN kellAwAy<br />

Head of Department; Models of neuroinflammation, stress<br />

and brain function, in vivo and in vitro visual cortical<br />

mechanisms<br />

ProFeSSor wAyNe DermAN<br />

<strong>Research</strong> Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine<br />

(RUESSM) :<br />

Skeletal muscle dysfunction in chronic disease; exercise<br />

training in chronic disease<br />

ProFeSSor Sue kiDSoN<br />

Developmental biology; melanocytes and hypopigmentary<br />

disorders; eye development and glaucoma<br />

ProFeSSor mike lAmbert<br />

RUESSM: Fatigue management, recovery after exercise,<br />

muscle damage, regeneration, overload, heart rate,<br />

human performance<br />

ProFeSSor eStelle v. lAmbert<br />

RUESSM: Physical activity epidemiology and chronic<br />

FACULTY OF heALTh sCienCes<br />

diseases of lifestyle; effect of ante-natal nutrition on<br />

subsequent health; integration of metabolism and neuroendocrine<br />

control of fatigue during exercise, energy<br />

balance and obesity<br />

ProFeSSor grAhAm J. louw<br />

Human growth; medical education; skeletal analysis<br />

ProFeSSor AlAN g. morriS<br />

Human evolution; forensic anthropology, skeletal biology<br />

of early peoples in southern Africa; history of physical<br />

anthropology<br />

ProFeSSor timothy D. NoAkeS<br />

Discovery Health Chair of Exercise and Sports Science and<br />

Director of <strong>UCT</strong>/MRC; RUESSM: A neural governor that<br />

prevents the development of myocardial ischaemia during<br />

maximal exercise; neural mechanisms that regulate fatigue<br />

during exercise; the aetiology, prevention and treatment of<br />

hyponatraemia during prolonged endurance exercise<br />

ProFeSSor vivieNNe ruSSell<br />

Neurophysiology: Development, stress, exercise and<br />

vulnerability to neuronal injury; Attention deficit hyperactivity<br />

disorder; Depression<br />

ProFeSSor mArtiN P. SChwellNuS<br />

RUESSM: Epidemiology of sports injuries; biomechanical<br />

factors associated with sporting injuries, medical conditions<br />

that occur as a result of exercise training or competition<br />

ASSoCiAte ProFeSSor ANDrew boSCh<br />

RUESSM: muscle glycogen; fatigue; training; performance<br />

ASSoCiAte ProFeSSor mAlColm ColliNS<br />

RUESSM: genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying<br />

performance and overuse injuries. Chief Specialist<br />

Scientist, MRC<br />

ASSoCiAte ProFeSSor tANiA DouglAS<br />

Director of the MRC/<strong>UCT</strong> Medical Imaging <strong>Research</strong> Unit<br />

(MIRU); biomedical engineering, image processing<br />

ASSoCiAte ProFeSSor Dirk m. lANg<br />

Nervous system development; axon growth and<br />

regeneration<br />

ASSoCiAte ProFeSSor erNeStA meiNtJeS<br />

MIRU: NRF chair; magnetic resonance imaging<br />

ASSoCiAte ProFeSSor eDwArD oJukA<br />

Signaling mechanisms in exercise-induced mitochondrial<br />

biogenesis and GLUT4 expression in skeletal muscle<br />

ASSoCiAte ProFeSSor ShAroN PriNCe<br />

Senior Lecturer; The cell and molecular biology of cancer and<br />

the identification of novel targets for anti-cancer drugs, with<br />

special focus on the T-box transcription factors Tbx2 and Tbx3.<br />

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