South African Psychiatry - November 2018

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NEUROPSYCHIATRY
Dr P Maharaj Dr I Chetty Dr M Sibandze (on left)
IN MEMORIAM: BONGANI MAYOSI
1967–2018
BRITISH FEDERATION OF WOMEN GRADUATES AWARD
The University of Cape Town mourns the passing of Professor
Bongani Mayosi, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, who left
us on the morning of Friday, 27 July. While this is a very difficult
time for both students and staff, particularly those in the Faculty
of Health Sciences, it is also a time to reflect on and celebrate
the incredible life of one of the university’s finest academics and
researchers.
Catherine Wedderburn (pictured) has been awarded
the Johnstone & Florence Stoney Studentship from
the British Federation of Women Graduates for her
research on the ‘Neurodevelopmental effects of
HIV and ART exposure: a prospective neuroimaging
study of uninfected children born to HIV-infected
mothers’. Her research is a sub-study of the
Drakenstein Child Health Study, a population-based
birth cohort study in Paarl, Western Cape, South
Africa investigating the early life determinants of
child health. Her PhD involves magnetic resonance
imaging of children aged 2-3 years and measuring
their clinical neurodevelopment, and is supervised by
Prof Kirsty Donald. This work is funded by a Wellcome
Trust Research Training
Fellowship through the London
School of Hygiene & Tropical
Medicine (LSHTM) and the
University of Cape Town, and
focuses on understanding the
effects of in utero exposure to
HIV and antiretroviral treatment
in order to improve global child
health.
For more information see http://www.psychiatry.uct.
ac.za/news/british-federation-women-graduatesaward-0
48 * SOUTH AFRICAN PSYCHIATRY ISSUE 17 2018