The palliative care workstream within the NIHR-funded ASSET programme has launched a free online training programme for health professionals, caregivers and family members. COVID-19 has reduced access to formal health services such as clinics. This course will teach basic palliative care skills so that the patient can be cared for in the community. Access is […]
Leading up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, we’re sharing the stories of many womxn researchers working in ASSET. Today Dr Ruwayda Petrus shares her journey by answering a few questions. How did you become interested in research? Being a curious young mind; I have always wanted to know why things were the way […]
Leading up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, we’re sharing the stories of many womxn researchers working in ASSET. Today s a clinical psychologist, works as psychotherapist and is the co-developer of the Friendship Bench intervention, Dr Ruth Verhey shares her journey by answering a few questions. How did you become interested in research? […]
Leading up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, we’re sharing the stories of many womxn researchers working in ASSET. Today medically trained Statistician and Epidemiologist from King’s College London, Prof Wei Gao shares her journey by answering a few questions. How did you become interested in research? To me, research is a career in […]
Leading up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, we’re sharing the stories of many womxn researchers working in ASSET. Today general medical practitioner and University of Cape Town-based researcher Dr Lindsay Farrant shares her journey by answering a few questions. How did you become interested in research? While doing my MPhil in Palliative Medicine […]
Leading up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, we’re sharing the stories of many womxn researchers working in ASSET. Today University of Cape Town-based Dr Zulfa Abrahams shares her journey by answering a few questions. How did you become interested in research? I worked for many years as a community dietician at the SA […]
Leading up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, we’re sharing the stories of many womxn researchers working in ASSET. Today PhD student, Roxanne Keynejad, shares her journey by answering a few questions. How did you become interested in research? I became interested in research after I realised that there was a lot we could […]
The COVID19 pandemic has required health and health system researchers across the globe to pivot their focus, and the same is true for ASSET’s work package 6 team at the University of Cape Town. Initially researching maternal mental health and violence against women in South Africa – specifically in Cape Town – the team found […]
“Jeez mom,” said my 11 year old last night, “2020 has been hectic. First we had the bush fires, then corona, and now these protests.” I pointed out that corona is still very much with us, especially in Cape Town as we enter the peak at the same time as easing a lockdown that has […]
On the 6th June, the King’s Global Health Institute (KGHI) held our flagship event to raise awareness for our 2020 initiative on mental health. We organised an Instagram live audio therapy session to bring our community together and support each other to maintain and improve mental health and wellbeing. We were honoured to have been […]