Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport (HPALS)

Join us Tomorrow for our weekly HPALS seminar ?? This week Dr Georgina Stebbings will present on “Navigating the complexities of eligibility in sport” ?? Friday 22 Nov 2024 ?10H45 ?? In Person (SSISA) & Online (Zoom) DM us for the address or zoom link??

It was a great honor to host Prof. Jeff Murugan today for an insightful talk on “An introduction to computational topology”. Thank you Prof and thank you to everyone who joined ??.

Join us Tomorrow for our weekly HPALS seminar ?? This week Prof Jeff Murugan will present on an "Introduction to computational topology" ?? Friday 15 Nov 2024 ?10H45 ?? In Person (SSISA) & Online (Zoom) Email [email protected] for the address or zoom link ??

??Where in the world was HPALS today? Professor Alison V. September shared her research journey and discoveries with bright undergraduate students from the National University of Technology, Singapore! The students showed interest in how she got into genetics and sports injuries and how they can get involved in similar research. Professor September is thrilled to invite passionate minds to join her research team at HPALS and explore innovation together. ??? #Genetics #SportsInjuryResearch #HPALS #UCT

A huge congratulations to one of our own from HPALS, Jordan Leondiris (slide 1, far right) and his team, for winning 2nd place at the SOMEDesign Workshop hosted by BMeRc! @uctmedtech @sudesh_sivarasu . Also, shoutout to Veronique Reagon (slide 2) from Electrical Engineering for taking home the grand prize of R50,000 to visit the University of Birmingham! ???? #HPALSWins #Success #UCT

Join us Tomorrow for our weekly HPALS seminar ?? This week Prof Richard M. Hall will present on the "The Importance of Biomechanics in the Assessment of Orthopaedic Medical Devices" ?? Wednesday 8 Nov 2024 ?10H30 ?? In Person (SSISA) & Online (Zoom) Email [email protected] for the address or zoom link ??

Join us for this series of talks on the 27th of September ???? Register by scanning the qr code or going to this link: https://lnkd.in/dSf-ruVJ any queries can be directed to [email protected] ??

CARMA symposium ?????? Theme: Obesity and cardio-metabolic diseases: an African perspective Date: 23 May 2024 Time: 10:00 - 13:00 Address: 1013, BMRI Building, Faculty on Medicine and Health Sciences, Francie van Zijl Drive, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg Campus Email: [email protected] if you are interested in attending

Writing retreat workshop for academics: Call for participants ?? This workshop is intended for staff at previously?disadvantaged higher institutions?(HDIS) who are needing time to write or finalise their?first manuscript. ??? Check the document attached for all the information and how to apply ?? Sports Science Institute of South Africa (SSISA)

Thank Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport (HPALS) for the opportunity for myself; alongside Sharief Hendricks, Lara Paul, and Seipati Rasenyalo; to talk about Women’s Rugby in South Africa.