University of Cape Town, South Africa
The University of Cape Town (UCT), which celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2004, seeks to be “an outstanding teaching and research university, educating for life, and addressing the challenges facing our society”. It is a medium-sized institution of some 20 000 students and some 4 500 staff, of whom just over half are academic and research staff. The Faculty of Health Sciences comprises five schools, namely: Schools of Adult Clinical Medicine, Child and Adolescent Health, Public Health and Family Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health and Rehabilitation. Each school groups several clinical and non- clinical departments. The Department of Medicine, which is in the School of Adult Clinical Medicine, consists of 16 clinical divisions each with a postgraduate training programme (i.e., Acute General Medicine, Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Gastroenterology, Geriatric Medicine, Haematology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Immunology and Allergology, Lipidology, Pharmacology, Nephrology and Hypertension, Neurology, Pulmonology, and Rheumatology) and 7 major research units, which are the UCT Bioethics Centre, the Medical Research Council (MRC)/UCT Liver Research Centre, MRC/UCT/University of the Western Cape (UWC) Research Unit for Traditional Medicines, UCT/University College London (UCL) Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research, the Albertina and Walter Sisulu Institute for Aging in Africa, the UCT Lung Institute and the Desmond Tutu HIV Research Centre.
Fellowship Site: Cape Town, South Africa
DetailsInternational Site: Country: South Africa Site Director: 2009 International Fellows: Lucas Ntyintyane Richard van Zyl - Smit Shahieda Adams |
Research Opportunities:
As a Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, UCT is working to develop a major research program focused on the prevention and control of chronic disease in Africa. The Centre takes advantage of existing strengths in chronic disease research at UCT and associate institutions.
Housing/Meals/Transportation:
University of Cape Town Student Housing is available in a hostel called Rochester House which is within a 10-minute walking distance of the Groote Schuur Hospital where the Department of Medicine and research units are located. Other students of the University of Cape Town live within the same facility, which provides single room accommodation and communal dining facilities. There is a university-wide shuttle service (the ‘Jammie’ shuttle) which transports students to other sections of the university campus, and to parts of the City of Cape Town. Average monthly costs for room, board, and transportation: $600
Health Issues:
The NIH/ICRF program requires all trainees to see a physician before they leave for assignment abroad. Please visit U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and The Yellow Book: Health Information for International Travel for more information.
Safety Issues:
Please visit the State Department Website for more information.
Language requirements other than English:
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