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The South African Medical Research Council was established in 1969 to act as an independent statutory body to co-ordinate health and medical research activities throughout South Africa. [3] The SAMRC strives to “advance the nation’s health and quality of life and address inequity by conducting and funding relevant and responsive health ...
SAPRIN is intended to "integrate public, private and academic sectors in a long-term partnership, to produce first-rate, highly-relevant research." [5] The organization was constituted in 2016 [6] and is funded by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and is hosted by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC). [7]
In 2012, she was awarded South Africa's highest honour, the Order of Mapungubwe (Silver). [3] She became the first female president of the South African Medical Research Council [2] in 2014, was recognized as one of the "100 Most Influential People" by Time [4] [5] in 2017 and was listed amongst "Africa's 50 Most Powerful Women" by Forbes ...
Soon after returning to South Africa from New York, he initiated the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Unit on Anxiety & Stress Disorders. The Unit undertook basic neuroscience research on anxiety, initiated brain magnetic resonance imaging and neurogenetics research in the country, and conducted the first nationally representative ...
The Portfolio Committee on Health is a National Assembly of South Africa committee established to oversee the work of the Department of Health (DOH) as well as the following related entities: the Allied Health Professions Council, the Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases, the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS), the South Africa Dental Technicians Council, the Health Professions ...
In 1992, he joined the SAMRC as a senior epidemiologist and was appointed Director of the MRC's Centre for Epidemiological Research in South Africa (CERSA) in 1993. [9] During his tenure, he built CERSA up as the largest medical research organization in South Africa, enabling it to play a leading role in public health, both locally and globally.
Additionally, her research topics include the epidemiology and medical genetics of heart disease, heart disease in youth and young women, and heart disease associated with HIV and COVID-19. [5] She was the winner of the South African Medical Research Council and Department for International Development's 2018 African Research Leader Award. [6]
Zembe-Mkabile is a specialist scientist at the South African Medical Research Council's Health Systems Research Unit. [3] [4] She has analyzed the experience of government grant recipients qualitatively on an individual level, capturing details that quantitative research misses. [5]