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CHI researchers at the maiden International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa. #ICPPA2024 #BeatNCDs #PENPlus #NCD #CapeHeartInstitute Read: bit.ly/49SFOHn
Meet the team: Joey Carollissen is currently an MSc (Med) student in the Cardiovascular Genetics group. Her current research involves investigating the functional significance of a novel variant identified in a South African family with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
Reminder: The NRF invites applications for Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025. All the info required to apply is available here: nrf.ac.za/nrf-call-for-p… NRF deadline: 06 May 2024. Please note that the universities set their own internal deadlines for NRF applications.
Meet the team: Dr Shaazia Allie is a Senior Medical Officer and Lecturer. She joined the Cape Heart Institute as a research officer in March 2024. She participates in research studies forming part of the Heart Disease in Africa and Cardiac Disease in Maternity research groups.
Dr Charle Viljoen wins an award at the European Heart Rhythm Association #EHRA2024 #CapeHeartInstitute Read more: bit.ly/3PZaMGt
Discussion by Prof Peter Zilla highlighting difficulties with regulatory approvals for devices developed in Africa for Africa. #pathafricaconference #medicalproffesionals #pathafricaconference2024
Prof Ana Mocumbi, MIHER, Maputo Mozambique presents the keynote lecture: the poorest billion and maternal health highlighting the importance of the PEN- Plus project. #pathafricaconference #medicalproffesionals #pathafricaconference2024
Day 2 of the #pathafricaconference has gone live. Active participation by Cardiologists, Anesthetists, Obstetricians, and experts from other fields around the world. #medicalproffesionals @JBauersachsMD @AlexMebazaa @UCT_news @UCTHealthSci youtube.com/watch?v=XE4Z2k…
Reflecting on pregnancy as both personal and political. It has taken on a different meaning @UCTHealthSci
Reflecting on pregnancy as both personal and political. It has taken on a different meaning @UCTHealthSci
Ntobeko Ntusi @ntobekon
1K Followers 679 Following Humanist, canophile, art, science, medicine, health equity, running, wine. South Africa. Views are my own. I tweet what I like.
SAHeartAssocation @SAHeart_ZA
1K Followers 4K Following We represent the interests of those affected by & working within #cardiovasculardisease in #SouthAfrica. We are NOT a patient advisory group. #CVD #heartdisease
Graeme Meintjes @graemein
2K Followers 827 Following Infectious Diseases doctor and researcher in Cape Town. Runner.
UCT IDM @UCTIDM
2K Followers 198 Following The IDM was established in 2004 as a cross-faculty postgraduate research institute based within the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa.
Friedrich Thienemann @FThienemann
274 Followers 446 Following Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Global Health / Associate Professor @UZH_en @UCT_news @CHI_UCT @GMGH_Africa 🇿🇦🇨🇭🇩🇪
UCT @UCT_news
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Lionel Green-Thompso @greentlp
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CIDRI-Africa @CIDRI_Africa
2K Followers 433 Following The Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa at the University of Cape Town supports high-quality biomedical research with a focus on HIV & TB
Ruan Kruger, PhD ISHF @ProfRuanKruger
944 Followers 2K Following Professor of CV Physiology @NWU_HART | President of @chcsaorg | Board Director @SAHeart_ZA | Chair @SAHypertension NextGen | PI: @ExaminYouthSA | 🏳️🌈 🐶
World Heart Federatio.. @worldheartfed
37K Followers 6K Following We connect and inspire the global cardiovascular community to achieve stronger health systems and healthier hearts ❤️ #UseHeart
Spotlight @SpotlightNSP
7K Followers 5K Following In-depth, public-interest health journalism. We are a member of the SA Press Council and bound by the Press Code.
Johann Bauersachs @JBauersachsMD
2K Followers 214 Following Head of Department of Cardiology and Angiology / Hannover Medical School —Deputy Editor Heart Failure - European Heart Journal
Bistra Zheleva 🫀�.. @bzheleva
2K Followers 4K Following Global advocacy for access to better #CHD & #RHD care🫀• at @CHeartLink • Forever figuring out life • children are amazing ❤️•
Idris Munir™ @idrismunir
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Mathilda Mennen @MathildaMennen
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Ante Gets @DrAntenehGetach
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Sumaya @sumaya1983
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SAID JUMAPILI @JumapiliSaid
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Bernard Kivuma @benkivuMD
605 Followers 4K Following MPH @UCTHealthSci| Scholar '24 @MRF_Africa |Research Officer @ifakarahealth |Lead @disabilityrepro/@ImarishaFDN| Fellow @GivingTuesday @iasociety @DTHF_SA
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Tobias Pfeffer @PfefferMD
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Alexandre Mebazaa @AlexMebazaa
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Novi Tham @slumberbell
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Guylain Kabengele @GuylainKab83411
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Dept. of Cardiology -.. @CardioZurich
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European Atherosclero.. @society_eas
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Abdu Mohamed @abduchempath
416 Followers 1K Following Chief Technical Officer at Med School, University of Cape Town. Enjoy life. Peace.
Luvuyo Ngoma @LuvuyoNgoma
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Siphesihle Ndawonde @SiphesihleBles6
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Education Dev Unit @EDU_FHS
260 Followers 60 Following The Education Development Unit's aim is to enhance the quality of education in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town.
ORU_UCT @OruUct
87 Followers 283 Following @UCT_ORU Based in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at UCT, our unit focuses on high-quality orthopaedic, trauma, biomedical and musculoskeletal research.
Dr.Mzuma MD 🇹🇿 @mzuma0021
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Yaseen Ibrahim @yasoo092284
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Unqualified Professor @SibuleleSomhla2
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Rebecca Jarman @mwrebeccajarman
530 Followers 1K Following Clinical Research Midwife|NIHR Research Midwife Champion @ResNetLondon • MW rep @theUKMCS Council • Volunteer @Cardiomyopathy • #OHCA survivor •Own views.
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Periandros @PeriandrosH
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Uzoamaka Ofong @Obialunanma
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Elzubair Omer @alzubair70
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David Jankelow @david_jankelow
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Ntobeko Ntusi @ntobekon
1K Followers 679 Following Humanist, canophile, art, science, medicine, health equity, running, wine. South Africa. Views are my own. I tweet what I like.
SAHeartAssocation @SAHeart_ZA
1K Followers 4K Following We represent the interests of those affected by & working within #cardiovasculardisease in #SouthAfrica. We are NOT a patient advisory group. #CVD #heartdisease
European Society of C.. @ESC_Journals
103K Followers 7K Following Official @ESC_journals account for the most successful family of CV journals. Articles FREE for 24h from time of post. European Society of Cardiology @escardio
NEJM @NEJM
942K Followers 436 Following The New England Journal of Medicine is the world’s leading medical journal and website.
Graeme Meintjes @graemein
2K Followers 827 Following Infectious Diseases doctor and researcher in Cape Town. Runner.
UCT IDM @UCTIDM
2K Followers 198 Following The IDM was established in 2004 as a cross-faculty postgraduate research institute based within the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa.
Friedrich Thienemann @FThienemann
274 Followers 446 Following Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Global Health / Associate Professor @UZH_en @UCT_news @CHI_UCT @GMGH_Africa 🇿🇦🇨🇭🇩🇪
UCT @UCT_news
237K Followers 1K Following The official Twitter feed of the University of Cape Town. Connect with us on Facebook: https://t.co/gk1xo26PgS
Lionel Green-Thompso @greentlp
1K Followers 940 Following
CIDRI-Africa @CIDRI_Africa
2K Followers 433 Following The Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa at the University of Cape Town supports high-quality biomedical research with a focus on HIV & TB
World Heart Federatio.. @worldheartfed
37K Followers 6K Following We connect and inspire the global cardiovascular community to achieve stronger health systems and healthier hearts ❤️ #UseHeart
European Society of C.. @escardio
145K Followers 2K Following European Society of Cardiology. Join us also on @ESC_Journals @ESCAdvocacy @ESCardioNews @ESC_President. #ESCCongress #ESCGuidelines #ESCTVToday #ESCDigital
Johann Bauersachs @JBauersachsMD
2K Followers 214 Following Head of Department of Cardiology and Angiology / Hannover Medical School —Deputy Editor Heart Failure - European Heart Journal
NIH NHLBI @nih_nhlbi
80K Followers 661 Following Official account of the NHLBI. Leading @NIH institute on heart, lung, blood, & sleep disorders research. Privacy/comment policy: https://t.co/ZmlSJVOcAH
Afiba @afiba_m
7K Followers 3K Following Owner of @afiba_za TV - S1 of Brand Ambassador @sabc3 Content Creator & Contributor (Radio & TV) Media - Branding - Marketing Masters Degree 🎓
Uganda Heart Associat.. @HeartAssociatn
158 Followers 58 Following The UHA emphasizes the prevention, promotion & treatment of cardiovascular disease and aims to support the Uganda health system by addressing the looming NCDs
Robert Manka @rmanka_
732 Followers 365 Following Head CMR & CT lover; Interventional enthusiast; EB EHJ; EACVI Chair CMR Lab Accreditation; EACVI Board Member; @CMR_Zurich; #CMRlovers; @Unispital_USZ
Peter MacPherson @petermacp
3K Followers 1K Following Professor of Global Public Health, @UofGlasgow @UofGSHW. Physician. Researches #HIV, #TB and population health
Megan Murray @megan_b_murray
3K Followers 1K Following Professor of Global Health, Harvard. Interested in TB, community health interventions, women in science, my kids, my dog, sewing, gardening, not in that order.
@ChildrensHeartDiseas.. @ChildrensHeart1
242 Followers 96 Following The Children's Heart Disease Research Unit (CHDRU) conducts, promotes and supports children's heart disease research on the African continent.
AFROStrep @AfroStrep
25 Followers 41 Following Registry and Biorepository for StrepA disease in Africa
Julian Scherer, MD @JulianScherer10
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Department of Family,.. @DeptFCE
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Julian Hövelmann @JulianHovelmann
61 Followers 91 Following MD | Resident in Cardiology at Saarland University Hospital | Associate member Cape Heart Institute, University of Cape Town
Peter Nyasulu @PeterNyasulu
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DIPLOMICS @diplomics_sa
763 Followers 875 Following DIPLOMICS is a network of service labs in genomics, proteomics & metabolomics and bioinformatics, connecting researchers with world class omics facilities
CPPCongress @CPPCongress
480 Followers 2K Following The 8th International Congress on Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy (CPP2023), will take place in Abu Dhabi on 19-22 Oct 2023.
KenyaCardiacSociety @kenyacardiacs
2K Followers 615 Following The Kenya Cardiac Society (KCS) is the preferred meeting place for physicians and other health professionals with a keen interest in cardiovascular care.
Idols South Africa @IdolsSA
1.1M Followers 726 Following The official Twitter feed for #IdolsSA, the South African version of reality TV singing search, Idols.
ICH Library @UCT_ICHLibrary
962 Followers 98 Following The Institute of Child Health Library was established in 1974 as a satellite of then UCT Medical Library now the Bongani Mayosi Health Sciences Library (BMHSL).
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318 Followers 403 Following We are a Special Interest Group of the Southern African Association of Health Educationalists (SAAHE) to promote Education for Sustainable Healthcare (ESH)
European Atherosclero.. @society_eas
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International Atheros.. @atherosociety
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PASCAR @PASCAR_Cardio
544 Followers 86 Following The Pan-African Society of Cardiology is an society of physicians across Africa involved in prevention & treatment of cardiovascular disease. #PASCAR
lieslzuhlke @lieslzuhlke
1K Followers 903 Following A mother, wife, sister and paediatric cardiologist with special interest and passion for CHD and RHD,Global Health and NCDs. Proud South African.Views my own.
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saheartjournal @saheartjournal
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Eh!woza @ehwoza
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UCT Health Sciences @UCTHealthSci
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@Karen.Sliwa1 @Sliwa1Karen
316 Followers 177 Following Prof. Karen Sliwa, MD, PhD- Cardiologists & Director | Cape Heart Institute (CHI) | UCT | Former President: World Heart Federation
NEJM Journal Watch @JWatch
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The Lancet @TheLancet
747K Followers 471 Following Welcome to The Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals, published weekly since 1823.How is 2024 going? Truth is that I can’t complain. Thank God! 🙌🏾 I made a decision to live my life in such a way that life itself has a crush on me. So far so good, by the grace of God! Good evening!
Congratulations on this accolade. @Sliwa1Karen
Congratulations to Professor Karen Sliwa, the Director of the Cape Heart Institute, for being named the most prolific cardiovascular researcher (man or woman) in Africa, with more than 376 publications to her name. Read the full paper: bit.ly/3xTHItM
Reminder: The NRF invites applications for Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025. All the info required to apply is available here: nrf.ac.za/nrf-call-for-p… NRF deadline: 06 May 2024. Please note that the universities set their own internal deadlines for NRF applications.
Meet the team: Dr Shaazia Allie is a Senior Medical Officer and Lecturer. She joined the Cape Heart Institute as a research officer in March 2024. She participates in research studies forming part of the Heart Disease in Africa and Cardiac Disease in Maternity research groups.
How can the #ESCardioCRT work towards finding the sweetspot between ensuring safety and efficacy of a new medical device, and ensuring innovation breakthroughs have a quick regulatory pathway, so that we ultimately maintain patient welfare as our top priority? Stephan Windecker…
Heart disease and sexual activity - Rheumatic heart disease. Increase in diagnostic marker research for the best management of RHD @ESCardioNews @lieslzuhlke @CHI_UCT
Reflecting on pregnancy as both personal and political. It has taken on a different meaning @UCTHealthSci
Path Africa Conference has just started. It was opened by the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences Prof. Lionel Green-Thompson and Ms Megan Marais, Director of Rarlx Life Couse Unit - Department of Health Western Cape.@UCT_news @UCTHealthSci @JBauersachsMD @AlexMebazaa
@JBauersachsMD @CHI_UCT @UCT_news @UCTHealthSci @AlexMebazaa @Sliwa1Karen @AlexFrogoudaki @MHH_life @koetob @PfefferMD @markcpetrie20 @DavidDuncker @ruhparwar @AWeymannMD Sad that I could’t make it despite already got our abstract accepted, because of health reasons. Would love attend next year♥️
@CHI_UCT @UCT_news @UCTHealthSci @JBauersachsMD Brava to Prod Karen Sliwa and her collaborators from Africa and the other continents!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏
@JBauersachsMD @CHI_UCT @UCT_news @UCTHealthSci @AlexMebazaa @Sliwa1Karen @MHH_life @koetob @PfefferMD @markcpetrie20 @DavidDuncker @ruhparwar @AWeymannMD So sorry I couldn’t make it! Exceptional 🙌
@CHI_UCT @UCT_news @UCTHealthSci @AlexMebazaa Great achievement to bring all specialties together‼️ ➡️ collaborative patient care is key pre, during and after pregnancy @Sliwa1Karen @AlexFrogoudaki @AlexMebazaa @MHH_life @koetob @PfefferMD @markcpetrie20 @DavidDuncker @ruhparwar @AWeymannMD
Adherence to heart failure treatment in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…
Congratulations 👏👏👏@UCTHealthSci
CHI researcher wins at the 2024 South African Rheumatology and Arthritis Association Congress. More: bit.ly/48Flqc0 #SARAAcongress2024 #arthritis #CHI
Great symposium on infectious diseases causing pulmonary vascular disease @PVRI in London #tuberculosis #HIV #schistosomiasis #pulmonaryhypertension and the opportunity to present our work @UCT_news @CHI_UCT in our #statintb trial funded @EDCTP
I am very excited and grateful to be appointed as President & CEO of @MRCza, an organisation whose work I admire and respect. I look forward to working alongside my new colleagues to support health research and to improve the health of all South Africans.
The SAMRC is thrilled to announce the appointment of Prof Ntobeko Ntusi as its new President & CEO, effective 1 July 2024. Prof Ntusi will succeed the esteemed Prof Glenda Gray, who has been the SAMRC President for the past ten years. samrc.ac.za/press-releases…
The SAMRC is thrilled to announce the appointment of Prof Ntobeko Ntusi as its new President & CEO, effective 1 July 2024. Prof Ntusi will succeed the esteemed Prof Glenda Gray, who has been the SAMRC President for the past ten years. samrc.ac.za/press-releases…
Congratulations, Dr. Viljoen!
Cape Heart Institute congratulates Affiliate Member Dr Charle André Viljoen on his graduation (PhD) at the graduation ceremony hosted at the Sarah Baartman Hall on Thursday, 14 December 2023. #UCTGrad2023 Read more: bit.ly/3RTC4ya
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