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Policy change
Dec 06, 2023 - The South African strategic plan to reduce cardiovascular disease includes the target to reduce the population intake of salt to less than 5 g/day. At present, the salt intake is higher than this level, with older reports from the early 2000s estimating that 40% salt was provided from discretionary salt intake. …
Alta (Aletta E.) Schutte PhD FESC FRRSAf ISHF is SHARP Professor and Principal Theme Lead of Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at UNSW Sydney, Australia; with a joint appointment as Professorial Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health. She is a NHMRC Investigator Grant Leadership Fellow.
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Prof Alta (AE) Schutte
Sep 15, 2023 - Alta (Aletta E.) Schutte PhD FESC FRRSAf ISHF is SHARP Professor and Principal Theme Lead of Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at UNSW Sydney, Australia; with a joint appointment as Professorial Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health. She is a NHMRC Investigator Grant Leadership Fellow. She…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/asos-project
The ASOS project
Sep 15, 2023 - Principal Investigator: Prof R Kruger The Arterial Stiffness in Offspring Study (ASOS) is a cross-sectional, observational study that investigates the trends of elevated blood pressure, arterial stiffness and body composition in young school children between the ages 6 and 8 years. Our research indicated that the black population is more burdened…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/endoafrica-project
The EndoAfrica project
Sep 15, 2023 - Principal Investigator EndoAfrica study: Prof Carla Fourie EndoAfrica study: The putative interface of emerging cardiovascular risk factors affecting populations living with and without HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. The EndoAfrica study is a collaboration between Prof. Hans Strijdom at Stellenbosch University, Medical University Gräz (Austria…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/sabpa-study
The SABPA study
Sep 15, 2023 - Principal Investigator: Prof L Lammertyn The Sympathetic activity and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Africans (SABPA) Prospective Cohort study The evidence in more than 10 000 Africans of the North-West Province of South Africa that taxing environmental demands may be detrimental to their cardio-metabolic health, motivated the design of the SABPA…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/pure-study
The PURE study
Sep 15, 2023 - Principal Investigators for the Cardiovascular Assessments in PURE: Prof CMT Fourie and Prof AE Schutte The Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study is a longitudinal, multinational study including 17 low-, middle- and high-income countries of the world. The study will track changes in lifestyles,…
Martin Magnusson currently heads a research group of 7 people, two PhD students, two post docs and three research nurses. He has been main tutor for one completed PhD project ”Metabolic actions of atrial natriuretic peptide”. Martin Magnusson is the head (PI) of three major on-going prospective major research projects 1) Competence Centre Heart…
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Prof Martin Magnusson
Sep 19, 2023 - Martin Magnusson currently heads a research group of 7 people, two PhD students, two post docs and three research nurses. He has been main tutor for one completed PhD project ”Metabolic actions of atrial natriuretic peptide”. Martin Magnusson is the head (PI) of three major on-going prospective major research projects 1) Competence Centre Heart…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/phasrec/phasrec-positionsvacancies
PhASRec Positions/Vacancies
Jul 16, 2024 - The Research Focus Area, Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation is a dynamic research entity at the North-West University, Potchefstroom in South Africa that offers a diversity of experiences in a multi-cultural environment. We focus on applied research to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals #3, #8, #11, #13. To achieve our targets,…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/phasrec/international-opportunities
International Opportunities
Jul 16, 2024 - PhASRec is the research focus area for Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation in the Faculty of Health Sciences of the North-West University. We have a significant international network reaching countries such as the United States, Australia, The Netherlands, Croatia, Poland, Czechia, Germany, the United Kingdom and African countries such as…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/musa/research-subprogrammes
Research subprogrammes
May 27, 2024 - The research in MUSA is structured within three sub-programmes, namely “Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology”, “Pharmaceuticals and health economics”, and “Pharmaceutical Public healthcare governance” that is multidisciplinary and collaborative to strengthen its impact on both the healthcare industry and scientific community. This allows the…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/musa/research-projects-2019-2025-current-and-completed
Research projects 2019-2025 (current and completed)
May 27, 2024 - SUB-PROGRAMME: PHARMACEUTICAL PUBLIC HEALTHCARE GOVERNANCE PAST AND CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS Completed Study leaders / Promoters 2019. Evaluation of factors affecting the implementation of HIV/AIDS treatment guidelines in Lesotho (Ramathlebane, M.V.) (PhD)…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/musa/research-partnerships-and-collaboration
Research partnerships and collaboration
May 27, 2024 - MUSA’s extensive national and international collaborative networks are of prime importance in facilitating its access to different practice-related data and facilities and significantly improved the quality of our research outputs. National research partners and collaboration Mediscor PBM (Pty) Ltd is a pharmaceutical benefit management…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-and-human-performance/nutrition