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Sport Sciences & Biokinetics
Jun 21, 2023 - Sport Sciences focuses on providing evidence-based interventions to improve athletes through testing and training protocols to contribute to an athlete's performance ultimately. Read more …http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/auther/postgraduate-studies
Postgraduate studies
Mar 28, 2023 - MHSc in Transdisciplinary Health Promotion Read more MA in Positive Psychology Read more M in Consumer Sciences Read more PhD in Transdisciplinary Health Read more PhD in Health Sciences with Positive Psychology Read more PhD in Consumer Sciences Read morehttp://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/auther/spotlight
In the Spotlight
Apr 29, 2025 - NWU Desmond Tutu School of Medicine The North-West University (NWU) proudly announces that its soon-to-be-established medical school will be honorifically named the NWU Desmond Tutu School of Medicine. Read more here 9th Scientific Merit Awards - Bronze Award - Prof Lusilda Schutte The South African Medical Research…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/policy-change
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.…
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.…http://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…http://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 (…http://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…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/pure-study