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Research Office Annual Report 2006 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3 1. NOTABLE RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES IN 2013……………………………………...4 2. FACULTY RESEARCH OFFICE ………………………………………………………………………………...6 2.1 Remit of the Faculty Research Office (FRO) …………………………………………………………………...6 2.2 HSRO Staff …………………………………………………………………………………………………………6 2.3 Faculty Research Committee (FRC) and Task Groups ……………………………………………………….6 2.3.1 Research Entity Task Group ……………………………………………………………………………………..7 2.3.2 Individual Research Grants Task Group ………………………………………………………………………10 2.3.3 Conference Travel Task Group ………………………………………………………………………………...11 2.3.4 Faculty Research Prize Task Group …………………………………………………………………………...12 2.3.5 Research Day Task Group and Postgraduate Expo ………………………………………………………....12 2.3.6 Task Group on Research Entity Productivity ………………………………………………………………….12 2.3.7 FRC Advisory Board ……………………………………………………………………………………………..14 2.3.8 Research Budget Task Group ………………………………………………………………………………….14 2.3.9 Research Major Equipment ……………………………………………………………………………………..20 2.3.10 Research Minor Equipment (WHC Dividend) …………………………………………………………………21 2.3.11 MRC Self-Initiated Research Grants (SIRS) grants ………………………………………………………….23 3. RESEARCH OUTPUT …………………………………………………………………………………………..24 3.1 Publication Units and additional data on publications ………………………………………………………..24 3.2 Most Prolific Authors in the FHS in 2012 ……………………………………………………………………...27 3.3 Most cited publications in the Faculty recorded in 2013 ……………………………………………………..29 3.4 Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) articles published in some of the highest impact factor journals in 2013 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….32 3.5 International and national collaborations ………………………………………………………………………34 3.6 NRF Rated Scientists 2013 ……………………………………………………………………………………..35 4. DST/NRF South African Chairs Initiative ……………………………………………………………………...36 5. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS IN THE FHS IN 2013 ………………………………………………………..36 2 6. EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS and POSTGRADUATE SUPPORT ………………………………….40 6.1 The Connective Tissue Research Fund: Report prepared by Professor M. Tikly ………………………...40 6.2 The H.E. Griffin Trust – the Colorectal Research Cancer (CRC) Group: Professor G. Candy…………..42 6.3 Belgian Technical Corporation Masters Fellowship ………………………………………………………….43 7. HSRO RESEARCH SHORT COURSES ……………………………………………………………………...43 8. OTHER RESEARCH MATTERS ……………………………………………………………………………….47 8.1 Research Thrusts ………………………………………………………………………………………………..47 8.2 Vice-Chancellor’s Call for A-rated Scientists ………………………………………………………………….49 8.3 HSRO Initiatives ………………………………………………………………………………………………….49 8.4 HSRO Ongoing Communication with Faculty and External Communication ……………………………...64 9. NOTABLE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES BY SCHOOL ………………………………………………………….67 9.1 School of Anatomical Sciences ………………………………………………………………………………...67 9.2 School of Clinical Medicine ……………………………………………………………………………………..69 9.3 School of Oral Health Sciences ……………………………………………………………………………….108 9.4 School of Pathology ……………………………………………………………………………………………119 9.5 School of Physiology …………………………………………………………………………………………...145 9.6 School of Public Health ………………………………………………………………………………………..156 9.7 School of Therapeutic Sciences ………………………………………………………………………………172 10. POSTGRADUATE OFFICE …………………………………………………………………………………...180 3 Foreword On looking back over the year 2013 with regards to this annual research report, I have to again marvel at the exceptional achievements of our many Health Sciences researchers despite the arduous workloads, the onerous service delivery and the unsupportive administrative systems which underlie our activities. I pay tribute to each one of you! Yes, we can be more productive – but there is a need for the services and support structures in the Institution and in the Provincial Health Administration to be improved in order to provide researchers with a supportive foundation on which to undertake research. A pleasant consequence of the outstanding research activity in the Faculty in 2013 is the huge increase in subsidy earning units which have resulted from accredited journal publications. Resounding congratulations to all our researchers for their ongoing and increasing productivity! The Faculty’s Research Entities remain as important niches for research and for the training of future scientists and clinical researchers. These entities generate substantial outputs in the form of publications and postgraduates, contribute to community engagement and policy making and generate huge amounts of income for research. Their contributions are warmly acknowledged. Slight increases have occurred in both publication units and postgraduate throughputs, although capturing of publications remaining a concern for the Faculty. While M.Med graduations remain low, there was most certainly a large improvement in 2013. We graduated our first cohort of Carnegie Ph.D Fellows (Academic Medicine Programme) and achieved the re-introduction of the Doctor of Medicine degree. Thus, strategies for increasing qualifications and supervisory capacity in the Faculty are slowly improving. An injection of funds from the Carnegie Corporation of New York in late 2013 into our Alumni Diaspora Programme will allow this programme to bed down some of its substantial gains such as our Vanderbilt University collaboration. In addition, support for the Faculty’s initiative in Biomedical Informatics from Vanderbilt has allowed for the introduction of REDCapTM and the training of one of our clinicians. HSRO research courses were well-attended and are important in the training and support of our staff and postgraduate students in their research. The HSRO wishes to acknowledge those staff who contribute to these courses, thus providing invaluable training for emergent researchers and postgardautes in the Faculty. Our annual writing retreats continue to be productive as was the introduction of financial support for open access online publication. Ongoing and increasing research activity and an engaging and supportive environment are not possible without the input of many people and exceptionally hard, but fulfilling work. Thus, in conclusion I would like to thank those staff who have been responsible in supporting me in providing the large number of research and postgraduate activities during 2013: our Faculty researchers, staff of the HSRO, staff of the finance office, Mrs Mathoto Senamela and the postgraduate staff, the Chairs of all the FRC committees and their committees, and the many individuals in the Faculty who are called on from time to time to give advice, act in some capacity or simply “lend an ear”! Thank you all. I look forward to the outcomes of 2014 with great anticipation. Professor Beverley Kramer Assistant Dean: Research and Postgraduate Support 4 1. NOTABLE RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES IN 2013 The Faculty is extremely proud of the many awards and honours bestowed on its staff, particularly in the field of research. Listed below are some of the many distinguished awards/events of 2013. Others follow under the listing of Schools and Units (section 9) Congratulations are extended to: Professor Shabir Madhi received the MRC Lifetime Achievement Award (Platinum Medal) in recognition of the excellence of his research in the field of vaccinology and respiratory and meningeal pathogens and its impact on improving child health in South Africa and other developing countries. Professor Shabir Madhi was also listed among the “Top 100 World Class South Africans”, which included among others former Presidents Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and many other luminaries in the inaugural edition of this listing by City Press. Professor Keith Klugman received the Albert E. Levy Scientific Research Award for Senior Faculty at Emory University. Established to recognize the contributions of Emory Faculty members to the advancement of scientific knowledge. Each year, one senior faculty member is selected by the University Research Committee to recognize outstanding research publications. Professor Keith Klugman also received the APUA 2013 Leadership Award of the Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics. Professor Caroline Tiemessen School of Pathology and Professor John Eyles, School of Public Health, for being awarded SARChI Chairs in HIV Vaccine Translational Research and in Health Policy and Systems Research, respectively. Professor Laetitia Rispel (Head of School of Public Health) on being inducted into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. This Hall of Fame recognizes nurse researchers who are Sigma Theta Tau International members and who have achieved long term, broad national and/or international recognition for their research which has impacted the profession and the people they serve. Professor Laetitia Rispel for being awarded a grant of R1 million from the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) for the completion of a book that she is writing with a colleague in the Centre for Health Policy (CHP). This grant is the single largest grant from a trade union in recent years. Professors Mario Altini and Dennis Daneman for being awarded the prestigious senior doctorate, the D.Sc (Medicine). Professor Viness Pillay for being elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Science. Dr Kebashni Thandrayen (Department of Paediatrics, Chris Hani Baragwanath) for being awarded the Young Investigators Award, based on having submitted the best abstract, to attend the International Conference on Children’s Bone Health in Rotterdam, Holland in June 2013. Professor Glenda
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