OPPORTUNITIES

Creating Opportunities For Current Students

Your experience, networking, mentoring, and workplace skills could assist facilitate professional development sessions for students

The Office of Student Success (OSS) at the Wits Health Sciences Faculty, invites alumni to participate in the Umsebenzi journey with Health Science students towards employability

More specifically, Umsebenzi aims to:

To encourage students to develop and transfer their current skills into future professional environments Promote the smooth transition of graduates into the workplace Equip students with job search skills. Share existing prospective employment opportunities

The Human Gut Microbiome Mapping Project

Have you heard of the gut microbiome?

In a nutshell, the microbiome is a collection of microbes (bacteria, viruses, fungi etc) and their genes, that are both helpful and possibly harmful, which naturally live on and inside of your body Everyone has a unique system of gut microbiota that is originally established at birth An individual’s gut microbiome profile is either positively affected (beneficial to health) or negatively affected (increase risk for disease) by changes to their environment, diet, lifestyle and even socioeconomic status

The study is open to all Wits staff and students as well as their family and household members above the age of 18 years For any queries, please email cmmi@csir co za

Participate In The Methylphenidate Study To Measure The Effects On Physical And Cognitive Performance

Adults and children from 8-year-olds are invited to participate in a study being undertaken at Wits Univeristy to measure the effects on physical and cognitive performance (e g attention)

For more information or to participate please contact: Prof D Constantinou 011 717 3396 / 011 717 3372

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JUNE 26

Faculty of Health Sciences Masters & PhD Writing Retreat

As part of our effort to support students who are at the stage of writing up their research reports, dissertations or theses, the Health Sciences Research Office will be running a 4-day writing retreat for postgraduate students registered in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand

During the retreat, candidates will focus exclusively on writing Experienced facilitators will be available to guide and review write-ups produced by the participants

Additional support such as scientific writing skills, referencing, database searching, statistical and qualitative assistance will be arranged as per your needs during the retreat. Kindly note: There are only 20 spaces available so it will be on a first-come, first-serve basis

Time: 8h30 - 16h30 (tea/coffee and lunch will be provided)

Venue: Phillip V Tobias Health Sciences Building (Exact details will be given to the selected candidates)

28th Biennial Surgical Symposium on the 26th and 27th June 2023

The programme includes two workshops: A Journey Through a MMED Research Project that will help you gain valuable insight into everything you need to know about doing your MMed research; and a Hernia Workshop, a 2-day complimentary course for Senior registrars and Consultants

Using only examples relevant to surgical research, this 1-day course will cover all aspects of the MMed research process, from choosing a topic, writing a literature review, getting ethics/institutional approval, capturing your data, basic statistical data analysis, writing your final report, to authorship & publication

Guest speakers: Dr Rebecca M Minter, a A R Curreri Professor and Chair: Department of Surgery University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health