News and Events
2023 News
WMRU – Staff function
On the 1st of December 2023, WMRU held a Christmas Lunch to thank their employees for their hard work and dedication.
Research Day Programme
Mags Beksinska presented an oral presentation at the KZN Health Research day on the 6th December. Results of an analysis of Contraceptive use and frequency of HIV testing were presented (can we link to this paper? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36718374/ Please use...
MGH Team Visit Wits MRU
Wits MRU was graced by visit of our US collaborating partners from Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University and Boston University on the 18-20 October 2023. This was a pre projects inception visit by the Principal investigators (Prof Christina Psaros, Dr...
Go Bokke!
Wits MRU wishes the Springboks the best of luck for the RWC tomorrow.
Visit from US Consul General
On July 19th the Durban US Consul General Anne Linnee and Suraya Dawad, the USAID Project Management Specialist – HIV/AIDS visited WMRU to meet staff and hear more about our research and programme activities .
Celebration Lunch
On July 31st WMRU held a lunch for Prof Jenni Smit to celebrate her time as Executive Director of the Unit and her change of role to Senior technical Advisor
2022 and older News
Visit of Prof Lynn Matthews and Tricia Smith
Prof Lynn Matthews, based at the University of Alabama, USA and one of the Principal investigators of the Zink study (Safer Conception for Women Study – Understanding use of Periconception PrEP: “Protect yourself before pregnancy”) (Add link to study in our work?)....
Visit of Lisa Ondrejcek and Darryl Pahl
The President of dfnet Lisa Ondrejcek and co-owner Darryl Pahl visited WitsMRU from the US in December for a site tour and to discuss the database used for the Insight-PrEP for women study (https://www.matchresearch.co.za/our-work/hivprevention/)
Project Engage — meeting with CONRAD
On November 2nd Wits MRU hosted Karen Dominguez from CONRAD - our sponsor and collaborator from the USA for Project ENGAGE. Karen visited the site to meet project staff and experience project activities. Some Wits MRU members joined the Project Advisory Group (PAG)...
40th SASOG 2022
Jenni Smit and Mags Beksinska attended the 40th National Congress of the South African Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (SASOG 2022) in Cape Town in November. They presented in the oral and poster sessions on the effects of COVID on uptake of various SRH...
Faculty of Health Sciences Research Day
Project Manager Busi Maphumulo presented a poster from the CUBE study at the University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences Research Day on the 15th Sept 2022.
WHO visit to WMRU
Prof Petrus Steyn from The World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (SRH) and Dr Sithembile Dlamini-Nqeketo from the WHO regional office in South Africa (second from left on photo) visited WMRU to hear more about our...