March 2015 Volume 2, Issue 1

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Editorial ...................................2

MPhil Orientation ....................3

Feature articles:

SAPS Conference 2015 ....4

UNIPATH 2014 ...............6

Regulars:

Quiz corner ..............................9

Staff news ………………………….10

Academic programme………….13

Bulletin board……………………..14

The back page……………………..15

The official newsletter of the Division of Forensic Medicine ,

University of Cape Town.

FORENSIC INFORMER

Designed to notify, educate and engage

this quarterly newsletter will introduce

you to the dedicated team of forensic

pathologists, administrators and medical

technologists in the Division of Forensic

Medicine. It will report on the day to day

academic activities and services of the

division and notify you of upcoming

events, conferences, workshops and

courses.

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“We would love to connect with you, our dear readers...”

A hearty welcome to everyone

A new year and a new edition of the Fo-

rensic Informer!!!

In the last few months since our last is-

sue, the spotlight has been on our justice

system for all the wrong reasons. The

Oscar Pistorius trial ended with him being

handed a 5 year sentence for culpable

homicide. Opinions are divided as to

whether justice was done, and an appeal

has already been launched. The Dewani

trial ended with the judge dismissing the

case due to a lack of evidence. On a posi-

tive note, a conviction was secured in the

highly publicized Judge Makubela trial.

We at UCT began another year with new

staff appointments, and welcomed a fresh

batch of students for the M.Phil. Biomedi-

cal forensic science course.

In entertainment news, Birdman, Julianne

Moore and Eddie Redmayne took the

main awards at this year’s Oscars, and

currently the entire country is gripped

with Cricket World Cup fever.

We are all behind our boys and we hope

they bring the trophy home!!!

Highlights in this issue:

We report back on the final half of 2014 ,

which includes the UNIPATH Conference

that took place from the 19th -21st Septem-

ber at the CSIR in Pretoria.

We introduce you to our newbies, report

back on the M.Phil. open day, and the 3rd

Forensic Science SAPS Conference, which

took place in February.

As always, are the regular features; quiz

corner, staff news and bulletin board.

A new addition to our editorial team is Dr

Diana Jaravaza. Having her as part of the

team is a real privilege, and we look for-

ward to entertaining and interesting arti-

cles from her in the future.

A big thank you to our fabulous contribu-

tors who made this edition possible! We

would love to connect with you, our dear

readers, so all comments and news items

are most welcome.

So yes, lots to look forward to, and just

enough time to encourage all to keep smil-

ing, and happy reading!

Sairita

FROM THE EDITOR

Our editor atop the Sydney Harbour

Bridge!

M.Phil. Orientation In Pictures

Staff from L to R;

Bronwen Davies , Laura Heathfield, Marise Heyns and Calvin Mole.

Front row; Staff

Back row; 2015 intake

Old and new students with

staff members. What a lively

bunch!!!

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On the 2nd of Febru-

ary 2015, orientation

was held to welcome

the new intake of

students.

This 2 year full– time

and 4 year part– time

Masters course, saw

the enrolment of 7

new students. The

orientation schedule

included a campus

tour, administrative

processes, meeting

with staff members,

library and Vula

training and an ice–

breaker session.

Graduates from this

programme can seek

employment with

organisations like the

South African Police

Services (SAPS), state

and private laborato-

ries, or institutions of

higher learning.

MPHIL BIOMEDICAL FORENSIC SCIENCE ORIENTATION DAY 2015

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By Dr Iekram Hoosen Alli (Specialist Forensic Pathologist, UCT) Event Name: 3rd Forensic Services Con-ference. Theme: The im pact of Forensic Evi-dence on the Criminal Justice System. Date: 16th – 19th February 2015 Conference Organisers: The South African Police Services Division: Forensic Services General Conference Project Leader: Brigadier Mulaudzi under the auspices of Lieutenant General JK Phahlane Venue: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR International Convention Centre), Pretoria Number of Delegates: 596 registered for the conference, including international and national speakers and academia. Overview The third Forensic Services Conference was held in Pretoria, with a pre-conference registration on Sunday the 15th of February 2015 at the CSIR foyer. The conference was an outcome of the need for forensic services to share best practices and learn from each other on a national and international level. The conference was held under the auspices of South Afri-can Police Services (SAPS) Division: Fo-rensic Services. The conference attracted 596 delegate registrations, a considerable decrease in attendance from 2014 figures, most likely due to re-stricted sponsored delegates by the SAPS. Delegates included forensic pathology specialists, policy makers, forensic science professionals and the police community. The theme for this year’s conference was ‘The impact of Forensic Evidence on the Criminal Justice System'. Spe-cifically, the Conference program ad-dressed leading practice approaches to integrating techniques into crime scene investigation, and workplace training. It also provided an opportunity to discuss and challenge some current practices, and emerging tools and techniques to drive continuous improve-ment in outcomes for crime investigation, as well as the recruitment and retention of forensic

practitioners. The Conference also pro-vided an important forum in which fo-rensic practitioners, educators, investiga-tors and forensic analysts could share, their experiences and

innovations in the field, and future strate-gies. The conference also helped to support collaboration within and between the SAPS, forensic scientists, forensic educa-tors and pathologists, as well as encourage multi-disciplinary and multisectoral link-ages. This was achieved not only through conference proceedings, but also through good attendance at social events like the Gala dinner. Daily conference highlights: Day 1 The undisputed highlight was the presen-tation by the Adv. G Nel who talked about Experts with integrity: ‘A criminal trial is a very blunt implement for digging out the truth’. He was clear and precise about the fact that truthfulness and integrity are what always wins in court proceedings, and that expert witnesses may come in various forms. Mr M Maloney also presented on the first day. He is a private consultant and trainer who retired from Federal Law Enforce-ment. He has 20 years’ experience in the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). Day 2 There were some very interesting, extra-ordinary cases presented in the form of suicide notes, cybercrime investigation and satanic casework studies, but my highlight for the day was ‘DVI – A Global Perspective’, by Mr H. Way from the UK –Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) pro-ject. He discussed various mass disaster projects and the work they carried out, including that involving the Malaysian flights. I will say that Mr CG Mole and Ms L Coetzee from the Division of forensic pa-thology – University of Cape Town (UCT) did an excellent presentation on the bio-mechanics of blunt force trauma, which aroused a healthy discussion. Day 3 Wednesday began with the DNA Expan-sion presentation by the passionate Ms V Lynch. Later that morning the infamous Dr Klatzow presented his topic in which he warned the audience about DNA, fin-gerprint and other evidence collections not being one hundred percent fool proof. This was very similar to his previous years talk. The afternoon belonged the UCT Division of Forensic Science. Dr M Heyns got the ball rolling with a presentation on the Role of UCT in the fight against crime, and an update on the Masters Programme. Continued on page 5

SAPS CONFERENCE 2015 SAPS Conference 2015

Delegates in session

Advocate Gerrie Nel

Mr Maloney

Mr Mole & Ms Coetzee

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From page 4 A lively debate and discussion on how UCT has got the proper approach to ad-vancing the forensic science ensued. Ms B Davies and Ms L Heathfield presented an excellent ‘Comparison of forensic sciences Academic Training in the USA, UK and SA’. Dr S Maistry, forensic pathologist at UCT shocked the gathering with her experienc-es of the various cases she has been in-volved in her numerous years at the Fo-rensic unit at UCT. The audience clearly realised that it takes a special person to be in the field, and the enormous pressures experienced. Day 4 The final day kicked off with a previous international speaker, Mr J Blozis, who attempted to cover more than 150 slides in crime scene, DNA Collection and preser-vation. Just before lunch, I presented my topic on Dental Identification. It was well received, as per feedback. The focus was on case studies and the details around identification techniques. There were, I am sure, many other numerous excellent presentations. Just too many to discuss in detail here.

Gala Dinner: I must confess this was a glamorous even-ing from the food to the setting to the music. The hall was decorated with beauti-fully laid out tables, and attendees looked gorgeous in their evening dress. I am no fashion police, but some outfits were stunting and hip. The food was excellent, from braised oxtail to salads. One of the highlights I will not forget was the music which was played by two SAPS members. They just seemed to choose songs which were and always will be close to our hearts. Conclusion: All the speakers drew lively portraits of the forensic services situation and reflect-ed a powerful spirit of determination to stop crime and make everything possible so that justice is carried out. There was a sense of ‘We can, and will stop crime get-ting out of control in this country’. We often look down on the SAPS as a flaccid organisation, but the conference shows their determination to fight back this im-pression and all I can say is ‘Well done, and I hope to be there every year!’

Impressions of the 3rd Annual

Forensic Services Conference

From A Forensic Science

Perspective

By Laura Heathfield (Lecturer M

Phil, UCT)

The 3rd Annual Forensic Services conference

hosted by SAPS, 15-19 February 2015, saw a

remarkable 103 papers presented by 108

speakers from numerous institutions in South

Africa and abroad. Among these speakers

were nine from UCT, of which eight were from

the Division of Forensic Medicine. These in-

cluded five academics, two forensic

pathologists and two MPhil students, who

provided a well-rounded taste of the academic

forensics training, service delivery and high

quality research that takes place at UCT.

For many delegates, the highlight of the con

ference was the keynote

address by Advocate

Gerrie Nel, who made his

first public address at a

conference since the State

v Pistorius case. His de

livery focused on the role

of the expert witness in relation to the court-

room and left us with the message: “defend

your opinion; as far as you, with integrity,

can”.

Other highlights included an update of the

DNA Act by Vanessa Lynch, which was passed

on 31 January 2015; several talks by the Sec-

tion Head of the SAPS Investigative Psycholo-

gy Section, Brigadier (Professor) La-

buschagne; and numerous international

speakers such as Mr Michael Maloney, Mr

Jerome Podorski, Mr H Way, Mr M Cariola

and more.

Representatives from companies which sup-

ply forensic-related equipment also had an

opportunity to exhibit their products and

present updates on their latest technology. In

addition, many SAPS personnel from the

Division of Forensic Services presented pa-

pers and posters on their experiences and

findings within the field. The conference thus

provided an ideal platform for the networking

and communication between SAPS, forensic

scientists, academics, doctors, lawyers, Non-

Profit Organisations, forensic suppliers and

students.

Ms Davies & Mr Maloney

Ms Roberts

Dr Alli

Lieutenant General JK

Phahlane

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“Predictive, Preventive, Personalized, and Participatory Medicine”.

By Dr Kaone Panzirah– Mabaka

(Forensic Pathologist, Botswana

Police Services)

I had the opportunity to attend the

2014 UNIPATH conference held in

Pretoria. In addition to networking

with other colleagues in South Africa,

my main aim was to keep up to date

with the current “happenings” in the

world of pathology, considering the

captivating conference theme. This

was the 54th International Congress

of the Federation of South African

Societies of Pathology which was co-

hosted by the University of Pretoria.

The conference took place 19-21 Sep-

tember in the magnificent Pretoria

CSIR International Convention Cen-

tre.

A number of different pathology spe-

cialities were represented at this con-

ference. The theme was “Unipath:

Unifying Pathology and Laboratory

Medicine in the era of P4 Medicine”.

Since P4 Medicine is increasingly

being embraced within the ethos of

medicine, especially diagnostic labor-

atory medicine and pathology, this

was a not a rendezvous to miss. P4

medicine is a short form for

“Predictive, Preventive, Personalized,

and Participatory Medicine”. As stat-

ed by the conference chair, “The

premise of P4 Medicine is that medi-

cal practice over the next 20 years

will be revolutionized by biotechnolo-

gy, to manage a person's health in-

stead of managing a patient's dis-

ease”.

The scientific programme was engag-

ing and highly stimulating. The re-

spective pathology

sub-specialities

had fully packed

scientific programs

with cross-

disciplinary and

cross-cutting presentations from the

fields of Anatomical Pathology, Virol-

ogy, Immunology, Haematopatholo-

gy, Clinical Biochemistry/Chemical

Pathology, Medical Microbiology and

Forensic Pathology. There was a

strong focus on molecular diagnostics

in keeping with the idea of P4 medi-

cine. The conference was divided in

morning plenary sessions and after

tea and noon speciality break-away

sessions.

The plenary sessions were loaded

with topics ranging from The law,

ethics and risk management, Morbid-

ity and pathogenesis of immune fail-

ure in the HAART era, Integrated

diagnostic services for haematological

malignancies, and Phylogenetic epi-

demiology of infections.

The highlight of the plenary session

included introduction to the world of

“omics”. Prof Don Cowan tackled the

topic of “Genomics, the laboratory

and P4 medicine”.

Continued on page 7

UNIPATH 2014

Plenary session

Delegates during a break

Poster session

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“Wrong convictions- how should Forensic Pathol-ogy be responding?”

From page 6

He highlighted the rapidly increasing

scope and speed of genome sequenc-

ing, the dramatic reduction in se-

quencing costs, and the rapid devel-

opment of user-friendly bioinformat-

ics platforms and pipelines which has

opened a new era of opportunities for

genomics research in all fields of biol-

ogy.

Prof Stephen Cordner addressed the

topic “Applying the template of P4

medicine to Forensic pathology”. He

highlighted the difference in applying

P4 in forensic pathology as opposed

to clinical medicine. The issues

around duty of care in forensic pa-

thology were covered, highlighting

the dual responsibility of the practi-

tioner to the state and family.

The take home message here was that

for us forensic pathologists, the en-

gagement with death investigations

makes it difficult for us to fit the field

within the P4 template.

The forensic sections of the break-

away sessions were equally stimulat-

ing. The presentations were largely

didactic and covering topics in law,

ethics, DNA forensic, research pro-

jects and case studies.

The several speakers including re-

searchers from the University of Pre-

toria presented at in the forensic ses-

sions. Postgraduate students were

given ample opportunity to present

their research findings.

My highlight of the forensic sessions

was a presentation by Prof Stephen

Cordner: “Wrong convictions- how

should Forensic Pathology be re-

sponding?”

He discussed and

gave examples of

wrong convictions

exposed by the US

Innocence Project.

He emphasised how this has affected

confidence in the justice system in

the US and across the world. Re-

search has shed light on the reasons

for these wrong convictions; over-

reliance on perpetrator identifica-

tions by witnesses, witnesses, forensic

practitioners and police lying, poor

forensic science and incompetent

defence lawyers.

He revealed that “The Criminal Cases

Review Commission in England” is

perhaps the only governmentally sup-

ported post-conviction review system

in the world. They have recognized

that convictions are not necessarily

reliable, and there needs to be a

mechanism beyond the law for cases

to be reviewed, and possibly sent

back into the courts for re-evaluation.

He further highlighted cases like “The

Goudge Inquiry in Canada”, the Scot-

tish fingerprinting inquiry and prob-

lems at the FBI Forensic Laboratory.

Continued on page 8

UNIPATH 2014

Gala Dinner

Cocktail function

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“I hope to attend many more times.”

From page 7

The question he posed was “What

should we be doing in the discipline

of forensic pathology, to reduce our

contribution to a problem which is

likely to be larger than we think?” He

concluded with a discussion on ways

to minimize the occurrence of bad

forensic pathology.

I also enjoyed the talk on

“Phytotoxicology and herbal intoxica-

tions in South Africa” by Prof Vanessa

Steenkamp. She presented on the

challenging use of traditional reme-

dies (muthi).

The use of muthi is widespread use

throughout South Africa. It has been

estimated that more than 60% of the

population use it as opposed to west-

ern medications. Iatrogenic complica-

tions leading to death may occur in

some cases. However, unlike with

western medicines little information

is available on the clinical effects of

herbal remedies in South Africa. Fur-

thermore, there is a considerable

number of patients that present at

government hospitals after the sus-

pected inappropriate use of tradition-

al remedies. Most attempts to identify

toxic compounds found in traditional

remedies and biological samples have

been unsuccessful.

The reason being that these remedies

contain a vast number of compounds

that need to be analysed using differ-

ent analytical techniques in order to

confirm their presence. She discussed

current methodologies used to detect

the active toxic compounds in herbal

remedies and biological samples ob-

tained from patients.

Apart from this highly scientific pro-

gramme, I had the opportunity to

meet new and old friends from South

Africa and beyond. Some of my col-

leagues in the field included the likes

of Reggie Perumal,

who is an inde-

pendent forensic

pathologist in

South Africa and

also does cases in

Botswana, and old friend Stephen

Cordner from Australia, who hap-

pened to be my mentor and teacher in

forensics. He is passionate about the

formation of forensic societies around

the globe stretching from within Aus-

tralia itself, the Indo-Pacific region

and Africa. He is currently the patron

for the African Society of Forensic

Medicine. I had a reunion with Pro-

fessor Gert Saayman who is a well-

known South African pathologist,

with whom I have had previous inter-

actions at ASFM meetings. Many will

recall him from the high profile case

of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius.

In addition to the above I also had the

opportunity to attend the preconfer-

ence workshop on Anthropology and

ballistics; both run by the well know

departments of human Identification

of the University of Pretoria and the

South African police forensic lab. The

poster sessions were also a educating

and covered a vast array of topics. All

in all, this was a highly memorable

event for me as a first- timer and in-

ternational delegate. I hope to at-

tend many more times. After all,

South Africa is just next- door.

UNIPATH 2014

Kaone is an alumnus of St Georges

Medical University Grenada, and

Monash University Melbourne, having

spent two years at the illustrious Victo-

ria Institute of Forensic Medicine. He

is the former Vice– Chair of the ASFM.

Conference images courtesy of

www.pathconference.com

Sairita, Dr Mugoma my colleague

from Botswana, and I, during one of

the conference breaks

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A 32 year old man died suddenly and unexpectedly. From the history it was reported that he had suffered from new onset seizures (4 months). An autopsy was done and pathology was noted in his cerebellum. Histology shown on right.

Answer: Cerebellar Schisto-

somiasis.

Schistosomiasis (also

known as bilharzia, snail fever,

and Katayama fever is a disease

caused by parasitic worms of the

Schistosoma type. It may infect

the urinary tract, liver or intes-

tines. Rarely the spinal cord and

brain may be affected. Signs and

symptoms may include ab-

dominal pain, diarrhea, bloody

stool, or blood in the urine. In

those who have been infected for

a long time, liver damage, kidney

failure, infertility, or bladder

cancer

may

occur.

In

chil-

dren it

may

cause

poor

growth

and

learning difficulty The disease is

spread by contact with water

that contains the parasites.

These parasites are released

from freshwater snails that have

been infected. The disease is

especially common among chil-

dren in developing countries as

they are more likely to play in

infected water. Other high risk

groups include farmers, fisher-

men, and people using infected

water for their

daily chores.

It belongs to

the group of

helminthic

infections.

Diagnosis is by finding the eggs

of the parasite in a person's

urine or stool. It can also be con-

firmed by finding antibodies

against the disease in the blood.

Schistosomiasis affects almost

210 million people worldwide

and an estimated 12,0000-

200,000 people die from it a

year The disease is most com-

monly found in Africa, as well as

Asia and South America. Schis-

tosomiasis is second only to ma-

laria, as a parasitic disease with

the greatest economic impact.

Types include: haematobium,

mansoni, japonicum, mekongi

and inter-

calatum.

Sites of

infection

Neural schistoso-ma infec-tion is rare and the organism gains ac-cess to the

brain via pulmonary shunts, portopulmonary anastomosis and Batson’s venous plexus (paravertebral venous plexus). Both the brain and the spinal cord can be affected. Schistoso-ma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium usually cause myelopathy, whereas Schistoso-ma japonicum usually causes encephalic disease. Manifestations include:

Acute schistosomal enceph-alopathy

Pseudotumoral schistosomi-asis

Spinal cord schistosomiasis

QUIZ CORNER– FEEDBACK

Schistosoma ova

Low power view of cerebellum

Characteristic granuloma with

eosinophils

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Bronwen Davies holds a Master of

Forensic Science specializing in

Forensic Toxicology from the

George Washington University,

Washington D.C., USA, where she

was a Fulbright Scholar. She also

holds an undergraduate and post-

graduate degree in Chemistry from

University of Cape Town (UCT).

She worked briefly as a researcher

for the Department of Forensic Sci-

ences in Washington D.C. with Dr.

Max Houck, and went on to work in

the Forensic Toxicology Unit of the

D.C. Office of the Chief Medical

Examiner for the duration of her

Masters studies. She currently

works as an assistant lecturer/

researcher in forensic toxicology, in

the Division of Forensic Medicine

and Toxicology at UCT. Her re-

search interests lie primarily within

post-mortem toxicology, drug-

facilitated crime, drugs and driving,

and designer drugs.

STAFF NEWS

Bronwen Davies

Andrew Radloff joined the De-

partment as an intern.

He received his matric certifi-

cate from Lighthouse Centre of

Learning (now Shiloh) and im-

mediately went into an intern-

ship with the Department of

Cultural Affairs and Sport

where he was placed in the Li-

brary Services. He then took a

gap year and decided he wanted

a career in the medical field.

Andrew was recruit-

ted by the Depar-

tment of Health and

was placed in the

UCT Forensic

Pathology Service which got

him all the more interested

in studying medicine.

In his spare time Andrew plays

tennis, does a little athletics and

is an avid motor sport fan.

Andrew is also a regular blood

donor having donated more

than ten times in the four years

since he signed up. He also reg-

ularly provides the music at a

special needs school’s Matric

dances. Andrew Radloff

Welcome, Sondzela Bronwyn and Andrew!

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Siyakwamukela , Welkom Laura and Diana!

Laura Heathfield grew up in Cape Town and matriculated from Wynberg Girls’ High School. She went on to complete a BSc (human physiology and genetics) as well as a BSc (Med) (Hons) in Human Genetics from the University of Cape Town (UCT). For eight months after her Honours degree, Laura worked as a research assistant for the Division of Human Ge-netics UCT, where she was part of the Retinal Degenerative Dis-orders research group.

While working at UCT, Laura received scholarships through Rotary International as well the Oppenheimer Memorial Founda-tion which enabled her to pursue her MSc degree in the UK. She enrolled in the MSc Forensic Sci-ence course at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and grad-uated from this course in 2013.

During her time abroad, Laura completed a research internship at Manlove Forensics Ltd, an independent forensic provider in Oxfordshire, England.

Upon return to South Africa in 2013, Laura joined the Depart-ment of Genetics at the Universi-ty of the Free State (UFS) where she lectured and supervised nu-merous students. In addition, she contributed and partly man-aged the development of the un-dergraduate and honours curric-ulum in Forensic Science at UFS. Laura is now a lecturer at UCT in the Division of Forensic Medi-cine and is simultaneously work-ing towards her PhD. Her re-search interests lie primarily in forensic genetics but also extend to epigenetics and the applica-tion of next generation sequenc-ing to DNA profiling.

Diana Jaravaza (aka dj) is the latest

Medical Officer to join the depart-

ment. She grew up in the sunshine

city of Harare, before leaving for Ga-

Rankuwa, where she studied under-

graduate medicine at the then Medi-

cal University of Southern Africa

(Medunsa), now Sefako Makgatho

University (SMU). This was a forma-

tive experience in fuelling her passion

for pathology. She spent her first two

post-graduate years in the coastal city

of Durban. In mid-

2010 Diana moved

yet again to Wind-

hoek where she

began working as a

junior medical

officer in the forensic pathology de-

partment there. Whilst there she be-

came involved with the African socie-

ty of Forensic Medicine. Through the

society’s affiliation with the Victoria

Institute of Forensic Medicine

(VIFM), she was awarded a scholar-

ship to spend a year in Melbourne at

VIFM, and pursue a Masters of Fo-

rensic Medicine with Monash Univer-

sity. She describes it as a gruelling

but enriching experience.

She has a developing interest in fo-

rensic neuropathology.

Interests include travelling, swim-ming, rugby (former Blue Bulls fan), mentoring and reading for pleasure.

STAFF NEWS

Laura Heathfield

Diana R Jaravaza

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Congratulations to Dr Sipho Mfolozi who was recently awarded a Thuthuka Fellowship grant.

Essentially the grant was awarded by the National Re-search Foundation (NRF) and is called the Thuthuka PhD Track. The NRF make annual calls for applications via the University Research Contracts and Intel-lectual Property Office. The grant is for a period of 5 years

maximum, renewable every year, and provides funding for purchase of research equip-ment, hiring of MSc students, conference travel, accommoda-tion and stipend, lecturer re-placement funding, sabbatical leave and such.

Dr Mfolozi’s research is looking at specific post– mortem computa-tional methods for estimation of time of death.

Sipho Mfolozi

GRANT AWARD

Double congratulations to Dr Mandy

Date– Chong on the birth of her son

Peter, last September, and for her

birthday on the 4th March.

In other news...

UCT Summer School

Congratulations to Dr. Maistry who

was invited to present at Summer

School 2015. The theme of the week

long programme was “The genomic

revolution: where have we come

from; where are we going?”

She shared the stage with renowned

academics, and the highlight was a

talk presented by Vanessa Lynch

the pioneer behind the new DNA

Bill. Each session had a capacity

attendance, with full participation

and extremely positive feedback.

Mr Lennon Martin with

a signed cricket bat

from the 2015 SA vs

West Indies game at

Newlands. Congratula-

tions on winning it!

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DATE PRESENTER

18th February Dr Moller (journal club/review of exam questions for Part 1.

25th February Dr Jaravaza

4th March Dr Mfolozi

11th March Dr Maistry

18 March Teaching Meeting

25th March Dr Kirk (journal club)

1st April Research Meeting

8th April Dr Date Chong

15th April Teaching Meeting

22nd April Dr Alli (journal club)

29th April Laura Heathfield

6th May Dr Liebenberg

13th May Bronwen Davies

20th May Dr Molefe (journal club)

27th May Teaching meeting

3rd June Dr Heyns

10th June Research meeting

17th June Dr Van de Heyde

24th June Dr Moller (journal club)

1st July Dr Jaravaza

Presentations are held in the Divisions’ tutorial room from 12h00– 13h00.

All interested persons are most welcome. CPD Accredited!!!

ACADEMIC PROGRAMME

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BULLETIN BOARD

8 January Sairita

15 January Marise

4 March Mandy

20 March Denise

22 March Omar

4 April Izelle

13 April Tumi

16 April Yolande

29 May Iekram

24 June June

25 July Gavin

STAFF

BIRTHDAY’S

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This is a publication of The Division of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town.

Website:

www.forensicmedicine.uct.ac.za

Email:

Sairita.Maistry@uct.ac.za

CONTACT US

Division of Forensic Medicine

Faculty of Health Sciences

Falmouth Building, Entrance 3,

level 1

University of Cape Town

Anzio Road

Observatory

7925

Postal:

PO Box 13914

Mowbray 7705

Tel: 021 406 6412

Fax: 021 448 1249

EDITORIAL TEAM

Gavin, Sairita and Diana