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Table 11: SAMRC Intramural and Extramural Research Units to the research programmes
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SAMRC UNIT/PLATFORM/
RESEARCH SUB- SAMRC RESEARCH UNITS/PLATFORMS/ OFFICE/CENTRE
PROGRAMMES OFFICES/CENTRES DIRECTOR INSTITUTION

Health systems Biostatistics Research Unit T Reddy Intramural Research Unit
strengthening
Burden of Disease Research Unit R Matzopoulos Intramural Research Unit
Health Services to Systems Research Unit A George University of the Western
Cape
Health Systems Research Unit T Kredo Intramural Research Unit
Cochrane South Africa M Engel Intramural Research Unit
Public health Drug Discovery and Development Research K Chibale University of Cape Town
innovation Unit
Herbal Drugs Research Unit A Viljoen Tshwane University of
Technology
Primate Unit and Delft Animal Center Platform C Chauke Intramural Platform
Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform R Johnson Intramural Platform
Pan African Center for Epidemics Research R Phaswana-Mafuya University of
Unit Johannesburg
Genomics Platform C Kinnear Intramural Platform
Biomedical Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit P Arbuthnot University of the
research Witwatersrand

Wound and Keloid Scarring Translational N Khumalo University of Cape Town
Research Unit
Genomics of Brain Disorders Research Unit S Seedat Stellenbosch University
Precision Oncology Research Unit Z Dlamini University of Pretoria
Cardiometabolic Health Research Unit T Matsha Cape Peninsula University
of Technology

Platform for Pharmacogenomics Research and C Dandara University of Cape Town
Translation Research Unit

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