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RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
AND UNITS WITHIN THE SAMRC
Intramural and extramural research units constitute our six research programmes. Intramural Research Units
(IRUs) are based at the SAMRC campuses, and the scientists are directly employed by the organisation.
Extramural Research Units (ERUs) enable scientists based at tertiary institutions to conduct research funded by
the SAMRC. The research programmes and units are specified as follows:
Health promotion and disease prevention RESEARCH PROGRAMME 1
NSDA 1: INCREASING LIFE EXPECTANCY
RESEARCH UNITS
1 Antimicrobial Resistance and Global Health 6 Mental Health, Alcohol, Substance Use and Tobacco
Research Unit (IRU)
Research Unit (ERU)
2 Centre for Health Economics and Decision 7 Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Research
Science-Research Unit (ERU) Unit (ERU)
3 Environment and Health Research Unit (IRU) 8 Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit (IRU)
4 Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease 9 Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders Research
Research Unit (ERU) Unit (ERU)
5 Masculinity and Health Research Unit (ERU) 10 Rural Public Health and Health Transition Research
Unit (ERU)
Maternal, child and women’s health RESEARCH PROGRAMME 2
NSDA 2: DECREASING MATERNAL AND CHILD MORTALITY
RESEARCH UNITS
1 Child and Adolescent Lung Health Research 3 Gender and Health Research Unit (IRU)
Unit (ERU)
2 Development Pathways for Health Research 4 Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Research
Unit (ERU) Unit (ERU)
HIV, AIDS, TB and other communicable diseases RESEARCH PROGRAMME 3
NSDA 3: COMBATING HIV AND AIDS, AND DECREASING THE BURDEN OF DISEASE FROM TB
RESEARCH UNITS
1 Antibody Immunity Research Unit (ERU) 6 Intersection of Non-Communicable Disease and
Infectious Disease Research Unit (ERU)
2 Centre for the Study of Antimicrobial Resistance 7 Malaria Research Group (IRU)
Research Unit (ERU)
3 Centre for Tuberculosis Research Unit (IRU) 8 Office of AIDS and TB Research (IRU)
4 HIV and other Infectious Diseases Research 9 TB Platform (IRU)
Unit (IRU)
5 HIV-TB Pathogenesis and Treatment Research 10 Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research
Unit (ERU) Unit (ERU)
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