On Friday the 9th of June 2023, the first cohort of students of the Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation (CSSFF)-SAMRC Studentship Programme received their certificate after completing the introductory training course in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The CSSFF-SAMRC capacity development programme aims to grow the next generation of biopharmaceutical manufacturing professionals, researchers, and technical experts needed to establish an industry in (South) Africa
- The South African Medical Research Council is committed to health systems strengthening by contributing towards the evidence base for national, regional and international health-care decision making in seeking to address today’s most pressing health challenges
- As part of the SAMRC’s contribution to research and knowledge translation, the organisation engaged with close to 1000 learners from Thohoyandou and the surrounds when the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) launched the 2023 instalment of National Science Week (NSW) at the University of Venda on Saturday, 22 July 2023
- International Mandela Day is a global observance celebrated on July 18th each year to honour the legacy of Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa and renowned anti-apartheid leader. July 18 is Mandela’s birthday and he would be turning 105 today
- As part of research and knowledge translation efforts, the SAMRC/CPUT Cardiometabolic Health Research Unit represented by Professor Glenda Davison attended the 36th International Symposium on Technological Innovations in Haematology.