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Table of contents

Name Surname Title Degree Institution
Posters – PostDoc
Frans Everson A first-line fixed-dose combination ART regimen containing PostDoc CARMA/SU
Efavirenz/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir exhibit beneficial effects
on retinal microvascular calibre in a South African HIV-
infected study population
Posters – PhD category
Melvi Todd Consumers’ understanding of front-of-pack labels on food PhD ARC/SU
packages: A mixed methods study in South Africa
Carol Mahachi Proteolytic markers associated with kidney disease in HIV PhD SU
positive individuals before initiation of anti-retroviral therapy
(ART)
Posters – MSc category
Matladi Masete Metabolic and microRNA expression differences in MSc BRIP/UP
pregnancies complicated by diabetes mellitus
Amanda Menzele Hyperglycaemia-induced impairment of the autorrhythmicity MSc UCT
of mouse embryonic stem cell derived cardiomyocytes

Dintle Molopi The vascular and endothelial effects of HIV, antiretroviral MSc CARMA/SU
therapy, and rooibos – Functional effects and mechanism
Sharnay Naidoo Coenzyme Q10 attenuates doxorubicin-induced MSc BRIP/CARMA/SU
cardiotoxicity in an in vitro H9c2 cell model
Boipelo Kgokane Cardiovascular risk in people living with HIV/AIDS on MSc CARMA/SU
antiretroviral therapy (ART): Does endothelial function play
a possible role? Results from the EndoAfrica study

Mante Kgakishe Momordica cardiospermoides crude methanolic leaf MSc UL
extract downregulates MMP-2, MMP-9 and serpin E1 and
upregulates TIMP-1 protein expression in MDA-MB-231
breast cancer cells
Nnini Obonye The effect of an aspalathin-rich rooibos extract on MSc BRIP/CARMA/SU
lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation in myoblasts