Barend GROENEWALD
Email: 20697163@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc Human Life Sciences (SU); BScHons Medical Physiology (cum lauded) (SU)
Research Group: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA)
Project title: Establishment of a novel, insulin resistant, high throughput H9c2 cardiomyoblast spheroid model.
Supervisors: Dr M Blignaut, Dr Chellan & Prof B Huisman
Sara SHABOODIEN
Email: 21304637@sun.ac.za
Qualification: BSc (Human Life Science), BSc Hons. (Medical Physiology - Cum Laude)
Research: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA)
Project: The novel effect of Aspalathus Linearis (Rooibos) on platelet derived growth factor-induced proliferation of rat pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (RPASMC)
Supervisor: Dr G Maarman and Dr E Marais
Hannah FOKKENS
Email: 21992649@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BMedSci Physiology (UKZN), BSc Hons Medical Physiology (SU)
Research group: BRIP Cardio-metabolic group
Project title: Understanding the genetic basis of hypertension in an African population.
Supervisors: Prof R Johnson, Dr JR Sharma
Dr Steve JACOBS
Email: steve04jacobs@gmail.com
Qualifications: MBChB (Stellenbosch), BSc Hons (Medical Physiology)
Research group: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA)
Project title: Investigating the involvement of pro-inflammatory and endothelial dysfunction markers in the progression of tuberculosis to pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Supervisors: Dr Gerald Maarman
Yashthi RAMSUNDER
Email: 21911886@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc (Human Life Sciences) and BSc Hons (Medical Physiology).
Research group: Stellenbosch University Reproductive Research Group (SURRG).
Project title: The effect of stress on male fertility.
Supervisors: Dr. B Skosana.
Corné GROBLER
Email: 21555168@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc (Human Life Sciences with Psychology), BSc Hons (Medical Physiology)
Research group: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA)
Project title: The activation of ATM in response to exercise: evaluation of cardiac ATM expression in a male Wistar rat model of exercise compared to no exercise fed a normal or high fat diet.
Supervisors: Prof. B. Huisamen and co-Supervisor: Dr. M. Blignaut
Candice FEBRUARIE
Email: Februariec@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc Hons Molecular Biology
Research group: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA) and VuyoLab
Project title: Molecular mechanisms of first line TB-drug induced cardiotoxicity in a differentiated H9c2 rat ventricular cardiomyoblast model.
Supervisors: Dr V Mavumengwana (SAMRC) and Co-supervisors: Dr Lucinda Baatjies, Dr Marguerite Blignaut and Mr Kudzanai Tapfuma.
Caitlin ODENDAAL
Email: 21606005@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc Human Life Sciences (Biology); BSc Hons. Physiology
Research group: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA)
Project title: Getting to the heart of chronic stress: an assessment of the effects on mitochondrial function and dynamics
Supervisor: Prof MF Essop and Co-supervisors: Dr G Maarman; Dr D Joseph
Ayesha Rasheed SHAIK
Email: 20150113@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc Human Life Sciences (SU), BSc Hons Physiology (SU).
Research group: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA) and Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform (BRIP).
Project title: Investigating DNA methylation of metabolic and inflammatory genes with therapeutic potential for obesity: A cohort study in South African women.
Supervisors: Dr T Willmer (SAMRC) and Co-supervisors: Prof C Pheiffer (SAMRC) and Prof MF Essop (CARMA).
Cassidy O'BRIEN
Email: 20880081@sun.ac.za or cassidyobrien4@gmail.com
Qualifications: Certificate in entrepreneurship, BSc human life sciences (with psychology), Hons physiological sciences.
Research group: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA)
Project title: Explaining the role of nonoxidative glucose pathways in terms of stress-related rat endothelial dysfunction.
Supervisors: Prof. MF Essop
Rudzani RAMASHIA
Email: 25505963@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc (Biochemistry and Microbiology), BSc Hons (Molecular Biochemistry).
Research group: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA).
Project title: Investigating the efficacy of novel curcumin derivatives on skeletal muscle insulin resistance.
Supervisors: Dr Babalwa Jack (SAMRC), Prof Carmen Pheiffer (SAMRC), Dr Shantel Windvolgel (SU), and Prof Salam Titinchi (UWC).
Logan SMITH
Email: 21166978@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc Human Life Sciences with Psychology, BSc (Hons) Physiological Sciences.
Research group: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA).
Project title: Establishing a specific, accurate, high-throughput and reproducible method for the ID of novel biomarkers which links chronic psychosocial stress and disease onset.
Supervisors: Prof MF Essop; Co-supervisors: Dr Mare Vlok, Dr Danzil Joseph.
Minette VANWYK
Email: Minette@vanwykmail.co.za
Qualifications: BSc Human Life Sciences with Psychology; BSc (Hons) Physiological Sciences
Research group: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA)
Project title: Establishing and validating an in vivo model of chronic restraint stress in male and female wistar rats
Supervisors: Prof MF Essop; Co- supervisor: Dr Danzil Joseph
Thato KGATLA
Email: 20442807@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc (Molecular and Life Sciences), Honours (Physiology, Cum Laude)
Research group: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA)
Project title: Investigating the novel role of metallothioneins in Rooibos-induced cardioprotection using a cardiomyoblast model of Angiotensin-II induced hypertrophy and apoptosis..
Supervisors: Dr Gerald Maarman and co-Supervisor: Prof R Johnson (SAMRC)
Sharnay NAIDOO
Email: 19358784@sun.ac.za
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Supervisors: Prof R Johnson
