Thu, 02 Mar 2017 - 10:45
Dr Frederic Nduhirabandi, a postdoctoral researcher at the Hatter Institute, visited a European Research Council (ERC)-funded laboratory in Netherlands in the context of a newly initiated partnership between National Research Foundation (NRF) and ERC.
Thu, 10 Nov 2016 - 10:45
Prof. Karen Sliwa gave the prestigious Academy of Sciences-The Lancet International Health lecture at the Wellcome Collection Centre in London, 25th October 2016.
Mon, 17 Oct 2016 - 07:30
The Heart of Africa book was lunched on Wednesday 12th October 2016 at the 2nd Douala Medical Research Day, Douala Hospital, Cameroon.
Tue, 06 Sep 2016 - 08:45
Johanna Ralston, CEO of the World Heart Federation made an announcement at its General Assembly which was held during the recent World Congress of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Heath 2016 that, Prof Karen Sliwa of South Africa has been elected by the membership as President-Elect of the Federation, marking two firsts: she is the first female president and the first from the African Continent.
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 - 09:15
Prof Sliwa, Dr Feriel Azibani (Post-doctoral Research fellow) & Olivia Briton (Project Coordinator) attended the 3rd World Congress on Acute Heart Failure, where Prof Sliwa presented the recently published results of the BAHEF study (European Journal of Heart Failure (2016)doi:10.1002/ejhf.581) in a Late Breaking Trial session as well as a talk on ‘Valvular disease in Pregnancy’ during the ‘Cardiac challenges in Pregnancy’ session.
Mon, 16 May 2016 - 12:00
In May 2016 Prof. Karen Sliwa welcomed Prof Derek Yellon and Prof Bernard Gersh, board members of the Hatter Institute during their visit at the Institute.
Mon, 16 May 2016 - 09:45
Prof. Karen Sliwa held the Pan-African Cardiac Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Task Force meeting jointly with the first Tanzania Cardiac Conference in Dar Es Salaam (20-22 April 2016).
Tue, 15 Mar 2016 - 09:15
Congratulations are in order to Hatter Institute’s soccer team affectionately known as Mad Hatters, for winning the best dressed team in an annual IDM soccer tournament held on Friday March 11, 2016. The award carried a prize of R500.
Fri, 04 Mar 2016 - 10:00
Hatter Institute for Cardiology Research in Africa would like to congratulate Prof. Karen Sliwa-Hahnle for achieving the 2015/2016 Life-time Achiever award.
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 - 08:45
Nicholas Woudberg, 2nd year PhD student, in the Cardioprotection Group, Hatter Institute, Department of Medicine, UCT, recently attended the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research meeting held in Fribourg, Switzerland from the 14th to the 15th of January 2016.
Fri, 27 Nov 2015 - 07:00
Dr Roisin Kelly-Laubscher received the prize for the most outstanding scientific publication in the Cardiovascular Journal of Africa for 2014.
Fri, 27 Nov 2015 - 07:00
In October 2015, the Deputy Vice Chancellor Francis Peterson , Prof Lionel Opie and multiple researchers from different Institutions in the Western Cape gathered together to celebrate the opening of the new Lionel Opie Preclinical Imaging Core Facility at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town.