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FACULTY OF health scienceS
The Department continues to contribute to the development
of the professions. Sinegugu Duma is Chair of the
Accreditation Committee of the South African Nursing
Council. Shajila Singh is the Chair of the Professional
Board for Speech, Language and Hearing Professions.
Michelle Pascoe is Chief Editor of the South African
Journal of Communication Disorders. Harsha Kathard,
Vivienne Norman (co-Editor), and Lucretia Petersen are
on the Editorial Board for the South African Journal of
Communication Disorders. Harsha Kathard is on the Editorial
Board for the South African Medical Journal. Michelle
Pascoe also serves on the Editorial Board for Child Language
Teaching and Therapy. Nicki Fouche remains as the Editor for
Nursing Science for The Southern African Journal of Critical
Care. Seyidele Amosun and Jennifer Jelsma are on the
Editorial Board of the South African Journal of Physiotherapy,
and Theresa Burgess is on the Editorial Board for the South
African Journal of Sports Medicine.
DepartmentAL Statistics
Staff
Professor
2
Associate Professor
10
Senior Lecturer & Lecturer
20
Part-time Lecturer
4
Clinical Educator
24
Technical and Support Staff
1
Administrative and Clerical Staff
12
Total
73
Students
Doctoral
16
Master’s
82
Postgraduate Diplomas
67
Undergraduate
583
Total
748
Research staff and Interests
Professor S.L. Amosun
Non-communicable diseases; disability prevention and
health promotion
Ms Helen Buchanan
Evidenced based practice
Dr Theresa Burgess
Muscle damage and endurance exercise; clinical sports
physiotherapy; bioethics
Ms Lizahn Cloete
Occupation of mothers of children with Foetal Alcohol
Syndrome
Associate Professor Sheila Clow
Midwifery; women’s health care; intrapartum care;
mentorship
Associate Professor Sinegugu Duma
Interplay between HIV and gender-based violence; sexual
assault; and curriculum development.
Associate Professor Eve Duncan
Chronic poverty; psychiatric disability and human
occupation; professional education
Ms Gillian Ferguson
HIV; paediatric motor assessment and rehabilitation
Ms Nicki Fouche
Lived experiences in the care of patients in the Intensive
Care Units
Associate Professor Roshan Galvaan
Determinants of occupation in youth
Dr Micheal Harty
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and
family-centred intervention practices
Ms Candice Hendricks
Rehabilitation of sports-related orthopaedic and
neuromusculoskeletal conditions
Professor Jennifer Jelsma
Function in children with HIV/AIDS; health related quality
of life; living conditions of people with disabilities; use of
the ICF
Associate Professor Harsha Kathard
Communication impairment; disability and service delivery
Associate Professor Doris Khalil
Violence in nursing; community based management
of HIV/AIDS and TB
Dr Una Kyriacos
Role of biosciences in clinical nursing education;
ophthalmic nursing; preparation of nurse educators
Associate Professor Theresa Lorenzo
Disability rights and equity for youth and women;
community based rehabilitation
Ms Soraya Maart
Incontinence and sexual dysfunction amongst sexually
abused persons; HIV and community empowerment