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FACULTY OF health scienceS
aetiology of obesity and insulin sensitivity in black
and white African women.
• Addison’s Disease:
Cardiovascular risk factors
in Addison’s disease has been investigated in
collaboration with the University of Gothenberg. The
impact of glucocorticoid receptor polymorphisms
on cardiovascular risk factors has been assessed in
Addison’s disease.
• Health Systems Research:
The Division collaborates
in projects being conducted by the Chronic Diseases
Initiative in Africa. These include: a pragmatic cluster
randomised trial of an integrated guideline for the
management of diabetes and other chronic diseases
is in primary care centre, a randomised controlled
trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a group diabetic
education programme using motivational interviewing
in underserved communities; and the development of
a resource package for primary health care providers
and community health workers to enable them to offer
brief counselling on lifestyle.
Divisional Statistics
Permanent and Long-term Contract Staff
Professor
1
Professor (visiting )
1
Senior Lecturers
2
Senior Registrar in Training
1
Medical Officer (sessional)
1
Diabetes Specialist Nurse
2
Administrative and Clerical Staff
1
Total
8
Research Fields and Staff
Professor N S Levitt
Diabetes and hypertension health systems research,
diabetes burden of disease, mechanisms underlying the
metabolic sequelae of obesity, metabolic consequences
of HAART
Professor K Steyn
Hypertension health systems research, burden of chronic
disease and smoking in pregnancy
Dr I L Ross
National registry for Study of Addison’s Disease and
polyglandular autoimmune syndrome
Dr J Dave
Incidence of osteoporosis and vertebral fractures in patents
with inflammatory bowel disease Metabolic consequences
of antiretroviral therapy
Contact Details
Postal Address: Divisions of Endocrinology and Diabetic
Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health
Sciences, Observatory, 7925
Telephone: +27 21 406 6140
Fax: +27 21 406 6513
E-mail: susan.botha@uct.ac.za
Division of Gastroenterology
(Gastrointestinal Clinic)
Head of GI Clinic: Professor S. Thomson
Divisional Profile
The Gastrointestinal Clinic is a multi-disciplinary clinical
unit consisting of Medical and Surgical components. This
report primarily reflects the Medical component. The
Clinic carries a large clinical load and offers a number of
specialised services, with clinical and applied research
interests in: Hepatobiliary disease; Colorectal disease;
Oesophageal disease; Inflammatory bowel disease;
H.pylori
related disease; and Nutrition. The Clinic is
involved in a number of collaborative research projects.
Divisional Statistics
Permanent and Long-term Contract Staff
Lecturers
5
Research Staff
1
Administrative and Clerical Staff
1
Total
5
Students
Master’s
4
Research Fields and Staff
Dr Gill Watermeyer:
Risk of malignancy in
inflammatory bowel disease treated with Azathioprine or
6-Mercaptopurine; Predicting bad outcome in Crohn’s
disease; drug trials – various
Dr Dion Levin:
Bleeding Peptic Ulcer Disease;
Helicobacter.pylori
testing.
Dr Naayil Rajabally:
Clostridium difficile in IBD.
Dr Eduan Deetlefs:
TB in IBD