#WorldSuicidePreventionDay: To understand suicide through the latest research and some startling statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO) read the latest #Curiosity: #Mood story: wits.ac.za/curiosity/stor… .Wits University staff and students, visit wits.ac.za/ccdu/counselli… or SADAG for help

Important work by Dr Ryan G Wagner and team.

Thanks King David & Ivan Rodriguez for celebrating UN International Day of Older Persons and discussing ongoing work on cognition in the elderly Wits_News Wits School of Public Health MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit

Celebrating UN International Day of Older Persons by discussing research in MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit on cognition in older, rural South Africans on SABC News as part of HAALSI study (haalsi.org), DSTV channel 404 @ 6:15pm Wits School of Public Health Wits_News Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Harvard Pop Center (@HarvardPopCenter on bsky)

Could a community health worker intervention improve epilepsy care in rural SA? Well, we found it to be cost-effective in a CEA published today in Epilepsia ...onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit Wits School of Public Health Wits_News International League Against Epilepsy Dr Melanie Bertram

Our new research published today in BMJ Global Health found CVD risk factors and 10-year risk to vary across 4 African countries...and across CVD risk algorithms...work from the #AWIGen study. gh.bmj.com/content/6/1/e0… Justine Ina Davies INDEPTH Network (official) MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit Wits School of Public Health Human Heredity and Health in Africa

📢Wits University received over 70 000 applications for just over 5 000 available first year places. Almost all first year students have been registered. These students will also be given preference in terms of residence placement. Read more: wits.ac.za/news/latest-ne…

📢#DidYouKnow: Wits has made available a Wits Hardship Fund worth R10 million to assist students who are experiencing financial hardship. Read more facts: wits.ac.za/news/latest-ne…

📢#DidYouKnow: Wits administers over R1 billion in financial aid and scholarships every year, of which R100 million is funded from the Wits Council budget. In 2020, approximately 900 students were assisted through the Wits Hardship Fund. Read more facts: wits.ac.za/news/latest-ne…

📢#DidYouKnow: Wits provided significant rebates to students for the 2020 academic year to help mitigate against the effects of the pandemic, insofar as possible. Wits is doing all that it can to assist students who are in genuine need. Read more facts: wits.ac.za/news/latest-ne…

[ON AIR] Today on our #WeeklyHealth #CheckIn we discuss #Epilepsy, its causes and treatments. To share more about this Sechaba Gqeba is joined by Dr Ryan Wagner -Research fellow at the MRC/Wits Agincourt Research Unit. Questions for him? Call 011 714 2006 #SAfmLivingRedefined

Congratulations! Also to Prof Kathy Kahn who also made the list. Ryan G Wagner

[ON AIR]Baboushka and Peter Ndoro speaks to Senior Research Fellow at the Medical Research Council Wits University, Dr Ryan Wagner about the fifteen traditional healers in South Africa empowered to conduct HIV testing and refer those positive for treatment. #RiseandShine

Good work!

Very important work. Well done to the Healers!

Well done to Drs Ryan G Wagner/ @carolyn_audet and team on this groundbreaking initiative. Read all about it on todays paper! 🗞️

A unique aspect of #neurologyresidency at Barrow is our #globalneurology program. Together w/ Wits University, we’ve developed a scalable global model for education, clinical service, & research with an initial focus on building capacity in epilepsy, stroke, & neurocritical care.

🌟 Fezile Wagner, who leads Wits' Analytics and Institutional Research Unit, is a finalist in the HER-SA Awards. This recognition highlights her outstanding contributions to higher education research and the significant impact of her work within the University and the broader

[Meet] Dr Fezile Wagner, a nominee for the TW Kambule-NSTF Award: Emerging Researcher of the prestigious NSTF-South32 Awards – the Science Oscars of South Africa (SA). The Awards recognise outstanding contributions to #science, #engineering, #technology and #innovation in SA