📢 New paper out in Medical Engineering & Physics! We modelled an IM autoinjector using CFD to study how viscosity, needle geometry & volume affect injection efficiency. Sivarasu et al. (2025) 🔗 lnkd.in/dUNhp8Ak Thanks to National Research Foundation of South Africa & DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION ! UCT Health Sciences

𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐉𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨! Join the Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (BMERC) / UCT MedTech team in wishing our interns from the University of Toronto farewell as their time with us comes to a

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤: 𝐔𝐂𝐓 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 The Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (BMERC) / UCT MedTech team is proud to present our winter newsletter, marking the halfway point of a successful 2025! "I extend my sincere

The UCT MedTech Winter Newsletter is out! From ISO 13485 accreditation ✅ to hosting World Health Organization (WHO) #HTAP and celebrating our incredible students, interns & staff — 2025 is shaping up strong. shorturl.at/lp2wx Grateful to @dsigovza National Research Foundation of South Africa @MerSETA and UCT for support.

𝐔𝐂𝐓 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐈𝐓 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 The Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (BMERC) / UCT MedTech team are happy to welcome students from Harvard and MIT today with the UCT Global Surgery Division's Moses Isiagi. Myra

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓! From 4 to 9 August the South Africa Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA), a business unit of the National Research Foundation (NRF) has invited South Africans to close the gap between society and

Excited to announce a new MOU between UCT MedTech/UCT & Western Cape Govt (DoH & OPC)! This public-private partnership boosts assistive tech, clinical trials & student training — right in time for National Research Foundation of South Africa DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION #NationalScienceWeek! #MedTech #RehabInnovation

𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐔𝐂𝐓 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫? Now that our mid-year Newsletter is out, we want to hear from you! Would you be interested in subscribing to receive our newsletters via email? If you'd like to join our mailing list,

𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐚, 𝐔𝐂𝐓 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡'𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 Here, Magara tells us more about using AI to improve health technology and his time at UCT MedTech so far! Working under Dr. Bessie Malila (University of Johannesburg); Dr. Lamees

𝐀 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 #𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌 Tomorrow is National Women's Day, and we'd like to take a moment to celebrate our #WomenInSTEM! The women at UCT MedTech are forging ahead in the industry of health technology, paving the way

Mr Jonathan Oehley received a #NRFawards2025 Research Excellence Award for Next Generation Researchers in recognition of outstanding academic performance by a final-year doctoral student. Congratulations, Mr Oehley. Read more here: nrf.ac.za/2025-nrf-award…

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐞𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐑𝐅 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭-𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓! The Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (BMERC) /

🎉 Congrats to Jonathan Oehley on winning the DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION National Research Foundation of South Africa Research Excellence Award for Next-Generation Researcher 2025! Proud moment for UCT MedTech / BMERC. Well-deserved, Jonti! 🔗 lnkd.in/d6FBsMC5 UCT Postgrad Studies UCT Health Sciences UCT Research UCT UCT Human Biology

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐜𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐔𝐂𝐓 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐁𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫! We are excited to share that the Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (BMERC) / UCT MedTech has appointed Liam

Terrific to be featured and recognised for the research I am doing!

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐉 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 The University of

𝐃𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐣𝐡, 𝐔𝐕𝐔 𝐁𝐢𝐨 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐔𝐂𝐓 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 The Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (BMERC) / UCT MedTech team are thrilled to have Dheepak Maharajh, UVU Bio (UVU Africa) CEO, visit our research centre. An expert Bioprocess

𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦: 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐒𝐎 𝟏𝟑𝟒𝟖𝟓 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 The Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (BMERC) / UCT MedTech team have been dedicated to upholding the gold