Division of Medical Physiology
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Class of 2025
?Chelsi FORTUIN
Email: 18276407@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc (Medical Bioscience), BSc Honours (Medical physiology) and MSc (Medical Physiology)
Research Group: Neuroscience Research Group
Research Project: Exploratory Study Investigating Differentially Methylated Genes in Adults with Depression and Anxiety: Epigenetic Links Shared Between Childhood Trauma, Mental Health, and Cardiometabolic Risk
Supervisor: Dr Lihle Qulu?. and co-supervisors Prof. Sian Hemmings and Dr Jani N?thling
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Yashthi RAMSUNDER
Email: 21911886@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc (Human Life Science), BSc Honours (Medical Physiology) and MSc (Medical physiology-Cum laude)
Research Group: Stellenbosch 肆客足球 Reproductive Research Group (SURRG)
Research Project: Beyond psychiatric care: Investigating Olanzapine's effect on male fertility potential by expanding on the role of septin proteins.
Supervisor(s): Dr Hanél Sadie-Van Gijsen and co-supervisor Prof. Liana Maree
Barend GROENEWALD
Email: 20697163@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc (Human Life Science), BSc Honours (Medical Physiology-Cum Laude) and MSc (Medical physiology-Cum laude)
Research Group: Biomedical Research and Innovative Platform (BRIP)
Research Project: The potential of human derived corneal epithelial spheroids to study limbal stem cell deficiency
Supervisor(s): Dr Nireshni Chellan and co-supervisors Dr Marguerite Blignaut and Prof. Ben Loos
Hannah FOKKENS

Qualifications: BMedSci (Physiology-Cum Laude), BSc Honours (Medical Physiology-Cum laude) and MSc (Medical Physiology-Cum laude)
Joshua MATTHEE

Lindokuhle NGUBANE

Qualifications: BSc (Biomolecular of Technology), BSc Honours (Medical Physiology) and MSc (Medical Physiology)

Research Project: Modulating maternal health as a strategy to mitigate metabolic disease in offspring– a mechanistic study
Supervisor(s): Dr Sylvia Riedel and co-supervisors Prof. Carmen Pheiffer and Prof. Hans Strijdom

Qualifications: BSc (Human Life Sciences), BSc Honours (Medical Physiology), MSc (Medical Physiology)?
Vuyolwethu? MBOMBELA
Email: vuyolm@sun.ac.za?
Qualifications: ?
Research Group: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA)
Research Project: Characterizing and comparing the effects of Olanzapine on systemic metabolism as modelled in male and female Westar rat white adipose tissue inflammation and bioenergetics
Supervisor: Dr Hanél Sadie van Gijsen

Qualifications: BSc (Biochemistry and Microbiology), BSc Honours (Molecular Biochemistry) and MSc (Medical Physiology)?

Qualifications: BSc (Human Life Science), BSc Honours (Biochemistry) ? and MSc (Medical Physiology- Cum laude)?