Prof. Busisiwe Ncama
Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Head of College
Contact Details
PA/Secretary: Mrs Mhlophe Sithole
Email: sitholem1@ukzn.ac.za
Telephone: +27 31 2602798
Email: ncamab@ukzn.ac.za
Full Profile
Email: sitholem1@ukzn.ac.za
Telephone: +27 31 2602798
Email: ncamab@ukzn.ac.za
Welcome Message from the DVC
Welcome to the College of Health Sciences and we are one of the four Colleges that form the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). Our College is devoted to global excellence by preparing professional health care providers/researchers.
Our college consists of four Schools namely:
The College of Health Sciences is a multi-professional institution spread across four of the five campuses of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Its excellent scholars function holistically, ethically and in a socially responsive manner within the African health care environment while actively engaging international collaboration and partnerships for education, research and service.
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May 6, 2019
Graduate Feels at “Home” while Doing Community Service
‘Newcastle is a fast-growing centre and I like the fact it doesn’t only remind me of home but also feels...
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May 6, 2019
Pharmacy Students Benefit from Clinical Training at Newcastle Hospital
Newcastle’s Madadeni Hospital Pharmacy staff were overjoyed to be given the opportunity of hosting UKZN final-year Pharmacy students doing their...
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May 6, 2019
Izinga le-WHO lesiKhungo Senqubo Yamakhathakhatha
Click here for English version Ibamba likaSekelashansela, uSolwazi Nana Poku, wesese ngokuzwa izindaba zokuthi i-Centre for Pharmaceutical Policy and Evidence-based...
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May 6, 2019
Latest Developments in AIDS Research Outlined at UKZN Seminar
Professor Tokameh Mahmoudi, an Associate Professor of Biochemistry at Erasmus MC in Rotterdam in The Netherlands, outlined the findings of...
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May 6, 2019
First-Year Students Introduced to Financial Aid Programme
The Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme (ISFAP) held a special event to welcome first-year students who recently obtained ISFAP grant...
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May 6, 2019
s Orientation programme. College of Health Sciences’ Registrars Orientation a Success
The College of Health Sciences (CHS) held a successful Registrars Orientation event sponsored by Investec. The CHS held its first...
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May 6, 2019
Young Doctor Recounts Personal Struggle with TB
It was hell – a daily dose of it. This is how Dr Zolelwa Sifumba - who was diagnosed with...
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May 6, 2019
Usosayensi Ovelele wase-UKZN Ukhethelwe Enhlanganweni Ehlonishwayo
Click here for English version U-Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) wase-UKZN, uSolwazi Salim Abdool Karim, uqokelwe kwesokuba yi-Fellow yase-Royal Society in Britain– okuyisikhungo...
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April 9, 2019
Senior PhD A First for College of Health Sciences
Dr Ismail Bhorat, Honorary Clinical Fellow at UKZN and Head of Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital’s Foetal Unit is the first person to...
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April 9, 2019
UKZN Produces its First African Female Psychiatrist with a PhD
UKZN has produced its first African female Psychiatrist with a PhD. Dr Sibongile Mashaphu’s study tested a behavioral intervention among serodiscordant...
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April 9, 2019
Disability No Match for Top Student
Partially blind Physiotherapy graduate, Mr Meluleki Thethwayo’s dream came true when he was named one of the top three students...
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March 29, 2019
Ground-breaking Research Gets to the Root of Permanent Hair Loss Amongst African Women
Professor Ncoza Dlova, the Dean of UKZN’s School of Clinical Medicine and internationally renowned Dermatologist, through her global collaborative work...
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March 29, 2019
Ucwaningo Luthole Ukuthi Kunesidingo Sokwandisa Ukuphepha Ekubeletheni Ngomthungo e-Afrika
Click here for English version Imiphumela yocwaningo luqhakambise isidingo sokwandiswa kokuphepha ngesikhathi sokubeletha ngomthungo. U-Dkt David Bishop, oyi-Honorary Clinical Associate eMnyangweni...
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March 22, 2019
Antibiotics Changed the World: Mathibe
University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences academic, Rev Dr Lehlohonolo Mathibe, recently told KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Region’s South African Society...
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March 22, 2019
Audiology Students Commemorate World Hearing Day
Third-year Audiology students commemorated World Hearing Day at a Durban special school on World Hearing Day celebrated on 3 March...
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