Moving can change the conditions that shape health, so health and social policy must plan for a mobile population.
University of the Witwatersrand
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, also known as Wits University, is a leading, internationally-ranked, research-intensive university located in Johannesburg, South Africa, the economic heartland of Africa. Committed to academic and research excellence and social justice, Wits generates high level scarce skills for a globally competitive world, while addressing local social and economic development. At the forefront of a changing society, Wits is a social leader, dedicated to advancing the public good.
Wits is known for its work in deep level mining, science, health sciences, accountancy, law, governance, and the humanities, amongst others. It houses five faculties which comprise 34 schools. Wits offers approximately 3 600 courses to about 32 500 full-time students, of whom about a third are postgraduate and 55% are female. Almost 65% of all doctoral candidates and about half of all enrolments are in the Science, Engineering and Technology fields. Wits has developed about 130 000 graduates in its 93 years of existence. It has a proud record in that about 87% of all publications are in accredited international journals.
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Senior Lecturer, Africa Energy Leadership Centre, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Researcher in Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director of Research, Université de Strasbourg; University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Manager at MRC/Wits Agincourt Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Head of Transplant Surgery at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, and Academic Head of Transplantation, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Researcher at Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of the Witwatersrand
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Reader in Population and Public Health, MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer, Department of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor and CLM Assistant Dean of Research, University of the Witwatersrand