Jo-Ann Passmore

Congratulations to Dr Happel on her well-deserved selection for @womenlifthealth's Inaugural Southern Africa Leadership Journey! We're excited to see how she will leverage this experience to amplify her influence and elevate the impact of @UCT_Research

The African Society for Human Genetics meeting is underway in Uganda with 400 participants, and a great line up of speakers and sessions. We are hearing of the great strides made in developing genomics capacity in Africa, but more data and training are needed! #AFSHG2025

Congrats @sijuiwhatwhat - wonderful to see large multi centre studies being used in this way. - important #insights across regions 👏🏻

Join us for a conversation on how machine learning is revolutionising the development of health-related algorithms and diagnostics to improve the lives of women in resource-scarce countries. Link: gift-africa.org.za/2024/12/05/an-… #GIFT4Africa #AI #Gift4Africa #AI #HealthResearch

@ehardingesch @GIFT_for_Africa It’s an article that they will post where she did an interview. X

2024 is almost a wrap! It’s been #busy in the best way! #focus #hardwork #dedication #bestteam #impact #BringItOn 🎉 @pride_kanyoka @WelpKirsten @hanlivingstone @micaela_lurie @KhumFezile @felicitywww1 @GIFT_for_Africa @vmrc4africa

And sometimes labs are the best fun - @MucosalGroup @vmrc4africa @GIFT_for_Africa team preparing our soccer shirts for the big ⚽️ game - which was rained out! Still the #best team at @UCTIDM ❤️

New from our group. Secretor status is a modifier of vaginal microbiota-associated preterm birth risk - go.shr.lc/4f1aR6s

Know your risk, take the test, take control. GIFT reveals the hidden inflammation of untreated STIs and BV, empowering women with the knowledge to protect their health and take action to stop #HIV in its tracks. Learn more here gift.org.za #GIFT4Africa #WorldAIDSDay

Excited to share our recent publication about #bacterialvaginosis in #africa - refocusing our approach to understanding and managing #vaginalmicrobiomes - @vmrc4africa @GIFT_for_Africa @KEMRI_Kenya @DTHF_SA @UCTIDM @CAPRISAOfficial frontiersin.org/journals/repro…

@Nicky_Mulder @DSI_Africa As it should be!

The 4th @DSI_Africa consortium meeting officially kicked off today in Mauritius. We will meet all week to discuss the technology, ethics and discoveries from the application of data science for health in Africa. In the opening panel all but 1 of the speakers are female :-)

Together, we can eliminate cervical cancer. Raise your voice, take action, and make a difference! Get screened for cervical cancer today with our easy-to-use Sheba Tests! #CervicalCancerAwareness #CervicalCancerScreening #HPVTest #DayofAction

Quite a few people have asked whether they can attend the 567th inaugural lecture online. That's not typical here so we thank @CoMUIIbadan for making it possible. Note the time change - it is now 3PM on Thur 21 Nov, Trenchard Hall @UniIbadan or Youtube youtube.com/live/3rmvIBJfv…

I had two of the best #mentors to take up this challenge @WilliamsonA_L @lynettedenny #end HPV

17 Nov is Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action. Recap ep 2 of Women Up to Know Good: HPV at Your Cervix, as leading female voices discuss the movement against the most prevalent cancer among women in sub-Saharan Africa. Watch it here bit.ly/3YZPzBf #Gift4Africa

@SMusalula from @UCTHealthSci @UCTIDM presenting about his #inspired @DR_E_A_M Challenge and his learning in the #impossible Sub-Challenge #Respect

#humbled to see these images of the galaxy by the #MeerKAT #SKA @UCT_news

I am #inspired by the power of #AI every day - so powerful for good - @AIMSacza offering 2 fully funded training opportunities next year - be brave enough to learn something new @UCT_Research @UCT_news #AISymposium with @SMusalula