Fostering collaboration
OPPORTUNITY: Staff members from the Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences visited the Polytechnic Institute of Porto.
Thursday, 03 August 2023
Three academics from the Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences, including the Acting Dean, Dr Nicole Brooks, recently returned from a staff exchange with the Polytechnic Institute of Porto.
Brooks, along with Dr Lizel Hudson, Coordinator: Work-integrated Learning and Language in the Faculty and Yanda Peter, nGAP lecturer and PhD candidate in the Department of Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Sciences, spent six days in Portugal while Prof Sílvia Fernandes and Prof Mónica Vieira from the Polytechnic Institute of Porto visited CPUT between 17 and 21 July.
The exchange presented an opportunity for strengthening collaboration, networking, and professional development.
“The current aim is to foster research collaboration with common projects housed in the following departments: Biomedical Sciences, Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Sciences and Ophthalmic Sciences. During their visit to the Bellville campus, Professors, Fernandes and Vieira were also welcomed by Prof Marelize Le Roes-Hill and her colleagues at the Applied Microbial and Health Biotechnology Institute, where possible projects were also discussed,” said Hudson.
The visit to the the Polytechnic Institute of Porto coincided with that of Lloyd Christopher, Acting Assistant Dean of the Faculty, who attended the Business School as a postgraduate student finalising his PhD thesis.
Written by Ilse Fredericks
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