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Discovery science
Overview The Discovery Science sub-theme aims to discover new biomarkers of cardiovascular disease through both basic and advanced methodologies such as proteomics and metabolomics. By establishing collaborations, we aim to investigate these biomarkers on a mechanistic level in vitro and in experimental settings, ultimately providing accurate…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/epidemiology-and-preventive-science
Epidemiology and preventive science
Overview The aim of this sub-theme in HART is to ultimately drive policy change based on rigorous evidence and cutting-edge research to promote cardiovascular health in South Africa. This sub-theme, Epidemiology and preventive science hosts some of HART's well-known cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort studies, as well as population outcomes…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/translational-and-implementation-science
Translational and implementation science
Overview This sub-theme within HART covers clinical trials, validation studies, collaborations with hospitals and clinics on scientific and non-scientific initiatives as well as broader community engagement projects. Current projects include urinary proteomics and home blood pressure telemonitoring for healthcare reform, community-based…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/about-hart
About HART
Vision The vision of HART is to be nationally and internationally recognised for excellence in cardiovascular research. Mission The team aims to achieve this by driving research excellence in scientific knowledge generation, translation and implementation to impact preventative and treatment strategies for hypertension through community and…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/cross-sectional-studies
Cross-sectional studies
African-PREDICT study ExAMIN Youth SA The ASOS project [tabs] The SAfrEIC study SAfrEIC study (South African study on the effect of Sex, Age and Ethnicity on Insulin sensitivity and Cardiovascular Function) was a cross-sectional study conducted during 2007, which included a black and white bi-ethnic population of…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/longitudinal-studies
Longitudinal studies
African-PREDICT study ExAMIN Youth SA PRECEED-Africa The EndoAfrica project The SABPA study The PURE study .boxlayout a { color: #00889c; }https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/population-outcome-research
Population outcome research
The PURE study Current PI of South African-leg: Prof Cristian Ricci Supervisor for HART: Prof Yolandi Breet The Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study is a large-scale epidemiological study designed to examine the relationship of societal influences on human lifestyle behaviors, cardiovascular risk…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/policy-change
Policy change
The South African strategic plan to reduce cardiovascular disease includes the target to reduce the population intake of salt to less than 5 g/day. At present, the salt intake is higher than this level, with older reports from the early 2000s estimating that 40% salt was provided from discretionary salt intake. …
Alta (Aletta E.) Schutte PhD FESC FRRSAf ISHF is SHARP Professor and Principal Theme Lead of Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at UNSW Sydney, Australia; with a joint appointment as Professorial Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health. She is a NHMRC Investigator Grant Leadership Fellow.
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Prof Alta (AE) Schutte
Alta (Aletta E.) Schutte PhD FESC FRRSAf ISHF is SHARP Professor and Principal Theme Lead of Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at UNSW Sydney, Australia; with a joint appointment as Professorial Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health. She is a NHMRC Investigator Grant Leadership Fellow. She…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/asos-project
The ASOS project
Principal Investigator: Prof R Kruger The Arterial Stiffness in Offspring Study (ASOS) is a cross-sectional, observational study that investigates the trends of elevated blood pressure, arterial stiffness and body composition in young school children between the ages 6 and 8 years. Our research indicated that the black population is more burdened…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/endoafrica-project
The EndoAfrica project
Principal Investigator EndoAfrica study: Prof Carla Fourie EndoAfrica study: The putative interface of emerging cardiovascular risk factors affecting populations living with and without HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. The EndoAfrica study is a collaboration between Prof. Hans Strijdom at Stellenbosch University, Medical University Gräz (Austria…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/sabpa-study
The SABPA study
Principal Investigator: Prof L Lammertyn The Sympathetic activity and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Africans (SABPA) Prospective Cohort study The evidence in more than 10 000 Africans of the North-West Province of South Africa that taxing environmental demands may be detrimental to their cardio-metabolic health, motivated the design of the SABPA…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/pure-study
The PURE study
Principal Investigators for the Cardiovascular Assessments in PURE: Prof CMT Fourie and Prof AE Schutte The Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study is a longitudinal, multinational study including 17 low-, middle- and high-income countries of the world. The study will track changes in lifestyles,…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/consumer-sciences/test1212
Test1212
What does a degree in Consumer Sciences entail? The composition of the South African consumers’ population who gained access to the market environment has changed during the past few years. The role of the consumer scientist is to address the needs of these consumers with regard to nutrition, clothing and textiles. Consumer scientists can…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/riiprcenqamr/news