Dr Okikioluwa Aladeyelu graduated with a PhD in Clinical Anatomy for his research on hearing loss among the South African youth.Dr Okikioluwa Aladeyelu was awarded a PhD in Clinical Anatomy for his novel research that will assist otologic surgeons - head and neck doctors who perform surgery on the middle ear - in better understanding pneumatisation of the temporal bone from early childhood to early adulthood in the South African population.
Dr Lungisile Chili (right) accompanied by her mother, Bonisile Margaret Chili, to Graduation.Senior Registrar and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Academic Complex Haematopathologist at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital’s (IALCH) Haematology Department, Dr Lungisile Chili, beamed with pride and joy when her name was read out before graduating with her Master of Medicine degree in Haematology.
Dr Siqiniseko Ndlovu.Dr Siqiniseko Ndlovu of Nquthu in the Umzinyathi District of KwaZulu-Natal who is currently a postdoctoral Fellow in UKZN’s Occupational Health Discipline was thrilled to graduate with a PhD in Medical Biochemistry.
Mrs Khethiwe Bhengu. 
UKZN staffer, Dr Deborah Fewster graduated with a PhD in Occupational Therapy.Lecturer in Occupational Therapy at UKZN Dr Deborah Leigh Fewster was awarded her PhD in Occupational Therapy during the UKZN Spring Graduation for her research on Developing a Quality of Life Model of Care for Primary Caregivers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder within a South African Context.
Dr Suraj Shinde graduated with a PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry.No single drug exists to successfully treat Tuberculosis (TB). Supervised by Professor Rajshekhar Karpoormath, Dr Suraj Raosaheb Shinde was awarded a PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry for his research on molecules that work like drugs to treat it.
Dr Akwasi Boadu graduated with a doctoral degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry.‘I have learned a great deal that I intend to use to enhance my skills and contribute to the betterment of society. My vision is to establish pharmaceutical manufacturing companies specialising in medicines derived from natural sources, offering an alternative to conventional medications.’
Dr Gloria Sukali accompanied by her brother and mother to Graduation.
From left are Drs Tashlen Abel, Shoohana Singh, Nitalia Naidoo and Sumeshree Govender.Five students under the supervision of global experts in Women’s Health, HIV and Preeclampsia - a pregnancy-specific disorder - graduated with PhDs from UKZN’s Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) Discipline and Optics and Imaging Centre (OIC).
Newly graduated surgeons from left: Drs Qedusizi Goodwill Dube, Mark Lubo Kashasha and Sayuri Naidu.
PhD graduate, Dr Sarah Kiburi based her study on the use of digital interventions in treating opioid use disorder.
Dr Anthony Olashore graduated with a PhD in Psychiatry.
Dr Shoohana Singh graduated with a PhD in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Dr Abdul Rashid Issahaku celebrates graduating with a PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
Ms Wenzile Ntshangase (left) and Ms Sanam Maharaj.UKZN’s HIV Pathogenesis Programme (HPP), a centre for research excellence based at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, applauded the hard work of two of its students who were awarded Master’s degrees in Virology during the College of Health Sciences Spring 2023 Graduations.
Dr Rubeshan Perumal graduated with a PhD in Clinical Medicine. Vigorous efforts to achieve the global collective vision of a TB-free world drove senior scientist in the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) and Specialist Physician and Pulmonologist in the Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital (IALCH), Dr Rubeshan Perumal to conduct his doctoral study on Optimising the pharmacological treatment of drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis.
