Dr Jonathan Asante graduated with a PhD in Medical Microbiology.Dr Jonathan Asante was awarded a PhD in Medical Microbiology for his study titled: Molecular and Genomic Analysis of Clinical Multidrug-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci from the uMgungundlovu District in the KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.
Dr Michael Bartholomew Mwandri graduated with a PhD in Surgery.
Dr Joshua Mbanga graduated with a doctoral degree in Medical Microbiology.Dr Joshua Mbanga graduated with a PhD in Medical Microbiology for his longitudinal environmental surveillance of antibiotic resistance, specifically in water environments near healthcare facilities and intensive food animal production systems in the uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu-Natal.
Dr Idowu Kehinde Ademola.Dr Idowu Kehinde Ademola’s PhD in Medicine (Virology) focused on the pharmacokinetic influence of phytochemical components from complementary herbal medicines used by HIV-positive patients in South Africa on the drug-metabolising proteins of HIV-1 protease drugs.
Dr Christiana Shobo graduated with a doctoral degree in Medical Microbiology.Dr Christiana Shobo from UKZN’s Antimicrobial Research Unit, graduated with a PhD in Medical Microbiology for her study titled: Enterococcus sp. Contamination Surveillance in Different Levels of Healthcare in eThekwini District, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) South Africa.
Dr Amos Marume.Senior lecturer in the Discipline of Pharmacology within the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences at the University of Zimbabwe, Dr Amos Marume was awarded a PhD in Medical Microbiology (Immunogenetics and Immunoepidemiology) by UKZN for his research on the impact of host genetic factors in helminthic disease susceptibility (schistosomiasis).
Newly capped Dr Joyce Twahafifwa Shatilwe.Dr Joyce Twahafifwa Shatilwe graduated with a PhD degree in Public Health following her study titled: Access and Utilisation of Maternal and Child Health Care information provided to Adolescent Girls during Pregnancy in Ohangwena Region, Namibia.
Dr Julius Nyerere Odhiambo.
Top Achiever in Internal Medicine, Dr Siobahn Singh.
Dr Kellicia Govender.
Dr Nicola Ann Kalafatis whose study aimed to establish whether South African anaesthesiologists are able to function as specialists after graduation.
Overall achiever and honours graduate, Ms Karishma Naidoo.
UKZN master’s graduate, Mr Abel Phiri.
Graduating with master’s degrees for studies on antibiotic resistance are from left: Ms Viwe Sithole, Ms Ncomeka Sineke and Ms Sasha Badul.Ms Viwe Sithole (Medical Microbiology), Ms Ncomeka Sineke (Medical Microbiology) and Ms Sasha Badul (Pharmacology), from UKZN’s Antimicrobial Research Unit graduated with Master’s degrees in Medical Sciences for their work on antimicrobial resistance using the farm-to-fork approach.
Dr Louansha Nandlal obtained her Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine) degree.‘My PhD journey has been an emotional roller-coaster but I am extremely proud of not being defeated by circumstances,’ said Dr Louansha Nandlal on obtaining her Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine) degree.
PhD in Clinical Medicine graduate, Dr Anette Telmo Thompson.
Nigerian-born academic, Dr Eze Emmanuel Chima.Dr Eze Emmanuel Chima’s PhD research in Medical Microbiology found that hospital effluent water discharged into municipal waste treatment plants contained multidrug resistant (MDR), extensively drug resistant(XDR) and pan-drug resistant(PDR) strains of biofilm forming Acinetobacter baumannii.
Bachelor of Pharmacy graduate, Mr Jadin Somiah.‘I am genuinely honoured to have achieved such an accomplishment. I had no expectation of being one of the top students since my only goal was to comprehensively understand my work,’ said UKZN’s top Bachelor of Pharmacy student, Mr Jadin Somiah after obtaining his degree summa cum laude.
Passionate child and adolescent mental health researcher, Dr Gbotemi Babatunde.
Ms Latara Joseph graduated cum laude.
Ms Emily Ruth Higgitt.‘I am very proud of what I have achieved. When I started my degree, I planned to do my best. This is the outcome of my hard work,’ said Ms Emily Ruth Higgitt who obtained a Bachelor of Medical Science (Physiology) summa cum laude and was named the Best Overall Achiever in third-year.
Best Overall Student in Human Anatomy, Ms Courtney Barnes.
Ms Humaira Vawda.
Doctor of Philosophy (Medical Microbiology) graduate, Dr Andile Ntombikhona Mtshali.
Dr Clement Agoni at the computer lab on UKZN’s Westville campus.
Dr Danah Alshaer.Dr Danah Alshaer, who hails from Jordan, graduated with a PhD in Pharmaceutical Science following a study titled: Synthesis and Physiochemical Characterization of new Siderophore-inspired Peptide Chelators with l-hydrnxypridine-2-one (l,2-HOPO).
