Faculty of Health SciencesUndergraduate Research Day

8 0ctober 201412h30 - 17h00Prize giving at 16h30

Programme

Welcome

Dr Virginia Zweigenthal (Chair) and the Organising Committee would like to welcome you

to the 2014 annual Faculty of Health Sciences Undergraduate Research Day. Our theme for

the day is “Growing future researchers”. This is a wonderful occasion where the talents,

skills and fruit of students’ research are showcased and we are immensely proud of the hard

work done.

We thank students for the record number of entries for the day, and for presenting their

work. Many people have given generously of their time, and we are honoured to have the

calibre of judges and reviewers who have contributed to make the day a success. We thank

the staff and students who rescheduled teaching programmes to enable student attendance

this afternoon. Undergraduate research is valued by the Faculty and today is an example of

this commitment.

Judges

A/Prof Roshan Galvaan (Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences)

Dr Mashiko Setshedi (Department of Medicine)

Dr Delva Shamley (Clinical Research Centre)

Prof Susan Kidson (Department of Human Biology)

Emeritus Prof Janet Seggie (South African Medical Journal)

Prof Leslie London (Department of Public Health)

Dr Serah Kimani (Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences)

Dr Jacobus Olivier (Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences)

Dr Frederic Nduhirabandi (Department of Medicine)

PROGRAMME

12h30 Welcome - Professor Tania Douglas

(Deputy Dean: Research)

12h45 to 13h45 SESSION ONE

Chair – Dr Rebecca Tadokera

AUTHOR(S) TITLE AND SUPERVISOR(S)

Burger, Inge

Brunette, Melanie

Janse van Rensburg, Sarah

Brynard, Suzette

Meyer, Heidi

Nemaungane, Amazement

The Intelligibility in Context Scale: Cross cultural adaptation for

the SA context

(Michelle Pascoe)

Balkaran, Sarvesh

Constrictive pericarditis requiring pericardiectomy at Groote

Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa: Causes and

perioperative outcomes in the HIV era (1990 – 2012)

(Arthur Mutyaba)

Booth, Amy

Identification of Host Candidate genes as Potential Drug

Targets against Tuberculosis using Pulmonary Histopathology

(Reto Guler)

Janari, Catherine

Ramburuth, Vivek

Motumisi, Nthabiseng

Rubombora, Vanessa

Kato-Kalule, Joyce

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Unhealthy Weight Loss

Methods in Young Women from Mitchells Plain

(Tolullah Oni)

13h50 to 14h50 SESSION TWO

Chair – Dr Aron Abera

AUTHOR(S) TITLE AND SUPERVISOR(S)

Craddock, Nicole

Abrahams, Simone Bantom,

Azenathi Melane, Itumeleng

Seedat, Fatima

Thurston, Candice

Investigating the functional mobility and quality of life of youth

with disabilities currently attending special schools for the

physically disabled in relation to prospective career choices

made – a pilot study

(Soraya Maart)

Sacks, Elisheva

Fine Needle Aspirate Cytology of Breast Lumps - a Study of the

GSH Breast Clinic

(Genevieve Learmonth)

Saunders, Stacey

Kikine, Mamosa

Danster, Dylan

Henn, Leoni

An Exploratory Study on domestic workers’ perspectives on

proposed opportunity sets that promote their well-being

(Roshan Galvaan, Mapheyeledi Motimele)

Taljaard, Angelique

Investigation of gene-gene interactions involved in the

angiogenesis-associated signalling pathway with risk of anterior

cruciate ligament ruptures

(Alison September)

14h50 to 15h30 POSTER SESSION

A1 Jessica Pollock, Sarisha Chetty, Jonathan Watts Low Alcohol Wines – The Science Uncorked

(Dee Blackhurst, David Marais)

A2 Timothy de Wet, Tamzyn Trevor Comparison of coracoid and glenoid size between

males and females: a computer tomographic analysis

with specific reference to impact on Latarjet

procedure outcomes (Stephen Roche)

A3 Lyndall Abbott, Emily Clarke, Carla Frumer,

Chelsea Roy, Ulfah Salie, Rebecca Warner

Describing the early language functions of young

children with autism (Michal Harty)

A4 Adli Abrahams, Jessica Klazinga A Descriptive Study of Acute Coronary Syndrome

Admissions to Victoria Hospital (Nasief van der Schyff)

B1 Nasreen Akoo, Lampshe Manthata Drug resistant TB in Health Care Workers in SA

(Lindy Dickson-Hall)

B2 Nicole Bolton, Roxie Becker, Eden Repapis, Mihlali

Vezi

Prevalence and effectiveness of metabolic monitoring

of forensic psychiatric patients on antipsychotics

(Leanne Schroeder)

B3 Michael-Jon Rosslee Development and Optimisation of Allergen Specific

IgE/IgG ELISA

(Frank Kirstein)

B4 Suzanne Clift, Shannon Harries,

Danielle Chantrain

Ambulance-associated exposure to potential

pathogens

(Clinton Moodley, Lindy Dickson-Hall, Fadheela Patel)

C1 Gibwa Cole, Duncan Miller, Rory Simpson,

Tasneem Ebrahim, Tannith Dreyden

Lung function in South African adults with pulmonary

tuberculosis and comparable healthy adult subjects: a

pilot study (Shamila Manie)

C2 Henuti Daji, Sarah Jamodien, Hileen Voges, Johno

de Klerk

Exploration of one senior citizens’ club in a local

community in Cape Town, South Africa (Seyi Amosun)

D1 Raeesa Ghanty, Siphesihle Mhlana, Mojapele

Dhlamini, Mishaal Hendricks

The feasibility of investigating the prevalence of

musculoskeletal diseases. And chronic diseases of

lifestyle in people attending a community health centre

in Cape Town (Candice Hendricks)

D2 Courtney Greene, Emma Browne, Julia Hutton,

Amy Maltby, Kirsten Prest

A Description of the Services Being Received from a

Team working with Children with Severe to Profound

Intellectual Disability in the Western Cape: A Case

Study (Amshuda Sonday)

D3 Kelly Haubrich, Olivia Johnson,

Jazeela Kholvadia, Makobane Mogashoa,

Megan Musick, Noluthando Mzobe

Long term impact of participating in a chronic pain

management programme: pain severity and pain

interference one or two years later (Romy Parker)

D4 Samia Jamodien, Jodie Emery, Lauren Porter,

Amogelang Ramoluane, Zikona Njisane,

Lungelo Mafuya

The efficacy of a student-led Physiotherapy

programme on the performance of children with

motor coordination difficulties (Gillian Ferguson)

E1 Bongile Langa, Jody Africa,

Muneebah Benjamin, Bongile Langa, Chia-Wen Liu,

Reneilwe Mamogale, Siphesihle Mcetywa,

Marcee Reid

Help-seeking patterns of individuals with hearing

impairment in communities within the Cape Town

Metropolitan area (Lebogang Ramma, Ben Sebothoma)

E2 Jarryd Lunn, Gracia Ngoie,

Siphumelele Khuzwayo, Kumantha Naidoo,

Nadia Khanyile

Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs around menopause in

the Community of Mitchells Plain (Vivien Essel)

E3 Haroon Moolla A thematic analysis of interventions to support families

of people with intellectual disabilities in high income

countries, with a view to application in lower to

middle income countries (Judith McKenzie)

E4 Phindile Muhlarhi, Sinobuhle Khanyile, Elelwani

Ntshauba, Siseko Mkalipi

A Case Study on Queen Street as play space:

Implications for Health (Elelwani Ramugondo)

F1 Lamisa Naushin Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of Blood

Flow and Vascular Mechanics in Arteriovenous Access

in the Upper Arm

(Stephen George Jermy, Tom Franz)

F2 Luyanda Ngongoma A study on the outcomes of psychiatry inpatient

services, by means of evaluation of the usage patterns

and readmission rates of the Valkenberg Hospital

specialist inpatient services (Neil Horn)

F3 Charnaé Pieterse, Zama Chiya,

Thidilweli Denga, Phillipa Misplon, Ongeziwe

Ntutuka, Nwabisa Vulangengqele,

Kerry-Ann Youngman

A retrospective survey of diagnostic and management

decisions for patients accessing vestibular management

services in a tertiary hospital in the Western Cape,

South Africa (Christine Rogers)

F4 Cynthia Sibanda, Jamie-Lee Du Preez,

Robyn Everett, Julia Munnik, Gina Schalit,

Natalie Scholtz, Tanith Townley

Towards the Initial Validation of a Paediatric Dysphagia

Screening Tool (Vivienne Norman)

G1 Mapitso Thaisi, Minenhle Mdluli, Nokuthula Radebe,

Bertha Mbuya

An exploration of the occupation of learning in a low-

quintile school in Cape Town

(Liesl Peter, Roshan Galvaan)

G2 Ashley Viljoen The Relationship Between Polymorphism rs1076560

of the DRD2 gene, with Concussion Risk and

Cloninger’s Reward Dependence Scores in Male South

African Rugby Players (Alison September)

G3 Sidhdhi Garach, Unarine Mabuke,

Portia Ngcobo, Winchster Shen,

Jaimee van Niekerk

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices towards Diabetes

in Bonteheuwel, Western Cape (Kate Rees)

G4 Azhar Seedat The prognostic impact of Soluble ST2 (sST2) and N-

Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP)

in African Patients Admitted with Acute Heart Failure

(AHF) and Left Ventricular Dysfunction. A Sub study

of the bi treatment with hydralazine/nitrates versus

placebo in African patients admitted with acute heart

failure (BE-A-HEF) trial (Karen Sliwa)

15h35 to 16h35 SESSION THREE

Chair – Dr Theresa Mann

AUTHOR(S) TITLE AND SUPERVISOR(S)

Van Duuren, James

Quantification of Leishmania major parasites in dendritic cells

deficient for IL-4Rα signalling in BALB/c mice

(Frank Brombacher, Ramona Hurdayal, Suraj Parihar)

Volschenk, Anandé

Bila, Simangele

Limakatso, Maxwell

Mjadu, Sanele

Shih, Itsen

The reliability and validity of a fitness and motor function test

battery in children with intellectual disabilities (Nirmala Naidoo)

Zauchenberger, Chambrez-

Zita

Koekemoer, Matthew

Prevalence of the A112D missense mutation in the AGXT gene in

black South Africans

(Fierdoz Omar)

Wallis, Rebecca

Jones, Kimberley

Ma, Jessica Steyn, Robyn-Leigh

The Information Technologies Used by The University of Cape

Town Occupational Therapy Students (Helen Buchanan)

AWARDS & CLOSING

A/Prof Gonda Perez (Deputy Dean Undergraduate Education)

&

Prof Wim de Villiers (Dean: Faculty of Health Sciences)

Oral Presentation Prizes: Poster Presentation Prizes:

First prize R4000 First prize R3000

Second prize R3000 Second prize R2000

Third prize R2000 Third prize R1000

Music items by:

Jazz between friends: Morné Kahts (guitar) and Andrew Hoole (saxophone)

Thank you for attending!

The 2014 Organising Committee

With thanks to:

Organising Committee Reviewers Chairs

Dr Virginia Zweigenthal (Chair) Prof Arieh Katz Dr Rebecca Tadokera

Prof Tania Douglas Dr Theresa Burgess Dr Aron Abera

A/Prof Gonda Perez Ms Elmi Badenhorst Dr Theresa Mann

Ms Carlette Hlungwani Dr Geney Gunston

Ms Esmari Taylor A/Prof Peter Smith

Frederick Lekalakala A/Prof David Coetzee

Prof Arieh Katz

Dr Theresa Burgess

Ms Elmi Badenhorst