Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED)

The Harvard-UCT Mandela Fellowships have been established through generous support from the Andrew W Mellon Foundation of New York. These awards are intended to strengthen connections between the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research and UCT, and to support the professional advancement of academics working particularly, but not only, in the humanities and social sciences.

The Fellows Program is at the heart of the activities of the W du Bois Institute for African American Research. http://dubois.fas.harvard.edu/. Founded in 1975 as the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research, the Institute has annually appointed scholars who conduct individual research for a period of one to two semesters in a variety of fields within African and African American Studies.

Application is through the Centre for Higher Education Development (Office of the Dean). As part of their research proposal, applicants must specify what the outcome of the research will be and how it will impact on teaching and learning in South African higher education.

Two five month semesters are currently available: 01 February 2008 to 30 June 2008 and 01 September to 31 January 2009. Your application should clearly state for which period you are applying. The award includes a stipend, and subventions for housing, medical coverage,
air travel between South Africa and the US, childcare and an allowance for attendance at an academic conference in the US during tenure of the award. Details of the package will be negotiated with candidates individually.

To be eligible, applicants must have been awarded the PhD degree at the time of application, and have permanent or T3 posts at UCT. In line with UCT's equity objectives, preference will be given to applicants from the designated groups, with particular emphasis on black South African applicants.

Applications should
* outline the intended study and research whilst at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute,
*demonstrate the relationship of this work to the development of teaching and learning in higher education in South Africa, and
* include a curriculum vitae and the names and contact details of two referees.

Successful applicants will be expected to submit a substantial report on their research at Harvard on their return to Cape Town, and give a seminar on how the Fellowship has contributed towards teaching and learning.

The completed application package should be sent to:

Kathy Erasmus, Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED), Hlanganani Building phone 021 6504237 email: kathy.erasmus@uct.ac.za

Closing date: 28 September 2007

Inaugural lecture of Professor Bongani Mayosi, Department of Medicine,
Faculty of Health Sciences

Bongani Mawethu Mayosi graduated with a BMedSci (1987) and MBChB (1990) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and trained in medicine and cardiology in Cape Town. He was admitted to the Fellowship of the College of Physicians of South Africa in 1995. In 1998, he was awarded the Nuffield Oxford Medical Fellow to read cardiovascular genetics at the University of Oxford. His PhD thesis was on the *Genetic determination of cardiovascular risk factors in families.*

He returned to the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Groote Schuur
Hospital (GSH) in 2001 where he continues to work as a physician,
teacher, and researcher in internal medicine and cardiology. He was
promoted ad hominem to the rank of associate professor of medicine in
2003. In January 2006, he has appointed Professor and Head of the
Department of Medicine at the UCT and GSH.

Mayosi*s academic work focuses on heart diseases of the poor, i.e.,
cardiomyopathy, tuberculous pericarditis, and rheumatic fever. These
conditions, though major killers in Africa, receive little research
attention, either in South Africa or globally. Uniquely, he employs a
wide range of investigative approaches, from molecular to clinical to
population-based methods, in his efforts to improve the understanding
and control of these health problems. In addition, he is at the
forefront of efforts to close the *know-do* gap with respect to
heart diseases of the poor, encouraging policy makers to increase
investment in evidence-based control programmes.

Professor Mayosi is an established international leader in his field.
In 2005, he was awarded the National Research Foundation President*s
Award (or *P* rating) and elected to the membership of the Academy
of Sciences of South Africa in recognition of his contributions to
medical science.

Mayosi is married to Nonhlanhla, a dermatologist, and they have two
daughters, Vuyi and Gugu, their pride and joy.

Topic: 'The Future of Medicine'
When: Wednesday 29 August at 17h30
Venue: Student Learning Centre Lecture Theatre, Anatomy Building,
Faculty of Health Sciences

Guests to be seated by 17h15

Please RSVP for catering purposes to Centre for Extra-Mural Studies on
021-650 2888 or fax 021-650 2893 or email ems@ched.uct.ac.za