Research Office Health Sciences

The Research Office Health Sciences is a unit in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. It sits within the faculty and works in an academic and clinical research environment.

Its publication data show research strengths in HIV, tuberculosis, health economics, health systems and infectious disease control. Work includes cost and effectiveness studies of tuberculosis regimens and diagnostic strategies, and evaluations of HIV prevention and integrated care models.

Further themes include post-TB health, cardiovascular care alongside HIV, molecular oncology, genomic analysis, drug delivery and antimicrobial resistance. The research is focused on South Africa and the wider African region, addressing both infectious and noncommunicable disease.