𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐞𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐑𝐅 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭-𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓! The Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (BMERC) / UCT MedTech are proud to celebrate Jonathan Oehley as the winner of the 𝗡𝗥𝗙'𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁-𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿! The prestigious The National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) (NRF) Awards honours the country’s leading scientists and some of the best-performing researchers for excellence and achievement in knowledge creation and dissemination. This award is presented to the Research Excellence Award for Next Generation Researchers NRF grant holders with outstanding research performance in their discipline. Oehley's PhD research is funded by The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation and The National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) and supervised by Prof. Sudesh Sivarasu and co-supervised by Prof. Vernon Louw and Dr. Lynn Paul. Congratulations, Jonty! @NRF_News @UCT_news @BioMedEngRSA @SudeshSivarasu @dstigovza @SAHPRA1

Congratulations to Joel Philpott and Khaya HealthTech for reaching the 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 of The SAB Foundation's Disability Empowerment Awards! The SAB Foundation (@sabfoundationsa) runs a callout for Social Innovation Awards as well as Disability Empowerment Awards. Philpott put forward his impressive innovation, 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗣𝗬𝗥𝗘 for the Disability Empowerment Awards, as sleep conditions disproportionately affect people with disabilities. 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗣𝗬𝗥𝗘 represents a significant advancement by combining diagnostic and treatment functionality in one unit. Unlike traditional approaches requiring multiple hospital visits, 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗣𝗬𝗥𝗘 enables patients to complete the entire process at home. The diagnostic component monitors breathing effort, oxygen levels, and airflow, while the treatment component delivers precisely calibrated air pressure once parameters are established. The SAB Foundation is an independent trust that annually invests millions of rands towards developing entrepreneurship in South Africa and the benefit of the wider South African community. We're rooting for you and 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗣𝗬𝗥𝗘, Joel! A special note of thanks to UCT Research Contracts & Innovation, The National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) and merSETA Social for funding this research. 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗣𝗬𝗥𝗘 is a patented medical device developed at @UCTMedTech [linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…] #SleepApnoea #HealthEquity #AwardsAndRecognition #UCTMedTech @SudeshSivarasu @UCT_news @UCTHealthSci @dstigovza @NRF_News @merSETASocial @UCT_Research

𝗨𝗖𝗧 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗠𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 A state of the art collaboration with @UCTMedTech joins the efforts of two landmark institutions as part of the 200 year anniversary of the Iziko South African Museum (ISAM/@Iziko_Museums), the oldest museum in the country. Founded in 1825, ISAM has amassed vast multi-disciplinary collections comprising of more than 10 million objects while inspiring generations of South Africans and international visitors alike. Michael Awood and Jonathan Oehley represent UCT MedTech in the collaboration: scanning and printing a selection of ISAM's artefacts, which were then 3-D printed and added to the celebratory display. Offering another dimension to the experience of the showcase, and a testament to the technological dexterity of the tools of UCT MedTech, these printed objects allow museum visitors to have a direct engagement with the collection and puts its history in their hands. It has been a great honour for the MedTech team to participate in Iziko's 𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗠𝟮𝟬𝟬: 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 legacy exhibition. Here's to the next 200! A special note of thanks to Professor Victoria Gibbon and team of UCT Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, for the use of their 3-D scanner. #ISAM200 #3DPrinting #HistoryInOurHands #TactileExhibition #UCTMedTech @UCT_news @UCTHealthSci @dstigovza @NRF_News @SAHPRA1 @Iziko_Museums @SudeshSivarasu

𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬'𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥: "𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢 (𝙂𝙄𝙎), 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤-𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨: 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥; 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨; 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 '𝙣𝙤', 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙠 𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚," Raphael Smith, the Managing Director and Co-Founder of BMEC Technologies. Today's seminar, hosted by Professor Sudesh Sivarasu, Director of the Biomedical Engineering Research Centre and Founder of @UCTMedTech Research Centre at the University of Cape Town, Raphael Smith relayed teachings from his experience within the health technology sector. Thank you to The National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) (@NRF_News) and the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (@dstigovza) for their ongoing support. #BiomedicalEngineering #BiomedicalEntrepreneurship #HealthTech4All #GlobalInnovation @SudeshSivarasu @UCT_news @UCTHealthSci @NRF_News @dstigovza @SAHPRA1 @UCTMedTech

𝗨𝗖𝗧 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗛𝗢-𝗛𝗧𝗔𝗣 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 At the Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (BMERC) / @UCTMedTech, we recently had the distinct privilege of platforming the health technologies of our researcher students at the 2025 World Health Organisation's Health Technology Access Program. Kerstin Hall; Gokul Nair; Giancarlo Beukes and Raeesa Ismail presented their technologies developed during their time at UCT MedTech under the supervision of Professor Sudesh Sivarasu (@SudeshSivarasu). Raeesa Ismail, co-supervised by Professor Keertan Dheda, presented her miniCASS prototype. Kerstin Hall, co-supervised by Dr. Roopam Dey, presented her Optiject autoinjector. Co-founders of Impulse Biomed (@Impulse_Biomed) Gokul Nair and Giancarlo Beukes presented their Easy Squeezy to the HTAP convenors as well as Nair's ZiBiPen, which was developed under the co-supervision of Professor Mike Levin. Impulse Biomed is a medical device start-up from UCT MedTech. The 2025 World Health Organisation's Health Technology Access Program was a wonderful opportunity to showcase the pioneering innovations nurtured at UCT MedTech and the University of Cape Town. #UCTMedTech #MedTech4All #GlobalHealthInnovation @SudeshSivarasu @WHOAFRO @WHO @WHOSouthAfrica @dstigovza @SAHPRA1 @NRF_News @UCT_news @UCTHealthSci @Impulse_Biomed

𝗔 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗦𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘂 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗦𝗢 𝟭𝟯𝟰𝟴𝟱 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Achieving 𝗜𝗦𝗢 𝟭𝟯𝟰𝟴𝟱:𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲 certification marks a monumental milestone in UCT BMERC’s journey to becoming a continental leader in medical device innovation and manufacturing. This achievement is not just a testament to our team’s commitment to quality and compliance — it is a bold statement that South Africa, and indeed Africa, is ready to meet global medtech standards head-on. For @UCTMedTech and South Africa, this is a signal that our regulatory, academic, and industrial communities are coming together to build a resilient, compliant, and export-ready medical technology sector. I am proud of the BMERC team, and deeply inspired by what this means for the future of equitable healthcare innovation across our continent. — 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗦𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘂 (@SudeshSivarasu) #HealthTech  #ISO13485 #BiomedicalEngineering  #UCTMedTech  #GlobalHealthInnovation  #MedTech4All @UCTMedTech @UCTHealthSci @UCT_news @dstigovza @NRF_News @SAHPRA1 @SudeshSivarasu

𝗗𝗦𝗧𝗜-𝗡𝗥𝗙 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 — 𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 The DSTI (@dstigovza) and NRF (@NRF_News) are pleased to announce a call for new applications for DSTI-NRF Master’s and Doctoral Student Funding for the academic year 2026. All continuing students who are eligible for a second or third year of funding must submit a Progress Report and not a new application. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝟰 𝗝𝗨𝗟𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. Professor. @SudeshSivarasu DSTI/NRFI SARCHI Chair in Biomedical Engineering and Innovation will host an Information Session toward funding application submissions: Date: 𝟭𝟯 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 Time: 𝟮 𝗣𝗠 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟯 𝗣𝗠. All the postgraduate students will be expected to apply on the NRF Connect System by accessing the link: nrfconnect.nrf.ac.za/ 𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗜𝗦𝗢 𝟭𝟯𝟰𝟴𝟱 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁: Meet the team behind the Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (BMERC) / UCT MedTech's recent groundbreaking 𝗜𝗦𝗢 𝟭𝟯𝟰𝟴𝟱 accreditation success. Jonathan Oehley and Joel Philpott provided invaluable insights into our design and development strategies and the documentation of all relevant technical requirements. Michael Awood, our Chief Technical Officer, takes pride in the 𝗜𝗦𝗢 𝟭𝟯𝟰𝟴𝟱 accreditation and it's impact on the needs of customers and future device development and accessibility. Lumka Zantsi, Senior Secretary, and Lesa Sivewright our Finance Administrator ensured a standard of transparency and compliance with the external auditors, JC Auditors, throughout the certification process that reinforced the strength of our application and aided its success. @UCT_news @UCTHealthSci @dstigovza @NRF_News @uctbme #MedicalInnovation #HealthTech #BiomedicalEngineering #UCTMedTech #GlobalHealthInnovation #TechForGood #EngineeringForHealth #MedTech4All #ISO13485 #QualityDrivenInnovations

𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝. 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧. We are thrilled to announce that the Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (BMERC) / UCT MedTech at the @UCT_news has passed the 𝗜𝗦𝗢 𝟭𝟯𝟰𝟴𝟱:𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 certification audit — making us one of the first academic research centres on the continent to achieve this prestigious quality standard in medical device innovation. A huge congratulations to the team behind this incredible achievement! @UCT_news @UCTHealthSci @UCT_RCI @NRF_News @dstigovza @UCTMedTech #MedicalInnovation #HealthTech #BiomedicalEngineering #UCTMedTech #GlobalHealthInnovation #TechForGood #EngineeringForHealth #MedTech4All #ISO13485 #Qualitydriveninnovations