Robyn Waters @_robynwaters
Enhancing research & collaboration @OruUct (@UCT_ORU). PhD in TB, HIV and Orthopaedics. Orthopaedic Research Unit, Groote Schuur Hospital & CIDRI-Africa. Cape Town, South Africa Joined March 2019-
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Clinicians & researchers at the ORU are incredibly excited and honored to be part of the Global Injury Group, funded by @NIHRglobal , a collaborative research group focused on improving the care of the injured through research. Watch this space! 🦴📄🌍🏥 globalinjury.ndorms.ox.ac.uk
We are excited to announce the launch of the Global Injury Group, funded by @NIHRglobal A collaborative research group focused on improving the care of the injured through research. Watch this space and follow us @global_injury. fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR1555….
Time to catch up on #CIDRIPapers 📃 First up, @_robynwaters & co evaluated Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra on open and CT-guided biopsies compared with Mtb culture and histopathology in spinal TB: academic.oup.com/ofid/article/1…
"Science is fun and being a scientist is a fun job!" On this year's International Day for Women and Girls in Science, listen to 2023 medicine laureate Katalin Karikó speak about being a scientist. What is your favourite thing about being a scientist? #womeninscience
When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018. #WomenInScience scim.ag/5Pe
A new generation of cancer-preventing vaccines could wipe out tumors before they form. Learn more on #WorldCancerDay: scim.ag/5KK @ScienceVisuals
From all of us at the ORU, we are wishing everyone a healthy, happy & successful new year 💫 We look forward to a rewarding year of #research and #collaboration Watch this space as we start new and exciting projects in the #trauma and #boneandjoint #infection space 🦴📊🩻
We are proud to share our new publication: Higher sensitivity of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra over TB culture for the diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis using open or CT-guided biopsies. 📄academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-a… @MaritzLaubscher @_robynwaters @AnnaCoussens @UCT_Research @UCTHealthSci
Additional exciting #orthopaedic talks presented by ORU members at the Del Kahn Research Day #Research #surgery
Well done to @MaritzLaubscher and team on a successful Del Kahn Research Day & to our members on their excellent presentations. Talks covered fracture revision, knee injury repair, kinematics in shoulder surgery, scoliosis surgery, diagnosing STB and ASCI mortality #orthopaedics
Proud to be a part of the research team @OruUct . Keep an eye out for updates on our innovative research and findings in the musculoskeletal, trauma, and bone and joint infection space 🦴🦠🧫🩻 @UCT_news @MaritzLaubscher @DrSiGraham @Nosipho63132527
Congratulations to @MthaNdengane and @_robynwaters who are graduating today! 🎉🧑🏽🎓
Congratulations to @MthaNdengane and @_robynwaters who are graduating today! 🎉🧑🏽🎓
All you need to know about #COVID19 variants, the fourth wave, vaccines & the unlikelihood of herd immunity: What might happen in South Africa? dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-0… @PresidencyZA @HealthZA @WestCapeHealth @GautengHealth @kznhealth @UCTHealthSci
Congratulations to all our authors for their latest publication doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2… 👏👏 @_robynwaters @MaritzLaubscher @Surg_Roche @dey_roo @GlobalUct @UCTLibrary @uct_bmhsl
Our latest #COVID19 article reporting a low 30-day mortality in #orthopaedic patients undergoing surgery during the pandemic - samj.org.za/index.php/samj… Well done team🦠👏 @dey_roo @MaritzLaubscher @SAMJ_online @UCT_ORU @Orthopaedics_SA @UCTHealthSci @UCTLibrary
Happy Father’s Day to my dad, my father in law, my husband & to all of the dad’s around the world. Raising tiny humans is an incredible responsibility & I have been so fortunate to have respectful, loving, strong, kind, fair, empathetic, funny men in my life, & my kids do too.

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