Pathcare Research Committee

To establish and support a culture of research at PathCare

Purpose

The PathCare Research Committee (PRC) is a subcommittee of the Board, and acts to secure the integrity of research done at PathCare.  This includes operational research, evaluating best practice, research linked to educational programmes or degrees, research aimed at publications and research/innovations with a view to new developments and/or products. The committee facilitates and enables research by providing an easy to use structure to register projects, update progress reports and to link investigators to resources that can support their work.

Guidelines to do research on the PathCare platform (download document)

Committee Members

  • Prof Dominique Goedhals (Chair)
  • Ms Miekie Treurnicht (Vice-chair)
  • Dr Ryan Soldin
  • Dr Bongani Mhemedi
  • Dr Francois Smit
  • Dr Warren Lowman
  • Dr Nadine Cronje

Register your project

PathCare supports research on its platform that adds value to our role in patient management as part of the healthcare team

The following documents should be submitted via the secretariat to register projects with the PRC (research@pathcare.net):

  • Checklist for registration of project (download document)
  • Research proposal
  • Signed declarations where relevant (confidentiality agreement, conflict of interest, intellectual property) (download document)
  • Proof of approval by a registered ethics committee
  • Signed approval of the manager in charge of the section where the research will take place, in order to guarantee that we can meet your expectations (download document)
  • All researchers not employed by PathCare should sign a non-disclosure agreement (download here)

Information regarding additional funding for projects

In order to facilitate the execution of registered research projects, the PathCare Research Committee can consider applications for amounts up to R15 000.

This funds can be used for additional laboratory tests, statistical analysis or publication fees. All applications will be evaluated on merit, within the restrictions of our annual budget.

Application for seed funding PRC: Download Form

Research Output for 2024

PathCare Staff that have contributed to research publications is listed below:

PathCare Authors

Stefanus (Dewald) van der Walt;
Jacqueline Goedhals

Journal & Citation

Human Pathology Reports

 

Title

Conjunctival stromal tumour: A case report

Type of publication and role

Journal Article (Case Report)

Sabeehah Vawda;
Dominique Goedhals

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases

High seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus in the Free State province of South Africa

Journal Article

Colleen Bamford

Journal of Antimicrobial Resistance

Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae among hospitalized patients in Cape Town, South Africa: molecular epidemiology and characterization

Journal Article

Colleen Bamford

Journal of Antimicrobial Resistance

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales among hospitalized patients in Cape Town, South Africa: clinical and microbiological epidemiology

Journal Article

Dominique Goedhals
Sabeehah Vawda

World Hepatitis Summit

Hepatitis B virus infection in South Africa: low rates of laboratory testing jeopardise treatment

Poster Presentation

Colleen Bamford

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Prospective antimicrobial stewardship interventions by multidisciplinary teams to reduce neonatal antibiotic use in South Africa: The Neonatal Antimicrobial Stewardship (NeoAMS) study

Journal Article

Dominique Goedhals

European Journal of Medical Research

Steady‑state pharmacokinetics of lamivudine in end‑stage kidney failure persons with detectable and undetectable HIV‑1 RNA in peritoneal dialysis effluent

Journal Article

Dominique Goedhals

Journal of Medical Virology

The prevalence of HIV resistance mutations and their influence on the shedding of HIV‐1 into peritoneal dialysis effluent

Journal Article

Dominique Goedhals

Virus Research

Whole genome molecular analysis of respiratory syncytial virus pre and during the Covid-19 pandemic in Free State province, South Africa

Journal Article

Ashlin Rampul

Journal of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa

Seasonal variation of glycated haemoglobin and estimated average glucose in temperate South Africa

Journal Article

Warren Lowman

South African Medical Journal

The changing landscape of antimicrobial resistance and use in South Africa: The need for access to new antibiotics: A position paper

Journal Article

Nadine Botha;
Maureen Conradie

SASHB Biennial Congress

A review of genetic testing performed for cystic fibrosis through PathCare

Poster Presentation

Marianne Gomes;
Maureen Conradie

SASHB Biennial Congress

Assessing the landscape of International Genetic Testing for Hereditary Cancer in South Africa: A review of Invitae Tests ordered through PathCare (2016-2024)

Poster Presentation