Pathcare Research Committee
To establish and support a culture of research at PathCarePurpose
The Pathology 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
- Dr K Hoek (chair) research@pathcare.org
- Dr R Soldin
- Dr M Olivier
- Dr Bongani Mhemedi
- Dr Karen Mostert
- Prof Nickie Goedhals
- Ms Miekie Treurnicht
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:
- 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 2022
PathCare Staff that have contributed to research publications is listed below:
PathCare Authors
Jean Maritz
(co-author)
Journal & Citation
PLoS ONE
17(1): e0262518
Type of publication and role
Research article,
senior author
Dhirendra Govender
(co-author)
J Clin Pathol
2022;75:1–4.
Narrative article
Dhirendra Govender
(co-author)
Am J Cancer Res 2021;
11(11):5680-5700
Original article
Jean Maritz
(co-author)
Journal of Virological
Methods 302 (2022) 114471
Research article
P Eyal
(co-author)
Ther Adv Urol
2022, Vol. 14: 1–4
DOI: 10.1177/
17562872221096385
Case study
Janami Steenkamp
(co-author)
Bioscience Reports (2021) 41 BSR20210611 https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20210611
Research report
Janami Steenkamp
(co-author)
Cardiovasc Diabetol (2020) 19:193
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-020-01165-7
Research article
Janami Steenkamp
(co-author)
Research
Janami Steenkamp
(co-author)
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 8234; doi:10.3390/ijms21218234
Research
E Wasserman
(co-author)
South African Journal of Industrial Engineering May 2022 Vol 33(1), pp 16-24
Research
Fierdoz Omar
Johan van Wyk
(co-authors)
Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87302-8_9-1
Review,
Narrative
Ashlin Rampul
International federation of Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, South Korea,
25 – 26 June 2022
Total Laboratory Testing vs Point of Care Testing
Conference presentation
Izak Loftus
Encyclopaedia of forensic sciences, Third Edition. Edited by Max M. Houck. © 2023 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
General Principles and Analysis of Mechanical Trauma
Chapter in book