@_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…
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#globalinjury #globalsurgery #musculoskeletalinjury #orthopaedic #research #nihr #collaboration
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@DrSiGraham @MaritzLaubscher, @Oxford_Trauma @uniofoxford @OruUct @MLW_Programme, @muhimbiliuniver @TheAOAlliance @MrDanPerry @Liverpool_Ortho, @_robynwaters @BruceBiccard @ndorms @njambison @Nosipho63132527 @mustmalawi @KUHeS_mw @UCTHealthSci @MLW_Programme @muhimbiliuniver
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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/awa….
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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/articl…

Higher Sensitivity of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra Over Tuberculosis Culture for the Diagnosis of Spinal...

Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra has a high diagnostic accuracy for spinal tuberculosis in both open and CT-guided biopsy samples, irrespective of HIV-1 coinfection, wh

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"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
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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

What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before

Study is based on 20,860 sketches drawn by children over 5 decades

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A new generation of cancer-preventing vaccines could wipe out tumors before they form. Learn more on #WorldCancerDay: scim.ag/5KK @ScienceVisuals
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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 🦴📊🩻
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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/advanc… @MaritzLaubscher @_robynwaters @AnnaCoussens @UCT_Research @UCTHealthSci
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Additional exciting #orthopaedic talks presented by ORU members at the Del Kahn Research Day #Research #surgery
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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
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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
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Congratulations to @MthaNdengane and @_robynwaters who are graduating today! 🎉🧑🏽‍🎓
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UCT will honour over 100 doctoral graduates from the faculties of Commerce, Engineering & the Built Environment, Health Sciences, Humanities, Law and Science at the July 2023 PhD graduation ceremony. #UCTGrad2023
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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/… @PresidencyZA @HealthZA @WestCapeHealth @GautengHealth @kznhealth @UCTHealthSci

Variants, the fourth wave, vaccines and the unlikelihood of herd immunity: What might happen in...

The rise of the scary-sounding variants, a South African third Covid-19 wave that was much worse than the first or second for most of the country, and the introduction of multiple vaccines has...

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Congratulations to all our authors for their latest publication doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v1… 👏👏 @_robynwaters @MaritzLaubscher @Surg_Roche @dey_roo @GlobalUct @UCTLibrary @uct_bmhsl
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Our latest #COVID19 article reporting a low 30-day mortality in #orthopaedic patients undergoing surgery during the pandemic - samj.org.za/index.php/samj/a… Well done team🦠👏 @dey_roo @MaritzLaubscher @SAMJ_online @UCT_ORU @Orthopaedics_SA @UCTHealthSci @UCTLibrary
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Remember: Scientists are people too! 👩🏿‍🔬👨🏽‍💻👩🏾‍🔬👨🏾‍💻 Credit: @EliseGravel
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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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