Position: Dean - Faculty of Community and Health Sciences
Tel: +27 (0)21 959 2746
Fax: +27 (0) 21 959 2755
Email: apadmana@uwc.ac.za

Qualifications

Biography

Research output

Projects with international collaborators

Position: Deputy Dean - Research and Postgraduate Studies
Tel: +27 (0)21 959 2453
Fax: +27 (0)21 959 3515
Email: mandipatin@uwc.ac.za

Qualifications

BA (UWC), BA (Hons - Psych) (UWC), MA (Psych - Research) (UWC), PhD (Psych) (UWC)

Biography

Prof Andipatin currently serves as a staff member of the Psychology Department at the University of the Western Cape. She is one of the founding members and currently the co-ordinator of the Master's research programme. Prof Andipatin has extensive supervision experience at postgraduate level. Her areas of interest and expertise are as follows: Women's health, reproductive health, gender-based violence, mother/mothering/motherhood, alternative health paradigms, feminisms, masculinities. She is an NRF grant holder and the area of funding focuses on high-risk pregnancy.

Publications

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Dekel, B; Stoekl, H; Andipatin, M; and Abrahams, M. Mapping the scientific evidence of infant homicide: A systematic review. Child Maltreatment. [Article under review].
• Dekel, B; Abrahams, N and Andipatin, M. Exploring adverse parent-child relationships among filicidal fathers and mothers in South Africa. (2017). Plos One. [Article under review].
• Magodyo, T, Andipatin, M; Jackson, K. (2017)  The role of Xhosa traditional circumcision in constructing masculinity. South African Journal of Psychology.
• Ismail, K; Pedro, A, Andipatin, M (2016). Exploring a sample of university students’ perceptions of menstruation. Journal of Psychology in Africa.
• Dekel, B; Andipatin, M. (2016). Abused women’s understandings of Intimate Partner Violence and the Link to Intimate Femicide. FQS Forum: Qualitative Social Research.
• Pedro, A; Andipatin, M (2014).  Exploring the barren body.  Open Journal of Preventative Medicine.
• Lambert, C; Andipatin, M. (2014). Exploring students’ perceptions of the risk and protective factors associated with child sexual abuse and incest in the Western Cape, South Africa. African Journal of Safety Promotion
• Roomaney, R, Naidoo, A, Andipatin, M. (2014) An exploration into the thoughts, feelings and emotions of women who experienced HELLP syndrome in Cape Town, South Africa. SA Health-Gesondheid

Position: Deputy Dean - Learning and Teaching
Tel: +27 (0)21 959 2417
Fax: +27 (0)21 959 2755
Email: mflorence@uwc.ac.za

Qualifications

Biography

Publications

Position: Deputy Dean - Clinical and Community Engagement
Tel: +27 (0)21 959 3617
Fax: +27 (0)21 959 2606
Email: fwaggie@uwc.ac.za

Qualifications

BSc (PT) (UWC), MSc (PT) (UWC), PhD (UWC)

Biography

Dr Firdouza Waggie is a registered physiotherapist a senior lecturer and holds a BSc (PT), MSc (PT) and PhD degree from the University of the Western Cape (UWC). She completed a postgraduate certificate in project management at Cape Town University of Technology. She worked as a physiotherapist at Groote Schuur Hospital, where she became a senior physiotherapist. She is currently the Director of the Interprofessional Education Unit in the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences at the University of the Western Cape. The unit is responsible for developing and coordinating interprofessional core courses and service-learning in both rural and urban communities for health science students. Her expertise and research areas include: health professions education, school health, interprofessional education and collaborative practice and health promotion.

Publications

• Cole C, Sánchez L, Sekoni K, Wixson C, Waggie F, (2018) How low socioeconomic factors influence TB drug resistance in South Africa: A Scoping Review. Undergraduate Journal of Public Health,University of Michigan, 1(2).
• Naidoo, D., Van Wyk, J., & Waggie, F. (2017). Occupational therapy graduates' reflections on their ability to cope with primary healthcare and rural practice during community service. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 47(3).
• Jooste K, Frantz, JM & Waggie F (2017). Challenges of academic healthcare leaders in a higher education context in South Africa. Educational Management Administration & Leadership · February 2017 DOI: 10.1177/1741143216688468
• Jooste K, Frantz, JM & Waggie F (2016). Re-Designing the Leadership Development of Academic Healthcare Leaders in a Higher Education Context. http://www.nursinglibrary.org/vhl/
• Rhoda A, Waggie F, Filies G & Frantz M (2016). Short Report: Using operative models (ICF and CBR) within an Interprofessional context to address community needs. November 2016 DOI: 10.7196/AJHPE. 2016.v8i2.85
• JM Frantz, G Filies, K Jooste, M Keim, F Waggie…(2016). Reflection on an interprofessional community- based participatory research project. AJHPE.2016.v8i2.85
• Ahanonu EL, Jooste K, Waggie F (2016). Barriers to leading youth victims of violence towards wellness at a community in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery,Volume 17. http://upjournals.co.za/index.php/AJNM/issue/view/26
• von Pressentin K, Waggie F & Conradie H (2016). Towards tailored teaching: using participatory action research to enhance the learning experience of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship students in a South African rural district hospital. BMC Medical Education.2016, 16:82 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-016-0607- URL:    http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/16/82
• Ahanonu, E.L. & Waggie, F., (2015). Expectations of youth victims of violence regarding health care professionals leading them to wellness in South Africa. Curationis 38(2), Art. #1547, 10 pages. Http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ curationis.v38i2.1547
• Waggie, F. (2015). The development of an evaluation matrix for a community-based interdisciplinary health promotion course. May 2015, Vol. 7, No. 1 AJHPE
• Waggie, F., and Laattoe, N. (2014). Interprofessional exemplars for health professional programmes at a South African university. Journal of Interprofessional Care, Early Online: 1–3, 2014 Informa UK Ltd. DOI: 10.3109/13561820.2014.891572
• Waggie, F., Lazarus S., & Mpofu R. (2014). The perceived impact of an interdisciplinary health promotion course on stakeholders at a South African University. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPHERD) Supplement 2:1 (October), 2014, pp. 107-120.
• Waggie F, Laattoe N & Filies G.C (2013).  Moving from conversation to commitment: Optimising school-based health promotion in the Western Cape, South Africa. African Journal of Health Professions Education. Vol 5, No1.
• Tawa N, Frantz . & Waggie F (2011). Risk factors for chronic non communicable diseases in Mombasa, Kenya: Epidemiological study using WHO stepwise approach. African Journal of Health Science. 2011; 19:26-32?

Networks

• Southern African Faimer Institute (SAFRI)
• Africa Interprofessional Education Network (AfrIPEN)
• Network: Towards Unity for Health (TUFH).
• Missouri University (USA).
• South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)

Position: Faculty Manager
Tel: +27 (0)21 959 2856
Fax: +27 (0)21 959 2755
Email: msimpson@uwc.ac.za

Qualifications 
ND (HPCSA), BMan(CPUT), PGD Ind Eng Man (UCT), MPhil Eng Man (UCT)

Position: Dean's Administrator
Tel: +27 (0)21 959 2631
Fax: +27 (0)21 959 2755
Email: arfredericks@uwc.ac.za
Qualifications: Credit Diploma (IOBSA)

Position: Faculty Manager's Administrator
Tel: +27 (0)21 959 3628
Fax: +27 21 959 2755
Email: lkleinhans@uwc.ac.za Qualifications: BA (UWC), Project Management Certificate (CPUT), Events Management Certificate (CPUT) HCert (Forensic Examination) (UWC)