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Gold Medal for Leading Cervical Cancer Researcher in South Africa

The University of Cape Town's Professor Lynette Denny has earned a Gold Medal from the South African Medical Research Council for her 25-year body of research on cervical cancer, which affects 80% of black women in South Africa.

South Africa: Gold Medal for Leading Cervical Cancer Researcher

UCT, 8 November 2019

University of Cape Town (UCT) Professor Lynette Denny’s 25-year body of research on cervical cancer, which affects 80% of black women in South Africa, has won a prestigious… Read more »
South Africa: Professor Lynette Denny to receive IACR Medal of Honour

UCT, 8 November 2019

Professor Lynette Denny, Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and head of the South African Medical Research Council's Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre,… Read more »

Photo: University of Cape Town

Senior specialist in gynaecological oncology Prof Lynette Denny has won the SAMRC’s Gold Medal for her research in cervical cancer.

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