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Our vision

Our vision is of an Africa where people achieve their full potential through brain health.

By addressing existing knowledge gaps and strengthening African research networks, we seek solutions to African challenges and work to ensure that African priorities are represented in global neuroscience.

Training and capacity development

We strive to build research capacity nationally and internationally, and grow the next generation of neuroscience researchers on both the clinical and basic neuroscience career tracks.

Master of Neuroscience Applications for 2027 close 30 Sept!!

We look forward to welcoming students from diverse academic disciplines for this Master's course, which prioritizes interdisciplinarity! INFO WEBINAR: Online - 10th Sept - 2pm

Advocacy and engagement

We follow a socially-responsive approach, using advocacy, engagement and outreach to extend our impact to and beyond the scientific community, to industry, government and society more broadly.

Taking their neuroscience home to Namibia for Brain Awareness Week!

Two young Neuroscience Institute neuroscientists: Dr Amalia Awala (current postdoc, Dangarembizi Lab) and Jessica Kanyemba (MSc student, Raimondo Lab) held an incredible Brain Awareness Week activity in their home country of Namibia.

Milestone Moment: FIRST Cohort to Graduate from our Master of Neuroscience Degree!

Celebrating the graduation of our very FIRST cohort of our Master of Neuroscience degree, the FIRST degree of its kind in the country and UCT's most interdisciplinary offering! Ululations and congratulations!

Building Bridges: PENNY Community Advisory Board Visits Erin House and the Neuroscience Institute

NeuroDev's Community Advisory Board toured Erin House and the Neuroscience Institute, then held their first formal meeting - sharing insights on stigma, engagement, and research communication.

TALK: Point of care biomarker for improving near-term suicide risk estimation

Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health talk by visiting academic, Emeritus Professor William Vaughn McCall (MD, MS; Medical College of Georgia, USA).

28 October 2026 - 9 November 2026 Read more

Xhosa Classes for all levels

learning to speak Xhosa in community.

12 March 2024 - 28 October 2027 Read more

Shocklab Seminar - Emmanuel Asiamah - 11 November 2026

ShockLab Seminar Series - Emmanuel A. Asiamah

PhD student Emmanuel Acheampong Asiamah explores how to monitor AI agents’ chain-of-thought reasoning, and how to turn hidden latent reasoning into words that warn of harmful actions early.

11 November 2026 Read more