Department of Life and Consumer Sciences

Dr WN Phoswa

College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
School of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Department: Life and Consumer Sciences
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 011 670 9768
E-mail: phoswwn@unisa.ac.za

Expertise

  • Maternal and fetal health: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, (Pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, gestational hypertension), Gestational diabetes, HIV, and Diabetes Mellitus

Qualifications

  • B.Sc. Medical Science (University of KwaZulu Natal Westville campus)
  • B.Sc. Medical Science Honours (Physiology) (University of KwaZulu Natal Westville campus)
  • M.Med (Physiology) Summa Cum Laude (University of KwaZulu Natal Westville campus)
  • Ph.D. (Medicine) (University of KwaZulu Natal Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine)

Currently teaching

  • Human Physiology
  • Human Anatomy

Fields of academic interests

  • Maternal and foetal health
  • Pre-eclampsia
  • Gestational hypertension
  • Gestational diabetes mellitus
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • HIV Infection

Paper presentations

International Conference

  • Phoswa WN, Naicker T, Ramsuran V, Moodley J. AB004. The role of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on interleukin 17a (il-17a) in normotensive and pre-eclamptic black South African women. Pediatric Medicine. 2020;3. 2nd Edition of Euro-Global Conference on Pediatrics and Neonatology (EPN 2019), 23-25 September 2019. London, United Kingdom. (Oral)  doi: 10.21037/pm.2020.AB004

 

  • Phoswa, W., Naicker, T., Ramsuran, V. and Moodley, J., 2019, August. Serum concentration levels of interleukin-17a (IL-17a) in HIV infected highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) treated and uninfected normotensive versus pre-eclamptic Black South African Women. In placenta (Vol. 83, pp. E38-E39). 32 JAMESTOWN RD, LONDON NW1 7BY, ENGLAND: WB SAUNDERS CO LTD. International Federation of Placental Associations (IFPA 2019). 10-13 September, 2019. Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Oral) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2016.06.218

 

  •  Wendy N Phoswa, Preenan Pillay, Irene Mackraj, Kogi Moodley and Kaminee Maduray.2017. Effect of titanium dioxide nanoparticle aggregation on myoblast cytotoxicity and nitric oxide synthesis. J Nanomed Nanotechnol .15th World Medical Nanotechnology Congress. 18-19 October, 2017. Osaka, Japan (Oral) DOI: 10.4172/2157-7439-C1-055

 

  • Phoswa, W., 2016. Histopathological changes in placenta of a preeclampsia-like L-NAME rat model treated with sildenafil citrate. Placenta100(45), pp.124-125.  International Federation of Placental Associations (IFPA 2016). 13-16 September, 2016.  Oregon, Portland. (Oral) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2016.06.219