UP professor wins prize for improving access to hearing healthcare services
Reitumetse Mahope
Daniël Christiaan de Wet Swanepoel, of the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology won a prize for his hearZA app. Photo: Supplied
The prize was presented to Prof Swanepoel at the 12th AAS General Assembly, which took place virtually from 7 to 9 December, and was co-hosted with the British University in Egypt.
A University of Pretoria (UP) professor has been awarded the African Academy of Sciences’ (AAS) prize for his innovative research in tele-health and mobile health.
Daniël Christiaan de Wet Swanepoel, of the department of speech-language pathology and audiology of the humanities faculty, won the 2020 Olusegun Obasanjo Prize for scientific breakthrough.