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SMU elevates veteran scientist to associate professorship
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences UniversityRef: https://www.smu.ac.za/2026/07/28/smu-elevates-veteran-scientist-to-associate-professorship/
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Collected on 28 July 2026
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What this means
This is a news/media article from Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU). It announces that Professor Marcelle Le Roux has been promoted from Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiological Pathology. The article describes her 42-year career, her academic and research focus (including sexually transmitted infections, antimicrobial resistance, and molecular diagnostics), and notes her qualifications and publication/conference record.
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Limpopo
Reference
https://www.smu.ac.za/2026/07/28/smu-elevates-veteran-scientist-to-associate-professorship/
Key Takeaways
- Organisation: Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU)
- Promotion: Professor Marcelle Le Roux from Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor
- Department: Microbiological Pathology
- Career length mentioned: 42 years
- Education: PhD from University of Limpopo (UL); earlier degrees from MEDUNSA including BSc (Med) Honours and cum laude MSc in Microbiology
- Research focus: microbiology and infectious diseases; sexually transmitted infections; antimicrobial resistance; molecular diagnostics
- Publication claim: more than 15 articles in accredited scientific journals
- Authorship credit: By Tumelo Moila
- Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU)
- Professor Marcelle Le Roux
- Department of Microbiological Pathology
- Medical University of Southern Africa (MEDUNSA)
- University of Limpopo (UL)
- Tumelo Moila
- Professor Vanessa Moodley
- Professor Mapaseka Seheri
- Professor Gloria Selabe
- Mycoplasma genitalium