August 2021
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October 2020
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June 2020
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December 2019
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June 2017
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July 2012
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August 2022
Cindy George > Other Awards
Nominee in the Science category
January 2014
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January 2021
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Funding
February 2020
Cindy George > Other Awards
Travel award
January 2018
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Funding
Full Member
Dr Cindy George
Membership since:
2022
Field of activity:
Awards
Other Memberships/Affiliations
Global Burden of Disease Collaboration
European Society of Hypertension
International Society of Hypertension
Society of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes (SEMDSA)
Future Africa
Journal of Public Health Nutrition
Applied Sciences (MDPI journal)
Degrees:
2014
Doctorate
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Publications resulting from Research
George, C., Echouffo-Tcheugui, J.B., Jaar, B.G., Okpechi, I.G., Kengne, A.P. 2022. The need for screening, early diagnosis, and prediction of chronic kidney disease in people with diabetes in low-and-middle income countries - A review of the current literature. BMC Medicine, 20:247.
Motshwari, D.D., George, C. Matshazi, D.M., Weale, C.J., Davids, S.F.G., Zemlin, A.E., Erasmus, R.T., Kengne, A.P., Matsha, T.E. 2022. Expression of whole blood miR-126-3p, -30a-5p, -1299, -182-5p & -30e-3p in chronic kidney disease in a South African community-based sample. Scientific Reports, 12:4107.
Motshwari, D.D., George, C., Matshazi, D.M., Weale, C.J., Davids, S.F.G., Erasmus, R.T., Kengne, A.P., Matsha, T.E. 2021. Novel Whole Blood MicroRNAs Predicting Chronic Kidney Disease in South Africans with Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus. Applied Sciences, 11(16):7674.
George, C., Stoker, S., Okpechi, I., Woodward, M., Kengne, A.P. 2021. The Chronic Kidney Disease in Africa (CKD-Africa) Collaboration: Lessons from a new pan-African network. BMJ Global Health, 6(8):e006454.
Mendham, A.E., Goedecke, J.H., Zeng, Y., Larsen, S., George, C., Hauksson, J., Fortuin-de Smidt, M.C., Chibalin, A.V., Olsson, T., Chorell, E. 2021. Exercise training improves mitochondrial respiration and is associated with an altered intramuscular phospholipid signature in women with obesity. Diabetologia, 64(7):1642-1659.
Mendham, A.E., Larsen, S., George, C., Adams, K., Hauksson, J., Olsson, T., Fortuin-de Smidt, M.C., Nono Nankam, P.A., Hakim, O., Goff, L.M., Pheiffer, C., Goedecke, J.H. 2020. Exercise training results in depot-specific adaptations to adipose tissue mitochondrial function. Scientific Reports, 10 (1), 3785.
George, C., Matsha, T.E., Korf, M., Zemlin, A.E., Erasmus, R.T., Kengne, A.P. 2020. The agreement between fasting glucose and markers of chronic glycaemic exposure in individuals with and without chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study. BMC Nephrology, 21:32.
George, C., Mogueo, A., Okpechi, I.G., Echouffo-Tcheugui, J.B., Kengne, A.P. 2017. Chronic kidney disease in low-income to middle-income countries: the case for increased screening. BMJ Global Health, 29;2(2):e000256.
31st Scientific Meeting of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) on “Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection”
2025
Athens, Greece
The chronic kidney disease in Africa (CKD-Africa) Collaboration: a pan-African network.
31st Scientific Meeting of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) on “Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection”
2025
Athens, Greece
Detecting chronic kidney disease by leveraging screening initiatives for other non-communicable diseases.
Cardiometabolic Health and Diabetes Africa Congress
2025
Virtual
THE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN AFRICA (CKD-AFRICA) COLLABORATION: AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF A NEW PAN-AFRICAN NETWORK FOR CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY
The Nutrition Society of South Africa Webinar
2025
Virtual
Chronic kidney disease & hypertension – an African perspective
57th ERA-EDTA Virtual Congress 2020
2025
Virtual
Establishing an African network for chronic kidney disease epidemiology: The CKD-Africa Collaboration.
29th Scientific Meeting of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) on “Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection”
2025
Milan, Italy
The relationship between body composition and blood pressure differs in those with and without chronic kidney disease.
28th Scientific Meeting of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) on “Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection”
2025
Barcelona, Spain
Haematological profile of chronic kidney disease in a mixed-ancestry South African population.
International Diabetes Federation Congress
2025
Abu Dhabi, UAE
The role of socioeconomic status, lifestyle factors and adiposity in the association between hsCRP and metabolic risk
26th Scientific Meeting of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) on “Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection”
2025
Seoul, South Korea
The role of body fat and fat distribution in hypertension risk in urban Black South African women.
31st Scientific Meeting of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) on “Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection”
2025
Athens, Greece
29th Scientific Meeting of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) on “Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection”
2025
Milan, Italy
28th Scientific Meeting of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) on “Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection”
2025
Barcelona, Spain
26th Scientific Meeting of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) on “Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection”
2025
Paris, France
26th Meeting of the Intentional Society of Hypertension
2025
Seoul, South Korea