Sayuri was the recipient of the NRF Masters scholarship 
Sayuri was the recipient of the Doctoral scholarship.  
Both the above was presented to her, due to her exceptional academic results during years of study.

In 2018 Sayuri presented her paper entitled ‘Signal analytes, STAT-3 and MEK-1 in HIV-associated pre-eclampsia’ at the 2018 congress of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (ISSHP) in Amsterdam, Netherlands where Sayuri received the Young Investigators Travel Award. 

Sayuri has published the following papers: 

• • • Cell Signaling Expression Of Stat-3 And Mek-1 In Hiv-associated Pre-eclampsia 
    • A Review of Angiogenic Imbalance in HIV-Infected Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
    • The effect of HAART on angiogenic dysregulation in a cohort of HIV infected South African women with pre-eclampsia (Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology)
    • The Pathogenic Correlations between Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Pre-eclampsia and COVID-19: A Review 
      
      

Bar, the Covid pandemic and sub sequent restrictions, Sayuri would have completed her PhD at age 25 years, making her one of the youngest graduates in Africa and the World.
Sayuri was to have graduated in July, age 26 years.