Alumni
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Hargrove, Prof S Steel
Graduation Date: March 2015
Thesis: Agent-based models of mark-recapture studies using island populations of tsetse flies (glossina spp): improved population parameter estimates
Institution: University of the Western Cape
Supervisor: Prof G D Hughes
Graduation Date: March 2015
Thesis: Ethnobotanical study of traditional herbal medicines used for the treatment of stroke in the western cape, South Africa
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Snoep, Dr D van Niekerk
Graduation Date: March 2015
Thesis: Modelling of the invasion dynamics of plasmodium falciparum merozoites into red blood cells
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Prof L Myer
Graduation Date: December 2014
Thesis: The evolution and effectiveness of the South African national antiretroviral therapy programme
Institution: University of the Witwatersrand
Supervisor: Prof M Coetzee, Dr B Sartorius
Graduation Date: December 2014
Thesis: Correlation between surrounding environmental condition and malaria incidence in selected sub districts of Mpumalanga province South Africa, 2000 to 2010
Institution: University of the Witwatersrand
Supervisor: Prof A Welte
Graduation Date: October 2014
Thesis: Characterisation and application of tests for recent infection for HIV incidence surveillance
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof G Matthews, Prof B Sartorius, Prof B Snow
Graduation Date: March 2014
Thesis: Spatial modelling of malaria and anemia in Sub-Saharan African countries
Institution: North West University
Supervisor: Prof P Pretorius
Graduation Date: March 2014
Thesis: Statistical modelling of the HIV/AIDS data in South Africa
Institution: University of the Western Cape
Supervisor: Prof R Blignaut
Graduation Date: March 2014
Thesis: Using a weighted bootstrapped logistic regression modelling procedure to identify risk behaviours associated with sexual activity
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof W Delva
Graduation Date: March 2014
Thesis: Estimating HIV treatment coverage in South African clinics based on the time trend of the cd4 count distribution at art initiation and a dynamical epidemiological model
Institution: University of the Witwatersrand
Supervisor: Dr M Fox, Prof MacPhail
Graduation Date: December 2013
Thesis: Simplification of treatment monitoring strategies in HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa
MSc
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr L Johnson, Prof A Welte
Graduation Date: December 2013
Thesis: Understanding the impact of an HIV intervention package for adolescents
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr R Ouifki
Graduation Date: December 2013
Thesis: Mathematical modelling of the effectiveness of two training interventions on infectious diseases in Uganda
Institution: University of the Witwatersrand
Supervisor: Dr E Musenge
Graduation Date: December 2013
Thesis: A comparative study on the determinants of HIV infection in Swaziland and Ethiopia
Institution: University of the Western Cape
Supervisor: Prof D Jackson
Graduation Date: September 2013
Thesis: Coverage, quality and uptake of PMTCT services in South Africa: results of a national cross-sectional PMTCT survey (SAPMTCTE, 2010)
MSc
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof G Matthews
Graduation Date: December 2012
Thesis: Statistical analysis of data specific to genetic epidemiology
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Hargrove
Graduation Date: December 2012
Thesis: Mathematical models for the control of tsetse and African trypanosomiasis through application of insecticides on cattle in South-Eastern Uganda
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Hargrove, Prof E Lungu
Graduation Date: December 2012
Thesis: Mathematical modelling of interaction between malaria parasites and the host immune system
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof E Lungu
Graduation Date: December 2012
Thesis: In-vivo mathematical modelling of the dynamics of co-infection with HIV-1 and HHV-8
PhD
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof P Mostert
Graduation Date: December 2012
Thesis: A Bayesian approach to multi-state Markov modelling from interval-censored data
Institution: University of the Witwatersrand
Supervisor: Dr J Levin, Prof L Moulton, Prof J Humphrey, Prof J Hargrove
Graduation Date: July 2012
Thesis: Understanding the bed capture enzyme immunoassay (CEIA): measuring HIV-1 incidence in cross-sectional studies
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Prof L Myer
Graduation Date: June 2012
Thesis: Adverse outcomes associated with timing of ante-natal care initiation: a retrospective cohort study of pregnancies in Cape Town, South Africa
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof H Mwambi
Graduation Date: April 2012
Thesis: Modelling longitudinal binary disease outcome data including the effect of covariates and extra variability
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr R Ouifki
Graduation Date: March 2012
Thesis: Modelling malaria and s-gene across time scales
