Kimberly Malloch
MSc Student
Kimberly completed her Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Mathematical Sciences at Stellenbosch University in 2023, after which she continued to an Honours degree in Applied Mathematics in 2024. In her Honours year she worked as a university tutor for a second-year Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra module, as well as a third year Applied Mathematics module in flow modelling. Her honours project, titled “Analysis of blood flow at varying viscosities”, investigated the flow behaviour of blood in healthy and diseased states, with particular application to COVID-19 and long COVID.
She is currently completing a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics with SACEMA, at Stellenbosch University. She is specialising in epidemiological modelling with application to human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer in South Africa. Her research focuses on using a microsimulation model to simulate the impact and cost-effectiveness of a therapeutic vaccine on cervical cancer incidence, given the high burden of HIV in the country.
Project title
Modelling preferred HPV therapeutic vaccine characteristics in South Africa
Supervisor(s)
Dr Cari van Schalkwyk, Dr Lenine Liebenberg