Zinhle Mthombothi, MSc
Junior Researcher
Zinhle Mthombothi is a Junior Researcher at the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA) and a PhD candidate at Stellenbosch University. Her doctoral research focuses on evaluating the spatial and temporal effects of spatial repellents in disrupting mosquito-borne disease transmission. Beyond her PhD work, Zinhle contributes to several public health modeling initiatives, including utilizing wastewater data to estimate the effective reproduction number (Rt) for South Africa, assessing the potential magnitude of poliovirus outbreaks in Southern Africa, and participating in systematic and scoping reviews on infectious disease modeling.
Project title
Examining spatial and temporal effects of a spatial repellant during a clinical trial in Iquitos, Peru
Supervisor(s)
Dr Cari van Schalkwyk, Prof Robert Reiner