Students
PhD
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Snoep
Graduation Date: March 2023
Thesis: Coa-biosynthesis pathway in mycobacterium tuberculosis: enzymatic characterization and mathematical modelling
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr Cari van Schalkwyk
Graduation Date: December 2023
Thesis: A catalytic model for SARS-CoV-2 reinfections: Performing simulation-based validation and extending the model to include nth infections
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Snoep
Thesis: Drug target identification in triple-negative breast cancer cells using a detailed mathematical model for glycolysis
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Pulliam
Graduation Date: March 2022
Thesis: Population-level considerations for the treatment of COVID-19 in resource-limited settings
MSc
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr C van Schalkwyk
Graduation Date: March 2022
Thesis: Exploring evidence of TB transmission from asymptomatic patients
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr. Florian Marx
Graduation Date: December 2021
Thesis: Spatially-targeted digital chest radiography-based screening to reduce tuberculosis in high-burden settings: simulation of an adaptive decision-making approach and cost-effectiveness analysis
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr C van Schalkwyk, Dr M Muchengeti
Thesis: Liver cancer and hepatitis B in South Africa
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Snoep
Graduation Date: March 2022
Thesis: An approach to constructing a whole body computational model for glucose metabolism in malaria patients
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Snoep
Graduation Date: December 2021
Thesis: Investigating the kinetics of glycolysis and its induction by insulin in non-diabetic 3t3-l1 adipocytes
PhD
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Prof D Martin
Graduation Date: July 2023
Thesis: Analysis of the non-reversibility of HIV and its impact on the phylogenetic analysis of HIV
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Hargrove, Dr M Hazelbag
Graduation Date: December 2021
Thesis: Landmark detection on tsetse fly wing images
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Pulliam
Graduation Date: December 2021
Thesis: Burden of congenital rubella syndrome and potential impact of rubella vaccine introduction in South Africa
Hons
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Ms C van Schalkwyk
Graduation Date: December 2020
Thesis: A qualitative comparison of statistical versus dynamical epidemiological models for the global COVID-19 pandemic
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Snoep
Graduation Date: December 2023
Thesis: The effect of adenylate on the kinase on the glycolytic oscillations of saccharomyces cerevisiae
PhD
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Snoep
Graduation Date: December 2023
Thesis: A whole-body model of glucose metabolism and immunology in a malaria infected patient
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Snoep
Graduation Date: December 2021
Thesis: Modelling glycolysis in breast cancer cell lines
Hons
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr M Hazelbag
Graduation Date: December 2019
Thesis: Automatic landmark detection on tsetse fly wing images
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr J Sempa
Graduation Date: December 2019
Thesis: Estimating performance characteristics of sedia limiting antigen avidity assay for HIV incidence surveillance
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: A/Prof S Skatulla
Thesis: Mathematical modelling of mechanotransduction in rheumatic heart disease
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr L Bolton
Graduation Date: December 2019
Thesis: Re-defining the retardation constant within the Gompertz growth model to improve characterisation of Rhabdomyosarcoma progression.
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof A Welte
Graduation Date: December 2020
Thesis: Defining and Assessing the Spectrum of Tuberculosis(TB) Disease: Application to Diagnosis and Prognosis
PhD
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof A Welte
Thesis: Use of a home-based testing program for population-level estimates of HIV incidence: demonstration and critical assessment of a novel surveillance method in Namibia, Zambezi region
MSc
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Prof D Martin
Graduation Date: December 2019
Thesis: Analysis of the non-reversibility of HIV and its impact on the phylogenetic analysis of HIV
PhD
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Pulliam, Prof M Ferrari
Graduation Date: April 2022
Thesis: Measles outbreak response vaccination: a dynamical assessment of the role of the vaccine logistics and supply chain
MSc
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr M Hazelbag
Graduation Date: December 2020
Thesis: Calibrating models to data: A comparison of methods
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr M Hazelbag
Graduation Date: December 2018
Thesis: Waning immunity marring the eradication of mumps-a modelling study
Hons
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Ms C van Schalkwyk
Graduation Date: December 2018
Thesis: The effects of varying infant vaccination coverage levels on the potential of a measles outbreak in England
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Snoep
Graduation Date: December 2021
Thesis: Mechanistic models to predict ARV activity and HIV disease progression.
ERF
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Prof M Lesosky
Thesis: Estimating and monitoring child health at population level: a model-based assessment of health facility-based data
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr M Hazelbag
Graduation Date: April 2020
Thesis: A within-host mathematical model of drug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Dr B Kagina, Dr R Muloiwa, Dr S Silal, Dr S Cleary, Prof G Hussey
Thesis: Evidence-based vaccinology: a study of hepatitis a in South Africa
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Dr M Davies, Dr D Maman
Graduation Date: December 2021
Thesis: Evaluation of the HIV cascade of care in four sub-Saharan African countries
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Prof M Lesosky
Thesis: Optimising chronic disease monitoring in resource limited settings
PhD
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Hargrove
Graduation Date: December 2020
Thesis: Extinction probabilities for tsetse (Glossina spp.) in a world of changing climate
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr E Grebe, Prof A Welte
Graduation Date: December 2021
Thesis: Estimating the value of perfect test-sensitivity information for blood bank screening algorithms
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof C Hui
Graduation Date: December 2018
Thesis: Project on metapopulation dynamics
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof U Chikte, Prof J Nachega
Graduation Date: December 2020
Thesis: An evaluation of the effectiveness of task-shifting health systems approaches, including community-based and pharmaceutical care models, for HIV treatment and prevention programs in South Africa
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof Alex Welte
Graduation Date: April 2022
Thesis: Time/age smoothing/interpolation of prevalence data to optimise incidence estimation from population/survey data
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof W Delva
Graduation Date: December 2018
Thesis: Associations between age differences in relationships and relationship characteristics that affect HIV transmission risk
PhD
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Snoep
Graduation Date: December 2019
Thesis: Hypocortisolism in angora goats - insight through computational modelling
Institution: University of Pretoria
Supervisor: Dr R Ouifki
Thesis: Mathematical modelling and the cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis of the combined use of DDT and education in malaria control
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof B van der Ventel
Graduation Date: December 2017
Thesis: Modelling multi-strained disease systems
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof F Nyabadza
Graduation Date: December 2017
Thesis: A simple mathematical model with self-initiation and limited rehabilitation
Hons
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof F Nyabadza, Prof C Hui
Graduation Date: December 2017
Thesis: A mathematical model for the biological control of aphids
Hons
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof F Nyabadza
Graduation Date: December 2017
Thesis: Modelling the linkage between poverty and diseases
Hons
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof C Hui
Graduation Date: December 2017
Thesis: Multi-scale evolutionary game theory
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof W Delva
Graduation Date: April 2022
Thesis: Combining sexual behavioural survey data, phylodynamics and agent-based simulation models towards a unified framework for HIV prevention research
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Dr L Johnson, Dr T Oni
Thesis: Modelling the effects of HIV, diabetes, vitamin D deficiency and household overcrowding on the epidemiology of tuberculosis in South Africa
PhD
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Dr W Ndifon, Dr M Marakalala
Graduation Date: December 2021
Thesis: A new method for high-resolution telomere length mapping in t cell subsets
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Hargrove, Dr R Ouifki
Graduation Date: March 2018
Thesis: Studying the effects of temperature change on the dynamics of tsetse flies and trypanosomiasis disease transmission
Institution: University of Venda
Supervisor: Dr W Garira
Graduation Date: June 2018
Thesis: Multiscale modelling of HIV/AIDS transmission dynamics
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof C Hui
Graduation Date: March 2018
Thesis: Using species distribution models for spatial conservation planning of African penguins
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr R Ouifki, Dr A Eladaddi
Graduation Date: December 2019
Thesis: The use of oncolytic viruses as a novel cancer treatment method
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Prof L Myer, Prof C Orrell
Graduation Date: July 2019
Thesis: Understanding maternal adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected women through pregnancy, breastfeeding and into ongoing ART care
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof T Wossler, Prof C Hui
Graduation Date: March 2020
Thesis: Social organisation and pathogen transmission in African ants: at what point do social immunity benefits diminish?
Institution: University of the Witwatersrand
Supervisor: Dr S Charalambous, Dr E Musenge, Dr N Moodley
Thesis: Modelling latent tuberculosis infection diagnosis and treatment among healthcare workers in South Africa
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Dr S Silal
Thesis: Mathematical modeling of Malaria transmission in Manicaland province, Zimbabwe
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Dr S Silal
Graduation Date: December 2021
Thesis: The malaria elimination agenda: prospects for Ghana using mathematical modelling tools
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Hargrove, Prof K Govinder
Thesis: Modelling the population dynamics and spread of African trypanosomiasis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr G Mazandu, Dr F Nyabadza
Graduation Date: December 2017
Thesis: Mathematical modelling of human immune response to TB
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof M Nieuwoudt, Prof C Hui
Graduation Date: March 2017
Thesis: Establishing appropriate models for age-related changes in lymphocyte cell markers in paediatric data from South Africa
MSc
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof F Nyabadza
Graduation Date: December 2016
Thesis: A mathematical model for onchocerciasis and its treatment with ivermectin
PhD
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr W Ndifon
Thesis: Quantification of the ageing of the human immune system
Hons
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Snoep
Graduation Date: December 2016
Thesis: A review of whole-body models for glucose metabolism with periodic vs constant addition of glucose with a view on body fat storage
Hons
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof F Nyabadza
Graduation Date: December 2016
Thesis: The future of HIV related lymphomas
Hons
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr R Ouifki
Graduation Date: December 2016
Thesis: Investigating the impact of joint TB-HIV epidemics on treatment strategies in a Western Cape community
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof F Nyabadza
Graduation Date: December 2016
Thesis: A comparison mathematical model of the pro smoking campaigns and anti-smoking campaigns
Hons
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr D van Niekerk
Graduation Date: December 2016
Thesis: Modelling the dispersal of plasmodium falciparum merozoites as diffusion by using a partial differential equation model
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr G Mazandu
Graduation Date: December 2016
Thesis: Analysing tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection dynamics in the burden of tuberculosis in South Africa
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Prof F Little, Prof T Scriba, Dr V Rozot
Graduation Date: December 2017
Thesis: A head to head comparison of TB vaccine candidates antigen-specific cytokine-producing cd4 and cd8 frequencies
MSc
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Pulliam
Graduation Date: March 2018
Thesis: Assessment of a measles outbreak response vaccination campaign, and two measles parameter estimation methods
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof T Zewotir
Graduation Date: May 2022
Thesis: Spatial modelling of malaria and anemia in Sub-Saharan African countries
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof B Sartorius
Graduation Date: December 2016
Thesis: Evaluating the accessibility and utility of HIV-related point of care diagnostics for maternal health in rural South Africa
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Dr F Gumedze
Graduation Date: December 2016
Thesis: Analysis of clustered competing risk with application to a multicentre clinical trial
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Dr K Cohen, Prof G Maartens
Graduation Date: December 2017
Thesis: Morbidity from antiretroviral metabolic effects in Africa: the MAMA study
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: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr R Ouifki, Dr A Eladdadi, Prof L de Pillis
Graduation Date: December 2017
Thesis: Mathematical modelling of tumour-immune interactions and cancer therapy
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Dr S Melesse, Prof H Mwambi
Graduation Date: December 2016
Thesis: Statistical models to model the probability of the under-five mortality in United Republic of Tanzania
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof H Mwambi
Graduation Date: March 2016
Thesis: Analysis of correlated time to event data: a frailty model approach
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof W Delva
Graduation Date: December 2017
Thesis: Partner turnover rates and the lifetime number of partners in Cape Town, South Africa
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof W Delva
Graduation Date: December 2017
Thesis: Intimate partner violence and age disparity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr R Ouifki, Prof J Hargrove
Graduation Date: March 2017
Thesis: Modelling the economics of insecticide and trypanocide-treated cattle interventions against trypanosomiasis disease within a multi-host population using delay differential equations
PhD
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof M Nieuwoudt
Graduation Date: December 2017
Thesis: The effects of longitudinal HIV viral load exposure on immune outcomes, mortality, and opportunistic infections in people on art in Sub-Saharan Africa
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof M Nieuwoudt, Dr W Ndifon
Thesis: Modelling the dynamics of CD4 T-cell reconstitution of HIV infected patients on HAART
PhD
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr L Johnson, Prof A Welte
Thesis: The effect of adolescent-focused HIV prevention methods on HIV incidence and drug-resistance in South Africa: a model-based evaluation
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof H Mwambi, Prof S Vansteelandt
Graduation Date: December 2019
Thesis: Estimating the effect of treatment in randomized controlled trials with non-compliance: application of instrumental variables
Institution: University of the Witwatersrand
Supervisor: Dr E Musenge
Graduation Date: March 2015
Thesis: Determinants of malaria episodes in children under 5 in Malawi in 2012
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof H Mwambi
Graduation Date: December 2015
Thesis: Modelling of African animal trypanosomiasis transmission in cattle in KwaZulu-Natal
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Dr F Gumedze
Graduation Date: December 2019
Thesis: Sensitivity analysis approaches for incomplete longitudinal data in a multi-centre clinical trial
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof D North, Prof T Zewotir
Graduation Date: March 2016
Thesis: Statistical Analysis of the Attitudes towards Blood Donation and Transfusion in Mali
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Dr T Oni
Graduation Date: March 2016
Thesis: The prevalence and risk factors of diabetes mellitus among tuberculosis patients at Ubuntu Clinic, Khayelitsha
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Hargrove, Prof J Nachega, Dr G van Zyl, Dr P Kilmarx
Graduation Date: December 2017
Thesis: Evaluating the performance of laboratory based assays in estimating HIV incidence
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 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: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof J Banasiak
Graduation Date: December 2015
Thesis: Invariant manifolds of infinite-dimensional dynamical systems with applications
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof G Matthews, Mr J Ramjith
Graduation Date: August 2015
Thesis: Sexual debut: an analysis of the birth to twenty data
Institution: North West University
Supervisor: Prof I Schoeman, Prof J Spoelstra
Graduation Date: October 2015
Thesis: Modelling the transmission of pathogens by considering environmental and direct transmission mechanisms
Institution: University of Venda
Supervisor: Dr W Garira
Graduation Date: July 2015
Thesis: A general mathematical modelling frame-work for immuno-epidemiology of infections with free-living pathogens in the environment
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 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 KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof H Mwambi
Graduation Date: March 2015
Thesis: Modelling the risk of HIV infection using antenatal clinic data
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof H Mwambi, Dr L Dodd
Graduation Date: April 2016
Thesis: Evaluation of strategies to combine multiple bio-markers in diagnostic testing
PhD
Institution: University of Pretoria
Supervisor: Prof I Craig
Graduation Date: April 2016
Thesis: Pinning control of disease networks
Institution: University of the Witwatersrand
Supervisor: Prof G Gray, Dr M Bertram, Prof A Welte
Graduation Date: June 2017
Thesis: Impact of dual HIV and HPV vaccine strategies among adolescents in a resource constrained setting
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 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 E Buchmann, Prof M Chersich
Graduation Date: July 2018
Thesis: Assessing progress and barriers to elimination of mother-to-child transmission and decreasing HIV-related maternal deaths in the Johannesburg health district
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof P Mostert
Graduation Date: December 2015
Thesis: Compounding a class of Rayleigh distributions: an objective Bayesian approach
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof T Victor, Prof R Warren, Dr E Streicher
Graduation Date: March 2015
Thesis: Molecular characterization of the drug-resistant tuberculosis epidemic in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Institution: University of the Western Cape
Supervisor: Prof G Hughes, Prof T Puoane
Graduation Date: March 2015
Thesis: Use of traditional herbal medicines for a non-communicable disease, diabetes
Institution: University of the Western Cape
Supervisor: Prof T Puoane, Dr M Nieuwoudt
Graduation Date: September 2015
Thesis: Modelling the effect of HIV infection and disease stage on survival of severely malnourished children treated according to the recommended who treatment modality: a prospective multi-cohort study
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof T Victor, Prof R Warren, Dr E Streicher
Graduation Date: March 2015
Thesis: Molecular characterization of the drug-resistant tuberculosis epidemic in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
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: 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: 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: 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 T Puoane
Graduation Date: April 2018
Thesis: Developing the public health model of community participation in the Kwazulu-Natal primary health care system
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof D Naidoo
Graduation Date: March 2015
Thesis: Genetic contribution to the risk for metabolic syndrome: an investigation of candidate gene polymorphisms related to lipid and carbohydrate metabolism
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Prof L Myer
Graduation Date: June 2016
Thesis: Loss to follow-up from South Africa's antiretroviral treatment programme: trends, risk factors, and models of care to improve retention
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr A Welte
Graduation Date: March 2012
Thesis: Calculating the risk of infection of mycobacterium tuberculosis in endemic settings
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr F Nyabadza
Graduation Date: March 2012
Thesis: Modelling the effect of HIV on age-specific incidence of active TB disease: a comparison between Taiwan and CapeTown metropole
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr R Ouifki
Graduation Date: March 2012
Thesis: Modelling malaria and s-gene across time scales
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
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: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Dr H Mwambi
Graduation Date: March 2015
Thesis: Analysis of TB treatment and control models
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr R Ouifki, Prof W Delva, Prof F Nyabadza
Graduation Date: March 2016
Thesis: Modeling the impact of early HIV treatment on the HIV epidemic in South Africa
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof H Mwambi
Graduation Date: March 2011
Thesis: Statistical analysis of incidence and mortality of African horse sickness in South Africa
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr R Ouifki
Graduation Date: December 2010
Thesis: Modelling the joint epidemics of TB and HIV the effect of exogenous reinfection
MSc
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof H Mwambi, Dr S Ramroop
Graduation Date: December 2010
Thesis: Modelling longitudinal measured HIV outcome biomarkers with immuno genetic parameters
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Dr H Mwambi
Graduation Date: December 2011
Thesis: Multistate Models for HIV/AIDS progression in patients under different forms of treatment
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr F Nyabadza, Dr R Ouifki
Graduation Date: December 2011
Thesis: Mathematical modelling the co-infection of HIV and HBV: the implication of antiretroviral therapy on course of HBV infection
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Dr H Mwambi
Graduation Date: December 2011
Thesis: A review of methods of evaluating the efficacy of intervention and control strategies with application to infectious diseases
Institution: University of Venda
Supervisor: Dr W Garira
Graduation Date: December 2011
Thesis: Mathematical modelling of transmission and control of malaria in South Africa
MSc
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr F Nyabadza
Graduation Date: December 2011
Thesis: Modelling the dynamics of methamphetamine abuse in Cape Town
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr R Ouifki, Prof J Hargrove
Graduation Date: December 2011
Thesis: Modelling the transmission and control of the African trypanosomiasis
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
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 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
MSc
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof G Matthews
Graduation Date: December 2012
Thesis: Statistical analysis of data specific to genetic epidemiology
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)
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
Graduation Date: March 2015
Thesis: Modeling time to postnatal HIV infection
Institution: University of the Western Cape
Supervisor: Dr D Jackson
Graduation Date: December 2008
Thesis: Infant feeding practice & risk factors of HIV free survival rate
Institution: University of the Western Cape
Supervisor: Dr N Marcus, Dr R Ouifki
Graduation Date: December 2010
Thesis: Application of optimal control methods in epidemiological modelling: malaria dynamics
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr F Nyabadza
Graduation Date: December 2010
Thesis: Modelling the effects of detection and delayed treatment on tuberculosis dynamics
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof G Matthews
Graduation Date: December 2010
Thesis: Modelling survival data
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr F Nyabadza
Graduation Date: December 2010
Thesis: Modelling tuberculosis dynamics in children and adults
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Dr B van der Ventel, Prof J Hargrove
Graduation Date: December 2010
Thesis: Multiple strain systems in the context of HIV and a generalized SIR model
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Dr H Mwambi
Graduation Date: December 2011
Thesis: Estimating age and time incidence of HIV infection in childbearing women from rural Kwazulu-Natal
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 M Fox, Prof MacPhail
Graduation Date: December 2013
Thesis: Simplification of treatment monitoring strategies in HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof G Nel, Dr A Neethling
Graduation Date: December 2008
Thesis: On sequential statistical methods for epidemiology
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Hargrove
Graduation Date: December 2008
Thesis: Intracellular modelling and control of HIV-1 kinetics, t-lymphocytes decline and immunosenescence
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof E Lungu
Graduation Date: December 2008
Thesis: Modelling drug resistance in malaria
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof J Hargrove
Graduation Date: December 2008
Thesis: Modelling the impact of TB superinfection on the dynamics of HIV-TB coinfection
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof K Muller-Nedebock, Dr A Welte
Graduation Date: December 2009
Thesis: An investigation into joint HIV and TB epidemics in South Africa
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Dr H Mwambi
Graduation Date: December 2009
Thesis: Estimating risk determinants of HIV and TB in South Africa
Institution: National University of Science and Technology
Supervisor: Dr W Garira
Graduation Date: December 2009
Thesis: Modelling the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis infection and its treatment
Institution: University of the Witwatersrand
Supervisor: Prof D Sherwell
Graduation Date: December 2009
Thesis: A new model of population dynamics of HIV-1 in vivo
Institution: University of the Witwatersrand
Supervisor: Dr A Welte
Graduation Date: December 2011
Thesis: In-vivo viral strain dynamics relating to drug resistance in HIV infection
Institution: University of the Witwatersrand
Supervisor: Dr K Kahn
Graduation Date: December 2011
Thesis: Spatio-temporal patterns of mortality in rural north-east South Africa
Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Prof P Leach
Graduation Date: December 2011
Thesis: Singularity and symmetry analyses for HIV-TB coinfection
Institution: University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Prof L Myer
Graduation Date: December 2011
Thesis: Dyad-related factors in HIV prevention
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
