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Head of Division: Associate Professor Maia Lesosky BSc MSc PhD Guelph
Contact Information:
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
School of Public Health and Family Medicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Cape Town
OBSERVATORY
7925
South Africa
Senior Secretary: Jolene Brooks
Tel: +27 21 406 6578
Fax:+27 21 406 6764
Email: Jolene Brooks
The Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics leads teaching and research around quantitative research methods in the School and Faculty. Courses taught from the Division include Introduction to Epidemiology, Quantitative Research Methods, Advanced Epidemiology, Evidence-Based Health Care, Clinical Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Non-Communicable Diseases Epidemiology, and a range of biostatistics courses (in conjunction with the Department of Statistical Sciences).
The Division has a joinable mailing list – we use this to announce our seminars, workshops and short courses. Please join if you wish to hear about Division hosted activities.
The Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics has a joinable mailing list – we use this to announce our seminars, workshops and short courses. Please join if you wish to hear about Division hosted activities.
How to sign up to DivEB mail list:
How to leave the DivEB mail list:
How to send a message to the DivEB mail list:
1. Email epibio-division-l@lists.uct.ac.za
Note that this will email ALL the people on the list.
The Division assists with undergraduate epidemiology and biostatistics teaching in the MBChB curriculum (including during Semesters 3-5, and as part of the 4th year Public Health teaching programme) and as part of research methods teaching for allied health sciences students.
The Division provides epidemiology and biostatistics teaching at both introductory and advanced levels. Most of the Division's teaching is through the Master of Public Health (MPH) programme, where the Division convenes the Epidemiology and Biostatistics track.
Courses taught by the Division include:
Additional teaching takes place on a range of short-courses and special seminars throughout the Faculty. This additional teaching typically focuses on either general research methods (study design, measurement, causal inference, etc) and/or specific advanced topics. Recent topics for short-courses and seminars include:
In addition, the Division offers PhDs in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. While the PhD programme is by dissertation-only, most of our PhD students enter through the MPH, and/or participate in short-courses and seminars programme.
The Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics offers an epidemiology and biostatistics consulting service within the Faculty of Health Sciences. The consulting unit provides services which include the following activities:
Clientele include:
Please note:
To request consulting services, please contact the unit via email: epibios.consult@uct.ac.za
Research interests and activities in the Division include:
Researchers in the Division collaborate with investigators in other parts of the School of Public Health and Family Medicine (including CIDER and WHRU) and the Faculty (including the Departments of Paediatrics and Child Health, Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Medicine).
Date |
Time |
Topic |
Venue |
Level |
Registration link |
Feb 12 |
9:30-12:30 |
8. Advanced modelling / analysis |
Online |
Advanced |
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Mar 5 |
9:30-12:30 |
1. Introduction to R |
Online |
Beginner |
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Mar 19 |
9:30-12:30 |
9. Data visualisation with R |
Online |
Advanced |
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Apr 9 |
9:30-12:30 |
2. Group summaries and comparisons + epiR part 1 |
TBD |
Beginner |
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Apr 30 |
9:30-12:30 |
3. Group summaries and comparisons + epiR part 2 |
TBD |
Beginner |
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Aug |
TBD |
4. Regression models in R |
TBD |
Intermediate |
Registration circulated in June |
Aug |
TBD |
5. Intermediate data handling |
TBD |
Intermediate |
Registration circulated in June |
Sept |
TBD |
6. Survival analysis in R |
TBD |
Intermediate |
Registration circulated in June |
Jan 2022 |
TBD |
7. Advanced data handling |
TBD |
Advanced |
Registration circulated in Jan |
Fees:
For currently registered staff or students in the School of Public Health & Family Medicine there is no fee. For all other participants, there is a R500/course fee payable through internal journal transfer only. You must be a member of UCT (ie have a valid UCT email address) in order to participate. A signed journal or proof of transfer will be required before access is granted.
How to register:
Follow the link for the course you want to register for. It is a small form that collects email addresses. Please use your UCT email address.
Request the internal journal transfer to 232826, PPH1228. Please send proof of payment to: Jolene.Brooks@uct.ac.za.
You will receive a link to the online meeting venue, plus other information a few days before the scheduled workshop once registered and proof of payment submitted via your UCT email.
Course content:
These courses are mainly aimed at current MPH and PhD students in the School of Public Health & Family Medicine, and so are oriented towards serving those groups as they complete their coursework and dissertation. Instructors and content will vary by course. These courses will be offered annually.
If you would like to discuss a bespoke course please email epibios.consult@uct.ac.za
Contact:
To join the Division mail list to get course announcements go to https://lists.uct.ac.za/lists.php, search for epibio-division-l@lists.uct.ac.za, click Join.
For admin matters please contact Senior Secretary Jolene.Brooks@uct.ac.za
For other matters relating to the Division, please contact Head of Division maia.lesosky@uct.ac.za
Maia Lesosky, Associate Professor and Head of Division
Email: maia.lesosky@uct.ac.za Phone: 021 650 4532
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Landon Myer, Professor, Head of Department and Director of School
Email: landon.myer@uct.ac.za Phone: 021 406 6661
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Tamsin Phillips, Senior Lecturer/Research Officer
Email: tammy.phillips@uct.ac.za
Tamsin Phillips is an epidemiologist in the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Her research focus is the continuum of care for women living with HIV. Her PhD investigated the impact of mobility and care transitions on adherence and retention in HIV care among pregnant and postpartum women in Gugulethu. She is also interested in the methodological considerations for measuring retention and adherence and the use of mobile health and smartphone technology for supporting the HIV care continuum. Tamsin recently received a VECD Fogarty Global Health Postdoctoral Fellowship through which she will explore longer-term patterns of disengage and re-engage in HIV care among postpartum women. She also teaches Introduction to Biostatistics as part of the MPH programme. |
Kirsty Brittain, Lecturer/Research Officer
Email: kirstybrittain@gmail.com
Kirsty Brittain is a Research Officer in the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Her research interests include psychosocial aspects of maternal, child and adolescent health, including adherence and engagement in HIV care, behavioural risk factors, and mental health problems. Her current work focusses on pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV, with a particular emphasis on HIV-status disclosure and experiences of stigma. She teaches Introduction to Epidemiology as part of the Master of Public Health programme. |
Hlengiwe Madlala, Lecturer/Research Officer
Email: Hlengiwe.madlala@uct.ac.za
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Elton Mukonda, Lecturer/Research Officer
Email: elton.mukonda@uct.ac.za
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Thokozile Malaba, Lecturer/Research Officer
Email: Thoko.Malaba@uct.ac.za
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Frissiano Honwana, Assistant Lecturer
Email: Frissiano.Honwana@uct.ac.za
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Jasantha Odayar, Clinical Research Officer
Email: Jasantha.Odayar@uct.ac.za
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Tracy Glass, Statistical Analyst
Email: Tracy.Glass @uct.ac.za
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Stanzi le Roux, PhD candidate
Dr Stanzi le Roux is a doctoral student and clinical epidemiologist in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town. She has a background in clinical paediatrics and child health, with previous appointments at the clinical research unit in Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, and the Desmond Tutu TB research Centre at Tygerberg Hospital, in Cape Town. Her research focus is maternal and child health in the context of infectious diseases in southern Africa, and she is currently completing her doctoral thesis on comparative health outcomes of HIV-exposed uninfected children. |
Chukwudi Nnaji, PhD candidate
Twitter handle: @ChuxNesta_Nnaji
His research interests are in the areas of evidence based medicine, infectious disease epidemiology, vaccinology and vaccine implementation science. His PhD research aims to use multilevel analytical approaches to evaluate the burden, as well as individual-level and contextual enablers of missed opportunities for vaccination; while using the findings to design context-tailored quality improvement strategies for addressing identified missed opportunities for vaccination. He is supervised by Prof. Charles Wiysonge, Associate Prof. Maia Lesosky and Dr Duduzile Ndwandwe. |
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S Delaney-Moretlwe |
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C Wiysonge |
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Annibale Cois
Email: acois@sun.ac.za
Dr Annibale Cois is an Epidemiologist and Biostatistician, and a researcher in the Department of Global Health at Stellenbosch University. He holds an honorary position as a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the School of Public Health of the University of Cape Town. His background includes Master Degrees in Electrical Engineering (University of Cagliari, Italy) and Public Health (University of Cape Town), and a PhD in Public Health (University of Cape Town). His current research interests focus primarily on the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases and associated risk factors in low- and middle-income countries and the application of advanced statistical methods for the joint analysis of multiple heterogeneous data sources. Recent works include the application of latent variables techniques to the estimation and modelling of measurement error in anthropometric characteristics in large-scale surveys; the joint analysis of multiple datasets to recover long-term trends in blood pressure, body mass index and other cardiovascular risk factors; the study of seasonal patterns of cardiovascular risk factors in the South African population and their socioeconomic correlates; the application of Bayesian estimation methods for the study of population pattern of alcohol consumption. |
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Nathan Ford |
Kevin Kelly |
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Jabulani Ncayiyana
Jabulani Ncayiyana is an epidemiologist with research interests in infectious diseases, child and adolescent health, spatial epidemiology and implementation science. |