About HMS

The Division of Health Measurement Sciences (HMS), within the School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH), deals with quantitative aspects of public health, including Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E).

Our Division hosts the South African Field Epidemiology Training Programme (SAFETP) in collaboration with the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD). We also provide biostatistics support in terms of sample size calculations, study design, statistical analysis plans, data collection and management, statistical data analysis, and reporting, to staff and students within the SHSPH.

We also support training in the use of statistical software such as Stata. Our areas of research are broad, spanning from communicable to non-communicable diseases.

We have supported grant applications in a wide spectrum of public health fields of research, where we have published widely.  We supervise students from Diploma through to Post-Docs.

Staff

Name:	HARRIS Bernice, Dr
Qualifications:	MBChB MMed(Community Health) (Pret)
Position:	Senior Lecturer
Portfolio:	Coordinator: DTM&H Coordinator: MPH (Disease Control)
Division:	Health Measurement Sciences
Research Interest:	Dr Harris is a Community Health Specialist with an interest in infectious diseases and epidemiology. She is the coordinator of the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Health (DTM&H) and the disease control track of the MPH
ORCID ID:	0000-0002-0924-3178
Telephone:	+27 (0) 12 356 3249
Email:	[email protected]
Office:	HWS North Building, Room no: 5-03
Name:	LEDIBANE Neo, Dr
Qualifications:	MBChB (Natal), Higher Certificate in Management (FPD), MPH (UP)
Position:	Lecturer
Portfolio:	Programme Coordinator: MSc Epidemiology, MSc Clinical Epidemiology Faculty Research Forum Sub-Committee Member
Division:	Health Measurement Sciences
Research Interest:	Reproductive Health, HPV Vaccination, HIV/AIDS, Cancer Epidemiology, Monitoring and Evaluation, Geospatial Analysis
ORCID ID:	0000-0002-9991-5221
Telephone:	+27 (0) 12 356 3252
Email:	[email protected]
Office:	HWS North Building, Room no: 5-7
Name:	MASHAMBA-THOMPSON Tivani, Prof
Qualifications:	PhD (Public Health) (UKZN)
Position:	Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies
Portfolio:
Division:	Health Measurement Sciences
Research Interest:	Diagnostic Research (Evidence Synthesis and Implementation of Point-Of-Care Diagnostics)
ORCID ID:	0000-0002-4193-2416
Telephone:	+27 (0) 12 319 2102 /2198
Email:	[email protected]
Office:	HWS North Building, Deans Complex, Room no: R5-16.1
Name:	MOROPENG Lucky,  Mr
Qualifications:	MSc (Medical Virology), Medunsa; BSc (Medical Sciences), University of the North
Position:	Lecturer
Portfolio:	Public Health Seminar (PHS) coordinator
Division:	Health Measurement Sciences
Research Interest:	Mr Moropeng's research focus has been on investigating the effect of HIV co-infection on HBV detection in South Africa. He currently has a special interest on quality and safety of stream waters associated with recreational use and consumption in Tshwane municipality of Gauteng Province, South Africa.
ORCID ID:	0000-0003-3789-5664
Telephone:	+27 (0) 12 356 3251
Email:	[email protected]
Office:	HWS North Building, Room no: 5-06
Name:	MUSEKIWA Alfred, Prof
Qualifications:	PhD (Statistics)
Position:	Associate Professor
Portfolio:	Biostatistics
Division:	Head: Health Measurement Sciences
Research Interest:	Meta-analysis, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Missing Data
ORCID ID:	0000-0001-5880-3680
Telephone:	Tel: +27 (0) 12 356 3253
Email:	[email protected]
Office:	HWS North Building, Room no: 5-10
Name:	OYEKUNLE Victoria, Dr
Qualifications:	BSc Statistics (UNILORIN) BSc (HONS) Applied Statistics (UFH) MSc Biostatistics and Epidemiology (UFH)
Position:	Lecturer
Portfolio:
Division:	Health Measurement Sciences
Research Interest:	Longitudinal Analysis, Survival Analysis, Missing Data, Randomized Controlled Trials
ORCID ID:	0000-0003-0548-4705
Telephone:	+27 (0) 12 356 3255
Email:	[email protected]
Office:	HWS North Building, Room no: 5-12
Name:	PATRICK Sean, Dr
Qualifications:	BSc Biological Sciences (WITS) BSc (HONS) (Cellular Physiology) (UP) MSc (Cellular Physiology) (UP) PhD (Environmental Health) (UP)
Position:	Senior Lecturer
Portfolio:
Division:	Health Measurement Sciences
Research Interest:	Environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCS), emerging contaminants and diseases of lifestyle, with a special interest in environmental and social interactions
ORCID ID:	0000-0002-0364-0068
Telephone:	+27 (0) 12 356 3288
Email:	[email protected]
Office:	HWS North Building, Room no: 5-11