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.
HMS Staff
| Name: | LEDIBANE Neo, Dr |
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| 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: 5-07 | |
| Name: | MALULEKE Kuhlula, Dr |
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| Qualifications: | MSc Clinical Epidemiology (Stellenbosch), PhD Public Health (UP) | |
| Position: | Senior Lecturer | |
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| Division: | Health Measurement Sciences | |
| Research Interest: | Essential Medicines and Diagnostics Research (Evidence Synthesis, Supply Chain Management, Access and Equity in Healthcare Delivery, Policy and Regulatory Frameworks), Epidemiology and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases. | |
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| Telephone: | +27 (0) 12 356 3291 | |
| Email: | [email protected] | |
| Office: | HWS North Building, Roiom no: 5-05 | |
| Name: | MASHAMBA-THOMPSON Tivani, Prof |
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| Qualifications: | PhD (Public Health) (UKZN) | |
| Position: | Professor | |
| Portfolio: | Director: Centre for Development and Implementation of Point-of-Care Diagnostics | |
| 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: 5-16.1 | |
| Name: | MOROPENG Lucky, Mr |
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| 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 |
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| Qualifications: | PhD (Statistics) | |
| Position: | Professor | |
| Portfolio: | Biostatistics | |
| Division: | 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: | NCAYIYANA Jabulani , Prof |
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| Qualifications: | MSc Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Wits), PhD Epidemiology (UNC) | |
| Position: | Associate Professor | |
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| Division: | Health Measurement Sciences | |
| Research Interest: | Infectious disease epidemiology, adolescent and child health, cancer epidemiology, spatial epidemiology and implementation science. | |
| ORCID ID: | 0000-0002-2151-1251 | |
| Telephone: | +27 (0) 12 356 3264 | |
| Email: | [email protected] | |
| Office: | HWS North Building, Room no: 5-27 | |
| Name: | PATRICK Sean, Prof |
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| Qualifications: | BSc Biological Sciences (WITS) BSc (HONS) (Cellular Physiology) (UP) MSc (Cellular Physiology) (UP) PhD (Environmental Health) (UP) | |
| Position: | Associate Professor | |
| Portfolio: | Head of Division: Health Measurement Sciences | |
| 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 | |