MMED 2025 Instructional Team


Reshma Kassanjee, PhD

Reshma Kassanjee, PhD

Director

Senior Research Officer
Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research (CIDER)
University of Cape Town

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Seth Blumberg, MD, PhD

Seth Blumberg, MD, PhD

Faculty

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Divisions of Hospital Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Francis I. Proctor Institute
University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

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Jonathan Dushoff, PhD

Jonathan Dushoff, PhD

Faculty

Professor of Biology
Department of Biology
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

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Zinhle Mthombothi, MSc

Zinhle Mthombothi, MSc

MMED Fundamentals Lecturer

Junior Researcher
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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Mutono Nyamai, PhD

Mutono Nyamai, PhD

Faculty

Postdoctoral Scientist
Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
University of Nairobi

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Carl Pearson, MSES, PhD

Carl Pearson, MSES, PhD

Faculty

Research Fellow
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
London, United Kingdom

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Travis Porco, MPH, PhD

Travis Porco, MPH, PhD

Faculty

Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Department of Ophthalmology
Francis I Proctor Institute for Research in Ophthalmology
University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

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Cari van Schalkwyk, PhD

Cari van Schalkwyk, PhD

Faculty

Senior Researcher
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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Jeremy Bingham, MSc

Jeremy Bingham, MSc

Mentor

Junior Researcher
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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Martha Luka

Martha Luka

Mentor

Ph.D. Candidate
University of Glasgow

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Stanley Sayianka

Stanley Sayianka

Mentor

Research Scientist
Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, University of Nairobi

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Elisha Are, PhD

Elisha Are, PhD

Preparation Team

Postdoctoral Fellow & Term Lecturer
Mathematics Department, Simon Fraser University, Canada

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Wim Delva, MD, PhD

Wim Delva, MD, PhD

Preparation Team

Deputy Director for Research
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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John Hargrove, PhD

John Hargrove, PhD

Lecturer

Senior Research Fellow
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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Ivy Kombe, PhD

Ivy Kombe, PhD

Preparation Team

Postdoctoral researcher
Pandemic Science Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Big Data Institute
University of Oxford

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Michael Li, PhD

Michael Li, PhD

Preparation Team

Senior Scientist
Public Health Risk Science Division
Public Health Agency of Canada

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Juliet Pulliam, PhD

Juliet Pulliam, PhD

Preparation Team

Director of SACEMA & Professor of Applied Mathematics
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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Bobby Reiner, PhD

Bobby Reiner, PhD

Preparation Team

Associate Professor of Health Metrics Sciences
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

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Jim Scott, MPH, PhD

Jim Scott, MPH, PhD

Preparation Team

Associate Professor of Statistics
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Colby College, Waterville, ME, USA

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Eva Ujeneza, MSc

Eva Ujeneza, MSc

Preparation Team

PhD candidate, Stellenbosch University and
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis

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Program Evaluator


Faikah Bruce, MSc

Faikah Bruce, MSc

ICI3D Program Evaluator

Training Coordinator
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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