Larisse Bolton, PhD

Larisse Bolton, PhD

Faculty Member, DAIDD 2021, DAIDD 2023

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

PhD in Applied Mathematics, University of the Free State (2017)
MSc in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of the Free State (2009)
BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of the Free State (2008)
BSc in Chemistry, University of the Free State (2007)

About: Larisse Bolton holds a BSc in Chemistry and a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Her postgraduate research focused on the application of mathematical modelling in oncology using different approaches – model adaptation and model construction. She was a postdoctoral research fellow at the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA) in Stellenbosch from 2018-2021 and now holds the position of Researcher at SACEMA. Her current research focuses on blood systems analysis. She has been assessing blood product usage and demand in South Africa and is developing a predictive model for red blood cell product usage. The model will be used to investigate various scenarios of health system structuring.

Selected publication:

Bolton, van den Berg, Swanevelder, Pulliam. (2021) Mind the gap - Patterns of red blood cell product usage in South Africa, 2014 - 2019. South African Medical Journal