MMED 2026 Instructional Team
Reshma Kassanjee, PhD
Director Senior Research Officer
Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER)
University of Cape Town
Lauren Brown, MSc
Faculty Junior Researcher
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Jonathan Dushoff, PhD
Faculty Professor of Biology
Department of Biology
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Mmamapudi Kubjane, PhD
Faculty Consultant Researcher
Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office
Zinhle Mthombothi, MSc
MMED Fundamentals Lecturer Junior Researcher
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Mutono Nyamai, PhD
Faculty Senior Research Fellow
Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, University of Nairobi
Assistant Professor, Paul G Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University
Carl Pearson, MSES, PhD
Faculty Research Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
North Carolina, USA
Eva Liliane Ujeneza, MSc
Faculty Research Fellow in Mathematical Epidemiology and Coordinator, Epidemic Response Lab (ERL)
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Research and Innovation Centre, Rwanda
Cari van Schalkwyk, PhD
Faculty Senior Researcher
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Mentors and Faculty Observer
Vincent Donkoh, MPhil
Observer PhD Candidate
G-WAC, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Shadé Horn, PhD
Mentor Fellowship Manager
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Belinda Lombard, MSc
Mentor PhD Student
Department of mathematics, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Brian Njuguna, BSc
Mentor Assistant Research Fellow, MSc student (University of Nairobi)
Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (CEMA)
Claire Perrin Smith, MHS, PhD
Observer Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Program Evaluator
Faikah Bruce, MSc
ICI3D Program Evaluator Training Coordinator
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa