MMED 2023 Instructional Team

Rebecca Borchering, PhD
ICI3D Co-Director Postdoctoral researcher, the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA

Jonathan Dushoff, PhD
Founding Faculty Member Professor of Biology
Department of Biology
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Thumbi Mwangi, PhD
ICI3D Co-Director Co-Director
Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analyisis, University of Nairobi
Associate Professor, Paul G Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University

Carl Pearson, MSES, PhD
Clinic Director for MMED 2023Faculty Member, SEAMS, MMED, and DAIDD
Research Fellow
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
London, United Kingdom


Bobby Reiner, PhD
Deputy Clinic Director for MMED 2023 Associate Professor of Health Metrics Sciences
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Cari van Schalkwyk, PhD
Clinic Director for DAIDD 2023Faculty Member, MMED and DAIDD clinics
Senior Researcher
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Reshma Kassanjee, PhD
MMED 2023 Curriculum LeadFaculty Member, MMED and DAIDD clinics
Senior Research Officer
Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research (CIDER)
University of Cape Town

Ivy Kombe, PhD
MMED 2023 Applications LeadFaculty Member, MMED clinic
Postdoctoral researcher
Pandemic Science Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Big Data Institute
University of Oxford

Zinhle Mthombothi, MSc
MMED 2023 Logistics LeadFaculty Member, MMED and DAIDD clinics
Junior Researcher
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Mutono Nyamai, PhD
MMED 2023 Faculty Development LeadFaculty Member, MMED clinic
Postdoctoral Scientist
Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
University of Nairobi

Sam Abbott, PhD
Faculty Observer, MMED 2023 Research Fellow
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Seth Blumberg, MD, PhD
Faculty Observer, MMED 2023 Assistant Professor
Department of Medicines
Divisions of Hospital Medicien and Infectious Diseases
Francis I. Proctor Institute
University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

Lauren Brown, MSc
MMED Mentor Junior Researcher
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Evans Omondi, PhD
MMED Mentor Senior Lecturer in Mathematics and Statistics
Strathmore University

Tumelo Sereo, MSc
MMED Mentor Junior Researcher
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Program Evaluator

Faikah Bruce, MSc
ICI3D Program Evaluator Training Coordinator
South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa