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Students and collaborators interested in spatial statistics, infectious disease modelling and public health data science are welcome to get in touch.

Postgraduate study and research collaboration with Dr Raeesa Manjoo-Docrat at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

My research group is based in the School of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Prospective students

Honours

I supervise Honours projects every year, usually on one of my core themes: spatio-stochastic modelling, spatial epidemiology, wastewater surveillance or tuberculosis modelling. A strong foundation in statistics and an interest in R are a good start.

Masters

I am happy to supervise Masters students on topics that fit my research programme. Please send a short research statement and your academic transcript.

PhD

I currently supervise one PhD student and welcome enquiries from candidates interested in spatial epidemiology or statistical public health, particularly as new funding becomes available.

What I offer

  • Mentoring in a supportive, collaborative research group
  • Regular research meetings with staff and postgraduate students through SEPIMOD
  • Access to national and international research networks
  • Opportunities to present at conferences and co-author papers
  • Guidance on applying for NRF and other funding

Collaborators

I work with researchers at:

  • University of Pretoria: spatial statistics, GIS and epidemiology
  • Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
  • South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)
  • Johns Hopkins University: tuberculosis modelling
  • Old Mutual–Wits Risk Lab

If you work on spatial epidemiology, infectious disease modelling or wastewater surveillance and would like to collaborate, I would be glad to hear from you.

Contact

Email

manjoo.raeesa@gmail.com

Phone

+27 79 398 5933

ORCID

0000-0003-2039-0440

Profiles

Google Scholar · ResearchGate · LinkedIn

Address

School of Statistics and Actuarial Science
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa