Talks and presentations

Conference talks, posters, seminars, workshops and invited courses.

Conference talks, posters, seminars and workshops by Dr Raeesa Manjoo-Docrat.

2026

Innovation pitch

Spatial innovation in wastewater-based epidemiology: an early-warning surveillance system for South Africa

Wits Faculty of Science Research & Innovation Showcase 2026 · Innovation Day, Young Innovators Pitches · Wits Science Stadium, 29 October 2026

2025

Conference

Indigenising mentorship: towards a framework for early-career academics in African higher education

Echoes of Protest, Visions of Praxis: Shaping Equitable Futures through Learning and Teaching · Wits University, September 2025

2024

Invited mini-course

Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis

3MC African Mathematical School on Quantitative Biology · North-West University, Potchefstroom, February 2024

2023

Poster

Spatial age-stratified epidemiological model with applications to the South African COVID-19 pandemic Silver Medal

Spatial Statistics Conference · Boulder, USA, July 2023

2022

Workshop

Doctoral supervision in statistics

Workshop series · online, November 2022

2022

Conference

Evaluations and recommendations for teaching R to undergraduate statistics students

International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS) · Rosario, Argentina, September 2022

2022

Conference

The spatio-stochastic modelling of infectious diseases

Mathematics Conference and Workshop for Emerging Researchers · January 2022

2021

Seminar

Highlights and experiences modelling the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa

University of Pretoria · October 2021

2020

Workshop

Sensitivity analysis of the SIR model

R-Ladies Johannesburg · October 2020

2020

Poster

Modelling the spread of infectious diseases using a spatio-stochastic model

30th International Biometric Conference (IBC 2020)

2019

Seminar

Modelling the spread of tuberculosis in South Africa using a spatio-stochastic model

University of the Witwatersrand · August 2019

2019

Workshop

R Shiny labs

R-Ladies Johannesburg · July 2019

2018

Poster

Modelling the spread of tuberculosis in South Africa

Spatial Statistics Conference · Sitges, Spain, July 2018

2018

Poster

Branching processes: an application to the blue crane

South African Statistical Association Conference · Bloemfontein, November 2018

2016

Conference

Estimating the survival probabilities of blue cranes

South African Statistical Association Conference · Pretoria, 2016