UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG

PhD students and their topics

Banyini, Audrey

Utilisation of autopsy services for posthumous monetary compensation among black mine workers in South Africa

Cohen, Cheryl

Influenza-associated morbidity and mortality in South Africa

Dias, Belinda

A study of musculoskeletal disorders in South African Mining industry

Ditlopo, Prudence

An evaluation of the impact of human resource interventions on motivation and retention of health care workers in South Africa

Gómez-Olivé Casas, Xavier

Factors associated with health and well-being of older people in a rural African setting

Harris, Bronwyn

Not just  health:  Access to health care as a matter of restorative justice

Hlungwani, Tintswalo

Prevalence and predictors of psychosocial  outcomes amongst socioeconomically deprived primary school children in a rural setting in South Africa: The role of ecological factors

Jama, Phambili

Condom practices in the rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: An exploration of gender identities, power relations, norms and roles

Jina, Ruxana

Developing evidence-based post-rape care in South Africa

Kawonga, Mary

Aligning vertical programmes with health systems: A case study on the HIV/AIDS programme in the district health system of South Africa

Keddy, Karen

Clinical and microbiological characterisation of invasive enteric pathogens in a South African population from 2003 to 2010: The interaction with HIV

Lopes Ibanez-Gonzalez, Daniel

Perceptions of health and health care access in urban and rural communities: A comparative case study of women with chronic disease in the Birth to Twenty and Agincourt study areas.

Lundgren, Aina

Procedure-related deaths in greater Johannesburg

Malope, Babatyi

Transmission patterns and seroepidemiology of Human Herpes Virus 8 (HHV8) in South Africa

Marinda, Edmore

Understanding the BED Capture Enzyme Immunoassays (CEIA): Measuring HIV-1 incidence in cross-sectional studies

Maskew, Mhairi

The epidemiology and effects of Kaposi’s Sarcoma Herpesvirus in the setting of the Southern African HIV epidemic

Matsebula, Thulani

Health insurance driven cost escalation within the South African health sector: Moral hazard, adverse selection and supplier induced demand

Mbindyo, Patrick

Roles, norms and incentives influencing the performance of clinical officers in Kenyan rural hospitals

Moshabela, Matlagolo

Understanding patterns of health system utilization among people living with HIV/AIDS attending rural HIV services

Musenge, Eustasius

Spatial and spatiotemporal patterns of HIV/TB related mortality in Agincourt

Nduna, Mzikazi

Origins, prevalence and factors associated with psychological distress and its impact on sexual behaviour among young people in the Eastern Cape

Nelson, Gillian

Living in the shadow of a dust cloud: Occupational respiratory diseases: in the South African mining industry,  1975 to 2009

Nxumalo, Lynette

The Gauteng Province community health worker programme: The extent to which it contributes to the provision of comprehensive primary health care.

Nyantumbu, Busisiwe

Musculoskeletal disorders and associated factors in nurses and bank workers in South Africa

Nyasulu, Peter

Surveillance of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among pathogens isolated in public sector hospitals associated with academic institutions, South Africa during a 5 year period 2005-2009.

Nzenze, Susan

Effect of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on the epidemiology of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage in South African children and adults.

Ramsoomar, Leane

Risk and protection: Alcohol use among urban youth within the Birth to Twenty cohort

Sartorius, Benn

Spatio-temporal modelling of all cause and cause-specific mortality in the Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (AHDSS), 1996 - 2007

Schneider, Marguerite

Factors determining peoples responses to self-report questions on functioning and disability

Schur, Clare

Parental involvement during childhood and its influence on child, adolescent and early adult executive functioning: The Birth to Twenty Cohort

Sikweyiya, Yandisa

Communities and research: A qualitative study of ethical issues in conducting gender-based violence research in community based studies in South Africa

Swanepoel, Andrew

Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica in Central South African farm workers

Van Heerden, Alastair

Pervasive computing and public health research in Africa: Mobile phones in the collection, analysis and dissemination of health research

Wadee, Haroon

Private wards in public hospitals in South Africa: what are the implications?

Zauana, Maazuu

The effect of Antiretroviral (ARV) therapy in a lower middle income country - An outcome, risks factors analysis