Postgraduate Supervision

Under the auspices of the Chair, I have supervised post-graduate students working on diverse topics in Health Economics, including:

Masters:	PhD:
Lená Herrouin: “Suicide in the Agricultural Sector: An Economic Policy Model”	Wayne Andrady: “Unmasking the Invisible: The Socio-Economics of Suicide Ideation and Mental Health in the Global South and North”
Ina Lengau: “The Cost-Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Drugs: A Rapid Umbrella Review”	Loveness Kekana: “Understanding mental health disparities: A cross-hierarchical intersectionality perspective”
Nokothula Makhanya: “Interpersonal Violence and Women’s Wellbeing: The Role of Socio-economic Factors”	Francis Simmonds: “An Economic Evaluation of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for Women in Zimbabwe”
Asanda Msomi: “The Economics of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Rapid Umbrella Review”	Judith Tambana: “Food, Nutrition and Health in Diverse Family Contexts”
Cabral Pearce: “Determinants of Socio-Economic Inequality in the Functioning of South African Families”	Ibrah Seninde: “The Economic Evaluation of Multi-Sectoral Public Health Programmes”
Sarana Raphuti: “Implications of Dependency on External Healthcare Financing for Universal Health Coverage”
Kenneth Thomas: “Socio-Economic Disparity in Eye Health: Evidence from South Africa’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey”

Masters:	PhD:
2025:
Mangkgateng Seshibe: “Household Financial Stress and Health Care Access in Gauteng”
2024:
Lusanda Mhlahlo: “A Decomposition Analysis of Gender Disparities in Need and Unmet Need for Care and Support in Urban Gauteng”	Kabaso Mulenga: “Health Insurance and Financial Protection in the Zambian Health System”
Lungelo Mnguni: “A Systematised Review of Policy Responses To Supplier-Induced Demand”	Lincoln Daka: “The Effect of Parental Education on Child and Adult Health in Zambia: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis”
Maria Molokomme: “The Impact of Social Gants on Household Food Security in Urban South Africa during the Covid-19 Pandemic”
Cammey Shivuri: “Cognitive and Structural Social Capital and Depressive Symptoms in South African Adults: A Decomposition Analysis of Socio-Economic Inequalities”
Georgia Turner: “Caregiver Capabilities and Socio-Economic Disparities in Children’s Health-Related Quality of Life”
2023:
Wayne Andrady: “Associations between Economic Preferences and Behavioural Health Intentions among Young Adults Living in an Informal Settlement”
Bruna Costa: “Social Capital and the Re-Awakening of Social Action among Political Refugees: A Literature Review with Conceptual Framework”
Armand Desjardins: “The Technical Efficiency of Country Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic”
2022:
Ibrah Seninde: “A Narrative Synthesis of the Cost-Effectiveness of Smoking-Cessation Programmes”