I hold a BSc (Dietetics) degree from the University of the Western Cape. My postgraduate qualifications include an MPH (Epidemiology) and a PhD (Medicine) from the University of Cape Town. I have experience in research gained during my time at the Medical Research Council where I worked on a school-based health intervention. At the Human Sciences Research Council I worked on the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (SANHANES). My PhD thesis is titled: Metabolic complications resulting from the use of antiretroviral therapy in HIV infected patients.
Experience
2017–present
Researcher, Perinatal Mental Health Project, Alan J Flisher, Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town
2013–2016
Client Solutions Manager, BroadReach Healthcare
2009–2013
Researcher, Human Sciences Research Council
Education
2016
University of Cape Town, PhD (Medicine)
2011
University of Cape Town, MPH (Epidemiology)
Publications
2016
A study of food advertising in magazines in South Africa, . Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition
2016
Changes in body fat distribution on dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in black South Africans starting first-line antiretroviral therapy, AIDS Patient Care STDs
2015
Changes in blood pressure, glucose levels, insulin secretion and anthropometry after long term exposure to antiretroviral therapy in South African women, AIDS Research and Therapy
2014
The association between nutrition and physical activity knowledge and weight status of primary school educators, SA Journal of Education
2014
The development of simple anthropometric measures to diagnose antiretroviral therapy-associated lipodystrophy in resource limited settings, AIDS Research and Therapy