Epidemiology

Nkengafac Villyen Motze

BELINDA BANTHAM — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 11:56:15 +0000

Nkengafac Villyen Motze BELINDA BANTHAM Mon, 10/31/2022 - 13:56

Epidemiology

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Nkengafac Villyen

Associate Professor of Epidemiology

Motze

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Prof Nkengafac Villyen Motaze (M.D, M.Sc., PhD) is a Cameroonian medical epidemiologist currently based at Medicine Usage in South Africa (MUSA). In 2007, Villyen completed his medical studies in Yaoundé, Cameroon and worked for four years in the North West province of Cameroon before moving to Cape Town in 2012 where he completed his masters in Clinical Epidemiology at Stellenbosch University. He Joined the Center for Vaccines and Immunology at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in 2014 where he carried out several surveillance and research projects on vaccine-preventable diseases including measles, poliomyelitis, rubella, and viral hepatitis. Villyen enrolled for his PhD in Epidemiology with Stellenbosch University in 2016 and focused on rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in South Africa.

Villyen currently supervises postgraduate (masers and doctoral) students, conducts systematic reviews of healthcare interventions and facilitates training on systematic reviews and Evidence-Based Practice in partnership with the Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care/Stellenbosch University and Cochrane South Africa/ South African Medical Research Council. Villyen was deployed twice as a Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) consultant with the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Villyen’s areas of interest include pharmacoepidemiology, public health, infectious diseases, vaccine preventable diseases, child health and reproductive health. He has a passion for training of post-graduate students and is supervising masters students at Stellenbosch University, University of Pretoria and the University of the Witwatersrand. He has twenty peer-reviewed publications in accredited scientific journals and is a member of the Scientific advisory committee of the South African Field Epidemiology Training Program.

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ORCHID ID: 0000-0003-0227-6425

ResearchGate index: 24.36

Physical Address

Building G23, G07, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, Potchefstroom

Telephone Number

018 285 2227

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0733798411

E-mail

44802889@nwu.ac.za

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Andrew Robinson

BELINDA BANTHAM — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 08:22:11 +0000

Andrew Robinson BELINDA BANTHAM Thu, 04/19/2018 - 10:22

Epidemiology

Transdisciplinary approaches to strengthen South African public health systems

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Dr Andrew K L Robinson, Public Health Physician

Areas of Expertise Health systems & programs innovation, implementation monitoring and evaluation; communicable and non-communicable diseases; Health Information Systems, clinical research; and human resources for health.

CURRENTLY: Extraordinary professor (2018), African Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), developing the NWU School for Health Professionals, and graduate courses in Health Promotion, and Public Health for non-health professionals.

RECENTLY:
North West Provincial Health Department:

HEAD: Clinical Services (2013-2017) - responsible clinical leadership and governance of Interns, Community Service and Foreign health. Projects included the Belgian-South African Study and Consultancy Fund to study evaluate the province’s Routine Health Information Systems with the NWU.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL (2006-2013) - Overall management, leadership and strategic direction of provincial health services of over 20 hospitals and 350 clinics, Emergency Medical Services and strategic health programs such as MCWH&N, HIV/AIDS, TB and Chronic Diseases.

Developed:

Social franchise models for PHC clinics, now adopted by the National Department’s Ideal Clinic Program,
Equitable funding formulae for District Health Care Services
Facilitation of the establishment of the first mHealth system for Community Health Worker Ward-based Outreach Teams - which has been the benchmark for the National Department.

RESEARCH SITE DIRECTOR: MRC’s South African Aids Vaccine Initiative (2002-2005), establishing a Phase I and II clinical HIV vaccine research unit with successful completion of the first preventive HIV Vaccine clinical trials in South Africa

MEDICAL ADVISOR: GlaxoSmithKline, South Africa (1999-2001): National principal investigator of clinical drug and vaccine trials (including antiretroviral, antibiotic, malaria, influenza, hepatitis)
Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health (1994-1999): Durban Metropolitan Council, initially as Communicable Disease Manager
Medical Officer posts – in rural KZN, London and Leeds UK and GP in Pietermaritzburg

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Physical Address

Building G16, 2nd floor,office 259

Telephone Number

018 299 2691

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andrew.robinson@nwu.ac.za

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Lanthé (IM) Kruger

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Lanthé (IM) Kruger Anonymous Wed, 07/27/2016 - 12:36

Cardiovascular disease

Epidemiology

Transdisciplinary Health Research

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Lanthé (IM)

Kruger

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Lanthé Kruger obtained her B.Sc. degree in September 2003 at the former Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (PU for CHE), where after she started with her post-graduate studies with special focus on cardiovascular physiology. During this time, Lanthé was also appointed as a temporary lecturer (2006-2008) as well as research assistant (2005-2008) within the Cardiovascular Physiology research group. During this time, she gained insight and experience into both worlds of academia as well as research. In September 2010 she obtained her PhD titled “Cardiovascular dysfunction in black South Africans: an investigation from various perspectives” with Prof Alta Schutte as her promotor. In November 2010 Lanthé accepted a post-doctoral fellowship within the Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR). From the outset Lanthé acted as project leader for the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study, with responsibilities ranging from writing articles and funding applications, data and information management, human resources as well as liaison between South African and Canada. Lanthé is currently acting in the capacity of Principle Investigator (PI) of PURE, managing all aspects of this multi-country (27 countries involved) research study. Her research and publication profile presents a strong focus on non-communicable diseases, cardiovascular events and their risk factors with an affinity towards epidemiology and quantitative research methodology. In January 2018 Lanthé was promoted to Associate Professor (Research) within AUTHeR.

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North-West University; Potchefstroom Campus; 11 Hoffman Street; Building G16; Office 260

Telephone Number

018 299 2093

Cellphone Number

082 557 4802

E-mail

lanthe.kruger@nwu.ac.za

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