Announcements



SACEMA funded UKZN Statistics Student Takes First Prize

Posted by Administrator on Wed, Sep 21 2011 12:29:00

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UKZN Statistics student, Ms Tarylee Reddy has won First Prize in the 2011 South African Statistics Association (SASA) national Postgraduate Student Paper Competition, sponsored by Statistics South Africa.





SACEMA Postgraduate Bursary Applications

Posted by Administrator on Fri, Aug 19 2011 11:37:00

SACEMA is calling for applications for postgraduate (MSc/PhD) bursaries for study in 2012.

Matt Fox's course slides!

Posted by Administrator on Thu, Aug 18 2011 09:51:00

Matt Fox's course slides from his Advanced Epidemiology course are available online now, in Powerpoint format.

Post-course reading- Applications of Maths in Biology and Medicine

Posted by Administrator on Tue, Jun 21 2011 07:50:00

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Course material for the recent course, Applications of Maths in Biology and Medicine

How different are the costs and consequences of delayed versus immediate HIV treatment?

Posted by Administrator on Tue, Jun 07 2011 07:16:00

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A new approach to HIV prevention, focusing on regular HIV testing and HAART provision regardless of CD4 count or stage of disease, has been proposed. In response to the debate over the affordability of this treatment-for-prevention strategy, we compared long-term costs and consequences of delayed versus immediate HIV treatment.

Matt Fox's advanced epidemiology course: Application process reopened!

Posted by Administrator on Thu, May 19 2011 07:17:00

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Dr. Matthew Fox of the Department of Epidemiology and the Center for Global Health and Development at Boston University will be presenting an intensive 5-day course on advanced epidemiological methods at Stellenbosch University under the auspices of the South African DST/NRF Centre for Epidemiological Modeling and Analysis (SACEMA), 15-19 August 2011.

Applications of Mathematics in Biology and Medicine - Application process closed!

Posted by Administrator on Wed, Apr 20 2011 09:10:00

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Applications no longer being accepted for this course.





Introduction to Applied Biostatistics-Application process closed!

Posted by Administrator on Tue, Apr 19 2011 14:13:00

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Applications for the two-week course for post-graduate students at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), Muizenberg, Cape Town, are now closed

Female Sex Work and the 2010 Soccer World Cup

Posted by Administrator on Fri, Oct 22 2010 09:36:00

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Now that the dust has begun the settle, the sounds of the last Vuvuzela to fade, and the flags and razz-mataz has quietened; now is the time to reflect on the experience in a way that makes us leverage the good, mitigate where necessary, and take lessons for the future.

Opening Function for Mathematical Sciences Postgraduates

Posted by Administrator on Wed, Mar 31 2010 12:19:00

The Opening Function for Mathematical Sciences Postgraduates will be held on Friday 5 February 2010. The workshop for new postgraduates is from 2.30pm-4.30pm in room 3021 of the Van der Sterr building...

SACEMA's Professor Brian Williams makes major presentation at CROI

Posted by Administrator on Tue, Feb 23 2010 12:17:00

On February 16th 2010, San Francisco, Prof Brian Williams gave a presentation titled, "Put Your Money Where Your Model Is: ART for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS", as part of CROI's 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (16-19 February 2010).

US-Africa Clinic on Meaningful Modelling

Posted by Administrator on Wed, Feb 03 2010 13:26:00

US-Africa Clinic on the Meaningful Modelling of Epidemiological Data

Fellowships in Ecosystem and Population Health

Posted by Administrator on Fri, Jan 08 2010 10:30:00

The African Research Consortium for Ecosystem and Population Health (funded through the Wellcome Trust's African Institutes Initiative) is seeking to appoint eleven post-doctoral research scientists to its prestigious 4-year fellowship program.

SACEMA Director - Five year contract appointment

Posted by Administrator on Tue, Jan 05 2010 11:27:00

SACEMA needs to appoint a new Director in 2010. This is a senior, full-time, academic position with an internationally competitive remuneration package, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

South African Research Chair in Mathematical Epidemiology and Disease & Invasion Ecology

Posted by Administrator on Tue, Jan 05 2010 10:31:00

SACEMA, with the support of the South African Department of Science & Technology (DST) and the National Research Foundation (NRF), is recruiting a senior scientist of international standing in the area of dynamical systems modelling in epidemiology and disease ecology.

SACEMA Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Posted by Administrator on Fri, Aug 14 2009 15:31:00

SACEMA is urgently seeking a postdoctoral research fellow to work on the estimation of HIV incidence in South Africa. Applications now closed.

Applications of Mathematics in Biology and Medicine 2009

Posted by Administrator on Wed, May 20 2009 15:34:00

South African 3rd year and Honours students in the Mathematical Sciences are invited to join SACEMA for the week 6-10 July 2009 to learn more about the applications of mathematics in biology and medicine. Applications now closed.