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Staff

Name

Job Title

Area of Interest

E-mail

Dr Rajendra Maharaj
Director

Vector biology and control, including integrated vector management. Improving management of malaria control programmes through the use of GIS as well as developing regional capacity towards more efficient malaria control.
 

rmaharaj@mrc.ac.za

Dr Jaishree Raman

Specialist Scientist

Molecular biology, drug resistance, chloroquine, Plasmodium falciparum, nested PCR, Lab Manager.

jraman@mrc.ac.za

Dr Musa Mabaso

Specialist Scientist
MARA data coordinator for southern Africa with an interest in the epidemiology and control of malaria

mabasom@mrc.ac.za

Dr Marlies Craig

Specialist Scientist
Geographic Information Systems,  malaria diagnosis, MARA (Mapping Malaria Risk accross Africa).

craigm@mrc.ac.za

Dr Mike Coleman Specialist Scientist Researcher : IVCC (Innovative Vector Control Consortium) project mcoleman@mrc.ac.za

Mzwakhe Cibane

Research Technologist

Insectary Management
 

cibaner@mrc.ac.za

Mbuso Dlamini

Senior Research Technician
Insectary assistant
Lizelle Fisher Encoder Data Entry lfisher@mrc.ac.za

Colleen Fraser

Chief IT Advisor

Database management

cfraser@mrc.ac.za

Reshma Gayaram

Research Technologist

Analysis of plant samples for insecticidal properties

rgayaram@mrc.ac.za

Dayalan Govender

Senior IT Advisor
Database design; Data entry supervision

Nicole Millerr

Chief Officer Finances and project management

Khumbelani Hlongwana

Scientist (Social Science)

Social science aspect of Malaria

khlongwane@mrc.ac.za

Amanda Jackson

Chief IT Advisor

Web page development; Web-GIS applications; spatial decision support systems.
 

ajackson@mrc.ac.za

Val Kelly

Chief Research Technologist

Malaria cultures; Drug resistance
 

vkelly@mrc.ac.za

Zandile Malloy

Executive Secretary

Secretarial assistance to the Director, and  to Senior Members of the MRP Staff.
 

malloyz@mrc.ac.za

Ntombifikile Mbatha

Encoder

Data Entry
 

nmbatha@mrc.ac.za

David Mthembu

Chief Research Technologist

Malaria vector control
 

dmthembu@mrc.ac.za

Inbarani Naidoo

Senior Scientist

MARA - antimalarial drug efficacy studies;Mapping flow of resistance genes; GIS and spatial analysis

inaidoo@mrc.ac.za

Varsha Ramdeen

Research Technologist Laboratory species identification; Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) project

vramdeen@mrc.ac.za

Frances Ridl

Chief Research Technologist
Laboratory species identification

fridl@mrc.ac.za

Ashokoomar Saikoolal

Chief Research Technologist

Laboratory Animal Technology and Insectary Management.
 

saikoolala@mrc.ac.za

Ishen Seocharan

Chief IT Advisor

MARA (Mapping Malaria Risk accross Africa) databases ; MIS; database development and management; Manager Database section
 

iseocharan@mrc.ac.za

Ndabazitha Shezi

GIS technician

Digitising; GIS analysis and map production

SheziN@mrc.ac.za

Joseph Shozi

Chief Research Technologist

Insectary Management
 

jshozi@mrc.ac.za

Babalwa Zani

Research Intern Research into burden of anaemia in children in LSDI region

bzani@mrc.ac.za

Jabulani Zikhali

Senior Research Technician
Malaria vector control

jzikhali@mrc.ac.za

 

 

Health GIS Centre

Name

 

Area of Interest

Email

Natashia Morris

Chief Research Technologist

GIS and Health; Manager: Health GIS Centre

nmorris@mrc.ac.za

Sarel Coetzer
GIS Data Analyst Research and implement open source GIS software solutions
Nkululeko Bhengu GIS Data Analyst   Nkululeko Bhengu

Ndabazitha Shezi

Senior Research technician

Digitising; GIS analysis and map production

SheziN@mrc.ac.za