Lilian Dudley is Head of the Division of Community Health. She was previously the CEO of Health Systems Trust (HST), a leading national NGO undertaking health systems research and development in South Africa, a specialist scientist at the Medical Research Council, and taught postgraduate public health and health systems courses. She has been chairperson of the Epidemiological Society of South Africa, the Public Health Association of South Africa and served on the Board of Health Information Systems Programme (HISP), and the African Council for Sustainable Health Development (ACOSHED).
Dr Sydney Carstens MBChB, MMed (Stell), FCPHM (SA) Tel: +27 21 938 9206 Fax: +27 21 938 9166 Email: sec@sun.ac.za
Sydney Carstens completed his undergraduate medical studies at Stellenbosch University in 1983. This was followed by an MMed in Community Health at the University of Stellenbosch in 1990. He worked as Deputy Medical officer of Health for Port Elizabeth Municipality (now Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality) until 2004. Sydney joined Stellenbosch University in 1995, as registered specialist in Community Health, and later changed his registered specialty to Occupational Medicine in 2006. His main interests in Occupational Medicine lie in the fields of occupational health worker training and functional impairment in the work place.
Dr Taryn Young MBChB, FCPHM, MMed Tel: +27 21 938 9452 Fax: +27 21 938 9166 Email: tyoung@sun.ac.za
Taryn Young is Director of the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care www.sun.ac.za/cebhc and coordinator of the MSc in Clinical Epidemiology www.sun.ac.za/clinepi at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and consultant to the South African Cochrane Centre. She is an epidemiologist with a specialist degree in Public health and considerable expertise in the field of evidence]based health care.
Charlyn Goliath is a Programme Coordinator for the Health System and Services Research Unit, Division of Community Health at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University. Her expertise is in the field of rehabilitation and community engagement.
Jack Meintjes is a specialist in Occupational Medicine, with the maritime environment as his field of interest. He serves on a number of national and international committees related to diving and hyperbaric work.
Dr Frederick Marais Ph.D Public Health, MSc Public Health, MSc Health Promotion, BSc.Hons Sexual Health, RN Tel: +27 21 938 5053/4 Fax: +27 21 938 5065 Email: maraisfck@sun.ac.za
Frederick Marais is part time Lecturer in the Health Systems and Services Research Unit and the Academic Unit for Infection Prevention and Control, Division of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University. He has extensive international experience in public health with specialism in communicable diseases and in community and participatory research approaches for the co-construction of knowledge and mobilisation with communities.
Dr Neil Cameron MBChB, DCH, DTM&H, FCPHM Tel: +27 21 938 9440 Fax: +27 21 938 9166 Email: nac@sun.ac.za
Neil Cameron is a public health physician with a special interest in infectious diseases and medical undergraduate training.
Dr Lungiswa Nkonki PhD Health Economics, MSc Economics, MPhil Health Economics Tel: +27 21 938 9498 Fax: +27 21 938 9166 Email: lnkonki@sun.ac.za
Lungiswa Nkonki is a Senior Scientist who completed her PhD in Health Economics at the University of Bergen in 2012. Her doctoral dissertation title was Health systems challenges in South Africa: Effective and equitable delivery of interventions to improve infant feeding and reduce mother to child transmission of HIV. Her research interests include economic evaluations of healthcare programmes, measuring inequality in health outcomes, and understanding the determinants of attrition/retention of lay health workers.
Dr Jo Barnes PhD, MSc MedSc, BSc, Tel: +27 21 938 9480 Fax: +27 21 938 9166 Email: jb4@sun.ac.za
Dr Lumbwe Chola PhD Health Economics, MPhil HSSR, BA Economics Tel: +27 21 938 9498 Fax: +27 21938 9166 Email: cholal@sun.ac.za
Lumbwe Chola is a lecturer in the Health Systems and Services Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University. He is the coordinator of the African Regional Capacity Development for Health Services and Systems Research (ARCADE-HSSR) project at Stellenbosch University. He has experience in health systems research, having worked on regional projects in several countries including Zambia, Uganda and Tanzania.
