The Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) 2022 conference:
Strengthening evidence use during the pandemic and beyond
Tuesday 22 – Friday 25 March
Register here: cedil2022.eventbrite.co.uk
Speaker biography: Professor Sheetal Silal
Professor Sheetal Silal – Director the Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa (MASHA) & associate Professor in the Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town (UCT). Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in Tropical Disease Modelling at the Nuffield Department of Medicine at Oxford University
Prof Sheetal Silal is the Director the Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa (MASHA) and associate Professor in the Department of Statistical Sciences at the University of Cape Town (UCT). She is an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in Tropical Disease Modelling at the Nuffield Department of Medicine at Oxford University. She received a PhD in Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases in 2014 from UCT. Her primary research area is the development and application of mathematical models to malaria, pertussis, syphilis, COVID-19, and other infectious diseases in South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and globally, with a focus on using mathematical models to predict the dynamics and control of diseases to evaluate the potential impact of control programmes in reducing morbidity and mortality, and supporting policy development. Prof Sheetal Silal is leading the development of COVID-19 transmission models as part of the South African COVID-19 Modelling Consortium. The Modelling Consortium is group of researchers from academic, non-profit, and government institutions across South Africa where mandate of the group is to provide, assess and validate model projections to be used for planning purposes by the Government of South Africa.
