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DPHRU Core Research Staff and Post-Doctoral Fellows

CORE RESEARCH STAFF & POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS

Professor Shane Norris
Director
shane.norris@wits.ac.za

Research Interests:
Child & adolescent growth and body composition, obesity and diabetes.
Professor Linda Richter
Director: DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Child Development
linda.richter@wits.ac.za

Research Interests:
Early child development, children and families in adversity including HIV, and men and fatherhood.
Dr Lisa Micklesfield
Associate Director and Senior Researcher
lisa.micklesfield@wits.ac.za

Research Interests:
Physical activity, body composition and bone health, and metabolic disease.
Mrs Juliana Kagura
Data Scientist and PhD Fellow
Juliana.Kagura@wits.ac.za

Research Interests:
Life course epidemiology of hypertension. Developmental origins and social epidemiology of hypertension.
Mr Richard Munthali
Data Scientist and PhD Fellow
richard.munthali1@wits.ac.za

Research Interests:
Longitudinal data analysis, Latent growth curve modelling, Genetic association studies, Statistical genetics, Genetic epidemiology of non-communicable diseases, Medical population genetics, Bioinformatics

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS

Dr Rihlat Said Mohamed

rihlat.saidmohamed@hotmail.fr

Research Interests:
Human biology, anthropology, child growth and development, life course epidemiology, social and cultural determinants of health.
Dr Moji Musa

moji.musa@gmail.com

Research Interests:
Microcirculation, cardiovascular physiology.
Dr Alessandra Prioreschi

Alessandra.Prioreschi@wits.ac.za

Research Interests:
Physical activity and sedentary behaviour, body composition and bone health, exercise physiology and interventions, rheumatology.