Kopano’s scholarly interests span the areas of violence and fatal injury, critical psychology, sexuality, culture, men and masculinities, and research methodology. He is editor in chief of African Safety Promotion: A Journal of Injury and Violence Prevention and current President of the Psychological Society of South Africa.

Najuwa is currently completing her Masters Degree in Research Psychology. Her research interests include unintentional injury and violence prevention, child pedestrian safety, childhood burns and gender-based violence.

Madeleine provides administrative and financial support to the Crime, Violence and Injury Research Unit.

Samed is involved in the promotion and research of indigenous strategies for safe and healthy communities. He is also involved in child traffic safety research.

Hilton is a trained respiratory and critical care therapist. He is involved in the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System and drowning prevention research.

Ghouwa’s research interests include education in South Africa, child well-being, as well as child abuse and maltreatment. She also has a keen interest in psychometric theory, the development of measuring instruments and cross-cultural evaluation of assessment tools.

Annelise provides administrative and research management support.

Mandisa’s master’s degree at the University of the Western Cape was on smoking and the female body. Her research interests include gender and masculinities, positive psychology, violence, and race.

Sandy’s research draws on a critical 'community psychology perspective and focuses on the factors relating to violence and the development of an appropriate approach to health promotion in the South African context.              

Sandra has worked extensively in rural areas and is interested in the alcohol relatedness of injuries and violence. Her work also includes the wellbeing of older people and changing alcohol consumption in pregnant women.       

Kharnita’s interests include the history of ideas, anthropology of the body and anthropology of the media.

He has a PhD in Social Medicine from the Karolinska Institutet, and an M Psych (Clinical Psychology) from the University of the Western Cape. He is a Professor Extraordinarius with the University of South Africa’s Institute for Social and Health Sciences.

Shahnaaz is trained as a clinical psychologist. Her research interests include violence and injury prevention, gender, and peace and safety promotion.

Anesh has a background in public health, emergency care medicine, and town and regional planning. His research interests are in injury epidemiology and focuses particularly on road traffic injuries.

Naiema’s research interests include health related quality of life, prevention and intervention, male interpersonal violence and spirituality, development and validation of indices and community asset mapping.

Natasha is a PhD Intern based in Cape Town.  She has a background in Research Psychology and Public Health.  Her research interests are child sexual abuse and working with men and boys in prison.  She is currently involved in the “Ukuphepha” Child Safety, Peace and Health Promotion Project. 

Karin’s research interests include suicide and depression, children’s mental health and safety, PTSD and traumatic events. She is currently involved with the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System and the “Ukuphepha” and SANPAD projects.

Rizwana is a research intern and registered counsellor. She has a strong interest in research methodology, psychometric theory, the construction of assessment instruments and programme evaluation.

Roxanne September M.A (Research Psychology)
Data Coordinator/Scientist
Tel: +27 (0)21 938-0367
Fax: +27 (0)21 938-0381
roxanne.september@mrc.ac.za

Roxanne has a background in Research Psychology, Anthropology and Gender Women’s Studies.  Her interests stretch across the areas of substance abuse, adolescent sexualities, gender and violence. She is currently involved in the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System and the “Ukuphepha” project.