Mathematical Disease Modelling Seminar: Prof Sheetal Silal

Prof Sheetal Silal is the Director the Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa (MASHA) at the University of Cape Town and Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in Tropical Disease Modelling at Oxford University. Her primary research area is the development and application of mathematical transmission models of vector-borne diseases and vaccine preventable diseases in South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and globally, with a focus on supporting policy development and implementation. She recently led the development of the COVID-19 dynamic transmission models as part of the South African COVID-19 Modelling Consortium for the Government of South Africa. She is the Chair of the WHO Immunization and Vaccine Implementation Research Advisory Committee and a member of the WHO Collaboratory Technical Advisory Group.