Teaching & Supervision | Annibale Cois

Students

Workshops & Courses

From a few to the whole crowd
A practical introduction to sampling and survey data analysis
Survey Methods
Understanding population surveys as a research methods in the health sciences.

Supervision of students’ projects

Patterns of Obesity among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in South Africa (PhD Public Health)
Improve understanding of the role of adiposity during pregnancy and the postpartum.
Enhancing T2DM patient-provider communication through AI-powered technologies (PhD Public Health)
Exploring how AI-driven technologies can be harnessed to enhance patient-provider communication for diagnosis and treatment on non-communicable diseases.
Impact of LEAP officer deployment on homicide trends in priority police precincts of the Cape Metro? An interrupted time series analysis (MMed)
An interrupted time series analysis of homicide data pre- and post-implementation of of a crime-reduction project.
Smoking cessation interventions for patients with Tuberculosis (MPhil in Health Systems Research)
A KAP survey among clinicians working at public primary health care facilities in Cape Town.
[Determining Barriers and predictive factors for Participating in Research](MPhil in Health Systems Research)
A survey among adult cancer patients in Saudi Arabia.

Workshop

Date: 2/3 October 2025 Venue: South African Medical Research Council Conference Centre, Francie van Zijl Drive, 7505 Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa. Presenters: General info: The workshop is organised by the Burden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council and the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town. Registration: Online registration is required. The cost of the workshop (including teaching materials, lunch and teas, VAT) is ZAR 3000 for participants from South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and ZAR 5000 for participant from other countries.

Survey Methods

Objectives To train candidates to understand logic and process of conducting surveys to critically evaluate surveys as a research tool in the health sciences to design and evaluate various types of sampling strategies to plan and undertake their own surveys Content The scope of survey research Surveys in health research Formalising the survey process Survey error Target population, study population and sampling Sampling strategies Power, precision and sample size Quantifying theoretical constructs Designing data collection tools Modes of administration Beyond questionnaires: biomarkers/observation/direct measurements Qualitative methods in survey research Ethical aspects and protection of personal information Fieldwork Data management Principles of data analysis & reporting Format The course will be offered online, with weekly contact sessions, individual engagement with the reading material provided, and online interaction with the SurveyLab virtual environment.