Mr Tholang Mokhele is a Chief GIS Researcher in Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation (PHHSI) research programme. He holds an MSc with distinction from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.
Before joining the HSRC, he was a tutor and demonstrator for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing courses at the University of KwaZulu-Natal for a period of two and half years. He also worked for the Aids Foundation of South Africa as a research intern.
His areas of research interest include GIS and Remote Sensing applications in: socioeconomics (census), spatial statistics, spatial analysis & modeling, regionalisation, computational geography, infrastructure, disaster management, environmental monitoring & assessment, agriculture, and health.
Mr Mokhele's publication record spans the authoring and co-authoring of several reports, conference presentations and journal articles. His recent work, published in the South African Journal of Science focused on potential health effects of pesticide use on farmworkers in Lesotho. He has recently acted as a reviewer for the International Journal of Remote Sensing.
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