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Rizwana Roomaney is a research psychologist and associate professor in the department of psychology at Stellenbosch University. Most of her research is conducted in the field of health psychology. She supervises Masters and Doctoral students and teaches research methodology. She is the national delegate for South Africa at the European Health Psychology Society and is the chair of the Health Psychology Division of the Psychological Society of South Africa. Prof Roomaney is an NRF Y1 rated researcher and has obtained several research grants. She is currently a fellow of the EUTPOPIA Young Leadership Academy.
Professor Xanthe Hunt is a member of faculty at Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI), an associate professor of global health at Stellenbosch University, and an honorary specialist scientist at the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC). At AHRI, she is the Mental Health lead, and runs a programme focussed on adolescent mental health. Xanthe holds a PhD in psychology from Stellenbosch University and has postgraduate training from Harvard and Stellenbosch Universities in epidemiology, biostatistics, and research methods. Her expertise is in mental health, violence prevention and intervention, climate and health, and disability. Her current projects focus on using longitudinal datasets to understand the mechanisms of poor mental health in young people.
