Janke Tolmay

Quantitative Research Coordinator, Adolescent Accelerators Research Hub

Research Project(s)

  • HEY BABY (Helping Empower Youth Brought up in Adversity with their Babies and Young children)

Research Interests

  • Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Quantitative Research  

Biography  

Janke is a Quantitative Research Coordinator at the Adolescent Accelerators Hub and is based at the University of Cape Town. She completed an MSc in Control of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where her thesis explored the associations between intimate partner violence, HIV testing and sexual risk behaviours among women in rural South Africa. 

Her main research interests broadly include women’s health, infectious disease epidemiology, and the social determinants of health. Since joining the Accelerate Hub at the end of 2020, she has been working mainly on the HEY BABY Study, focusing on the collection, management, and analysis of quantitative data related to sexual and reproductive health, adolescent motherhood, experiences of violence, and HIV/AIDS.

 Janke Tolmay CV

Recent Publications 

  • Sherr, L., Haag, K., Roberts, K.J.S., Cluver, L.D., Wittesaele, C., Saliwe, B., Tolmay, J., Langwenya, N., Jochim, J., Saal, W. and Zhou, S., (2022) The development of children born to young mothers with no, first-or second-generation HIV acquisition in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa: a cross-sectional study. BMJ open, 12(10), p.e058340.

  • Stone, W., Tolmay, J., Tucker, K., & Wolfaardt, G. M. (2020). Disinfectant, Soap or Probiotic Cleaning? Surface Microbiome Diversity and Biofilm Competitive Exclusion. Microorganisms, 8(11), 1726. MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8111726

  • Tolmay, J., Knight, L., Muvhango, L. et al. Women’s Economic Contribution, Relationship Status and Risky Sexual Behaviours: A Cross-Sectional Analysis from a Microfinance-Plus Programme in Rural South Africa. AIDS Behav 26, 2349–2362 (2022). https://doi-org.ezproxy.uct.ac.za/10.1007/s10461-021-03566-5