Assoc Prof Edmore Marinda

Associate Professor Edmore Marinda is a Research Director, Impact Assessment in the Impact Centre, Impact Assessment at the Human Science Research Council. He holds a PhD in biostatistics and is an Impact Evaluation Expert. Edmore has extensive experience in health, education, social protection, and social development. His research interests include using routine program data and survey data and applying quantitative evaluation methods in experimental, quasi-experimental, and observational studies to evaluate interventions, programs, and policies.

He is a co-principal investigator on several large multi-year projects, including the Critical Zone Africa South and East (CzASE) and the South African National HIV Behaviour Survey. He was also a co-principal investigator on the South Africa National COVID-19 seroprevalence study. Prof Marinda was part of a large nutritional clinical trial that contributed to informing the UNAIDS/WHO feeding guidelines for HIV-exposed infants and young children in the early 2000s.