Tsepang Khumalo

Tsepang Khumalo is a final-year PhD candidate in Economics at Stellenbosch University. Her research investigates the unintended consequences of social interventions on health outcomes at different stages of life, with a focus on vulnerable groups. In addition to her doctoral work, Tsepang has worked as a research assistant at the Research for Socio-Economic Policy (ReSEP) unit at Stellenbosch University, where she supported research on the impact of housing and environmental factors on health outcomes in low-income communities in South Africa, as well as the effects of mobile health (mHealth) interventions on the TB treatment journey. Her research interests include applied micro-econometrics, urban, development, and health economics.