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Megan Prinsloo
Deputy Director | Specialist Scientist
Contact Info
Tel: +27 21 938 0952
Email: megan.prinsloo@mrc.ac.za
Education
MPH (Epidemiology)
PhD (Public Health)

Dr Prinsloo’s research in Injury Epidemiology with colleagues contributed to establishing routine injury mortality surveillance in the Western Cape. Her work on the 2009 and 2017 national-level Injury Mortality Surveys (IMS) have informed evaluation of the impact of changes in national firearms control legislation and policy. International collaborative work with The George Institute for Global Health, UK centers on child road traffic safety. She is affiliated to the University of Greenwich, London as Visiting Research Fellow. Current co-Principal Investigator roles include the SAMRC Flagship funded study on Alcohol diagnostic Validation for Injury-Related Trauma (AVIRT), and the 3rd national Injury Mortality Survey (IMS) for 2020/21.