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Dr Bradley Carpenter
Senior Scientist
Contact Info
Tel: +27 (31) 242 3615
Email: bradley.carpenter@mrc.ac.za
Education
MA in Research Psychology from the University of the Western Cape
PhD in Public Health from the University of KwaZulu-Natal

Bradley is a Senior Scientist working in the Gender and Health Research Unit at the South African Medical Research Council. Bradley holds a PhD in Public Health and an MA in Research Psychology. His interests include research designs, analysis techniques, disability, technological innovation in research, interaction effects, and treatment heterogeneity. He has particular expertise in disability data science. For instance, he is the co-developer of the Disability Awareness Toolkit, an action-orientated tool to assess and improve disability inclusion in health care services. He also works with the Disability Data Initiative, for whom he built two interactive web platforms for accessing disability data. He is also working on the SAMRC Disability Rights Monitoring project, which builds capacity in the region to analyse disability data.