Oarabile Molaodi

Oarabile obtained a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Botswana in 1997, an MSc in Statistics from the University of Manchester in 2001, and a PhD from the University of Strathclyde in 2009 under the supervision of Dr Alison Gray and Prof Chris Robertson. The research made use of spatial models to analyse Scottish susceptibility to measles data for 1999-2005, for pre-school and primary 1 and 2 school children. Descriptive methods for comparing disease maps were also developed.

She worked as a Staff Development Fellow (Mathematics) at the University of Botswana, Department of Mathematics in 1997-1998, and she was appointed a Lecturer in 2001-2004, teaching Mathematics and Statistics.

Oarabile joined MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in Glasgow in 2008 as a Research Scientist, to work on National Prevention Research Initiative (NPRI)  Phase II funded project. This project examines whether neighbourhood environments contribute to ethnic differences in obesity, physical activity and diets. The project uses Health Survey for England (HSE) data linked to area measures of ethnic density, deprivation, food retail environment and physical activity opportunities.