Fwd: Africa-sourced Medical data

[Ditiro Rampate]

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From: Vukosi Marivate <vukosi....@cs.up.ac.za>
Date: Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: Africa-sourced Medical data
To: Salmi mabrouka <salmima...@gmail.com>, Laing Lourens <laingl...@gmail.com>, Ditiro Rampate <ditiro...@gmail.com>

I suggest you speak to Sisonke Biotike. Some folks cced

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On Tue, 21 Oct 2025 at 11:56, Salmi mabrouka <salmima...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Prof. Vukosi Marivate,

I hope this message finds you well. I am Mabrouka Salmi, currently pursuing a PhD in Applied Statistics/ML at the National School of Statistics and Applied Economics (ENSSEA, Algeria). My research focuses on developing machine learning methods to handle imbalanced medical datasets, with an emphasis on improving model robustness and fairness.

My work so far has been on publicly available datasets (such as those from the UCI repository). I am now seeking to apply these methods to a real-world case study involving African-sourced medical data to strengthen the applied impact of my thesis.

I am familiar with your work through the MLDS Africa group. I was wondering if you or your team might have contacts related to tabular medical or health data that could be suitable for such research, or if you could kindly point me to researchers or groups who might.

I would be grateful for any guidance or suggestions you could provide.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

Best regards,
--
Mabrouka Salmi
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mabroukasalmi/

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