Shani has recently completed her PhD in Population Health as part of a cotutelle programme between the University of Cape Town and the University of Bristol. Her PhD thesis investigated infection-related hospitalisations and healthcare utilisation, by HIV-exposure status and maternal engagement in antiretroviral therapy, among children in the Western Cape, South Africa. During her PhD, she gained invaluable experience working with routine healthcare data from the Western Cape Provincial Health Data Centre. Shani is currently working as a UCT project manager for IeDEA-SA and a data analyst for CIDER.