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Dr Dodzi Motchon
Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Biomedical Engineering; Telemedicine and Connected Care Research Group
University of Cape Town
South Africa
Biography
Dr Motchon is a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Cape Town, where he also earned his PhD in Biomedical Engineering. With an interdisciplinary foundation in physics and computational modelling applied to healthcare, he recently joined the Telemedicine and Connected Care Research Group.
His research integrates fundamental physics and mathematics into the health sciences to develop computational tools for understanding, managing and predicting disease. He is currently working on AI-based tools that make complex medical concepts accessible to non-expert users, including doctors and healthcare providers, and is exploring digital twin models in telemedicine — a key frontier in modern medical research.
Research interests
- Integrating fundamental physics and mathematics into the health sciences to develop computational tools for understanding, managing and predicting disease
- AI-based tools that make complex medical concepts accessible to non-expert users, including doctors and healthcare providers
- Digital twin models in telemedicine
Areas of expertise
- Computational modelling in healthcare
- Digital twins
- AI tools for clinical decision support
- Physics-based modelling
Professional achievements
- Member, Telemedicine and Connected Care Research Group, University of Cape Town
- Leads the practical demonstration block of this masterclass