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Rob Dorrington

Professor Emeritus, University of Cape Town

Professor Emeritus, University of Cape Town An actuary and a demographer. Retired from UCT after having developed and run the Actuarial Science programme for many years, after which helped to launch a postgraduate programme in technical demography. During this period main research effort was concentrated on quantifying the demographic impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and assessing and advising on the post-1994 census results. Following retirement, the main research focus has been on quantifying the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic on mortality in near-real time and population and demographic projections.