Our team offers their collective experience of 122 years. We are committed to comprehensive ongoing training, and we are briefed and trained by medical experts for each research project. We also offer national coverage.
Areas of expertise
Our team is experienced in:
Advertising
Education
Healthcare
Marketing
Market research techniques
Pharmacology
Sales
Statistics
Meet the Team:
Shelley Dinsdale
Education / PR and marketing
Shelley is our CEO at Partners in Research. After many years in the educational sector, she expanded her interests and skills in marketing, specialising in healthcare market research. Since 1984, Shelley and Prof Duncan Mitchell have been developing Partners in Research, growing the company to its current stature.
Emeritus Professor Duncan Mitchell
School of Physiology – Wits Medical School CME, Academic contacts Statistical Specialist
Professor Mitchell has a significant profile in the research and pharmaceutical arenas, both in South Africa and internationally. He has held research posts in the UK and locally, and has presented many papers at overseas symposia.
Professor Peter Kamerman (PhD)
School of Physiology – Wits Medical School. Briefings, biomedical expertise
Professor Peter Kamerman provides an additional resource for Partners in Research. He conducts comprehensive briefings for our interviewers on the disease entities being researched. He lectures at the School of Physiology, at Wits Medical School, and is a researcher in the School’s Brain Function Research Unit, specialising in pain research.
Karen Markgraaff
Education, marketing, strategy, information acquisition
Karen Markgraaff is highly qualified in the sciences, education and management fields. She has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 17 years, including thirteen years of marketing experience, having worked in various therapeutic areas.
Debbie Simpson
Advertising, consumer research and field manager
Debbie Simpson is an Account Manager at Partners in Research. She has been in the marketing research industry since 1982, beginning in the research department of a successful advertising agency. She joined Partners in Research in 1992 and has extensive experience in client liaison, consumer research design, analysis and interpretation. She is the interface between our fully-trained national field force and the Johannesburg office.
Fritha Hennessy
Analyst
Dr Fritha Hennessy joined Partners in Research in November 2015 as a data analyst. Her background is in Biochemistry, and she has long experience in research, data analysis and interpretation as well as report writing. She was previously at the CSIR Biosciences in the Commercialisation group.
Kim Brown
Operational
Kim Brown has been in the Partners in Research fold for 16 years. She has experience within all areas of the operating systems of Partners in Research.
Maria Mahlatji
Administrative Assistant
Maria joined Partners in Research in 1993. She is responsible for preparing and printing client documents, reception and telephonic queries and catering for company functions.