Peter Kamerman

Careers highlights

• Started an analytics company in 2019. Notable projects include: i) cloud-based processing, sampling, and text analysis of the Amazon Customer Reviews dataset (233 million reviews), and ii) using circular statistics and linear mixed models to analyse long-term physiological measurements.
• Realigned the research enterprise of the Pain Laboratory of the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, building it into the most productive pain research laboratory in Africa.
• Developed proficiency in design-based statistical methods, which are required for the temporal and geospatial analysis of large epidemiological datasets.
• Generated high-impact research that put the Pain Laboratory at the international forefront of research on pain in HIV.
• Built international and national collaborations that enhanced the research and training capacity of the Pain Laboratory.
• Contributed to international working groups that developed broadly adopted management guidelines for neuropathic pain, the diagnosis and grading of neuropathic pain, and phenotyping protocols for neuropathic pain in genetic research. 
• Introduced reproducible research and open science workflows using the R Statistical Environment, git/GitHub, and Docker into the Pain Laboratory.

Current employment

1. Data Scientist, Blueprint Analytics, South Africa (2019-present)
   • Sole proprietor of the business
   • Responsible for:  Study design, data analysis, data interpretation, and data presentation.
2. Professor, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa (2018-present)
   • Head, Pain Laboratory: Academic leadership, setting and implementing strategic goals for the laboratory, acquiring research funding, mentorship of staff, and supervision of graduate students.
   • Member, Executive Committee of the School of Physiology: Development and implementation of strategic goals for the School (e.g., staffing, budgets, alignment to the University’s strategic frameworks)
3. Consultant, Partners in Research, South Africa (2005-present) 
   • Responsible for: Training of research field teams, vetting research surveys, interpretation of research findings, and providing data-driven industry insights and recommendations. 

1. PhD (1998 - 2002), University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
2. BSc Honours (1997), University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
3. BSc (1993-1996), University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa