Dr Phoka Rathebe is a young emerging scientist with good interpersonal and presentation skills. He is employed as Senior Lecturer at the University of Johannesburg, Department of Environmental Health. He is a specialist of human exposure to non-ionising radiation and health-induced outcomes. Over the last seven years, he worked as an Environmental Health Practitioner at Free State Department of Health, South Africa and also a lecturer in two universities. He is also involved in the postgraduate teaching at University of the Witwatersrand, School of Public Health. He holds a National Diploma (cum laude), BTech (cum laude), MHSc (cum laude) and a PhD in Environmental Health from the Central University of Technology, Free State. His PhD thesis investigated occupational exposure to radiofrequency energy and static magnetic fields, and how the perceived safety of 1.5 and 3 T MR scanners can influence the health and safety of magnetic resonance staff. This was the first study to prove that the reporting of transient health effects from exposure to MRI-related radiofrequency energy and static magnetic does not influence how workers perceive the safety of MR scanners.
