Mr Southey won the best Masters student poster competition with his research on Bayesian hierarchical modelling in spatial epidemiology which he presented at the South African Statistical Association's annual conference held in Bloemfontein. Southey, R.R., Raubenheimer, L. and Radloff, S. Bayesian hierarchical modelling with application in spatial Epidemiology. The South African Statistical Association (SASA) Conference. University of the Free State, Bloemfontein. South Africa. November 2017.