Ompha Tshisikule earned a BSc in Economics and Statistics and an Honours degree in Statistics from the University of Venda, and is now pursuing a PhD in Mathematical and Computational Sciences (Statistics) at the same institution, expected in 2028. He is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, where his work focuses on survival analysis and machine learning applications in clinical and public health research. His research interests include survival analysis, machine learning, deep learning, model comparison, and repeated evaluation methodology.