The Manicaland Centre for Public Health Research is made up of a collaborative network of public health specialists who work to maintain high quality research outputs.
Principal Investigators
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Simon Gregson
Prof. Simon Gregson is Director of the Manicaland Centre, and a professor of demography and behavioural science at Imperial College London. Simon works on the dynamics of spread, impact and control of HIV and combines large-scale, longitudinal, population-based and clinical surveys with use of mathematical models. Get in touch with Simon via sajgregson@aol.com. View his full list of publications here.
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Timothy HallettProf. Timothy Hallett is a professor of global health at Imperial College London, an Associate Director of the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis and a lead investigator at the Jameel Institute. Timothy is a leading expert in the use of mathematical models to interpret HIV epidemic dynamics and to guide the development and evaluation of policy and interventions. Get in touch with Timothy via timothy.hallett@imperial.ac.uk. View his full list of publications here.
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Constance NyamukapaDr. Constance Nyamukapa is Research Operations Director of the Manicaland Centre. Constance has led the field operations for the Manicaland Centre successfully since 1998 and is a leading Zimbabwean researcher on HIV in adolescent girls and young women. Get in touch with Constance via nyamukapaconnie@gmail.com. View her full list of publications here.
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Owen MugurungiDr. Owen Mugurungi is Director of the HIV/TB Department in at the Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Care. Owen has been a co-investigator at the Manicaland Centre since the late 1990s and provides a direct link between our work and HIV policy in Zimbabwe. His publications can be accessed here.
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Morten SkovdalDr. Morten Skovdal is associate professor at the University of Copenhagen. He has a background in social and community health psychology, which he applies to global health challenges. Morten draws on qualitative methods to understand how disenfranchised children and adults navigate access to HIV services and care. Get in touch with Morten via m.skovdal@sund.ku.dk. View his full list of publications here.
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Co-Investigators
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Nadine BeckmannDr. Nadine Beckmann is senior lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Roehampton. Her work focuses on the intersections of sexuality, illness, and wellbeing, and the interplay between biomedicine and alternative forms of addressing illness and reproductive health issues. Get in touch with Nadine via nadine.beckmann@roehampton.ac.uk. View her institutional profile and publications here.
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Jeffrey EatonDr. Jeffrey Eaton is a senior lecturer in HIV epidemiology at Imperial College London. His research interests involve developing new mathematical models, statistical methods, and surveillance tools to characterize HIV epidemic trends and transmission dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa. Get in touch with Jeffrey via jeffrey.eaton@imperial.ac.uk. View his full list of publications here.
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Matteo GalizziDr. Matteo M Galizzi is Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is an experimental and behavioural economist conducting randomised controlled experiments in health between the lab and the field. Get in touch with Matteo via m.m.galizzi@lse.ac.uk. View his full list of publications here.
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Lovemore GwanzuraProfessor Lovemore Gwanzura is a professor in the department of Medical Laboratory Sciences in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Zimbabwe, where he lectures in clinical microbiology, genetics, laboratory medicine practice, molecular biology and serology. Get in touch with Lovemore via gwanzura@mweb.co.zw. View his full list of publications here.
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Collen MasimirembwaProfessor Collen Masimbirembwa is president and chief scientific officer of the African Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (AiBST). Collen is an internationally-renowned biomedical pharmacologist with research expertise in pharmaceutical and genomic medicine. Get in touch with Collen via collen.masimirembwa@aibst.com. View his full list of publications here.
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Ranjeeta ThomasDr. Ranjeeta Thomas is an assistant professor in health economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science and an honorary lecturer at Imperial College London. Her research interests are in health economics relating to developing countries with a particular interest in quasi-experimental methods to evaluate large scale health programs; and evaluating through randomised controlled experiments, behavioural economics interventions to improve uptake and adherence to efficacious HIV prevention methods. Get in touch with Ranjeeta via r.a.thomas@lse.ac.uk. View her full list of publications here.
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Robin Schaefer
Dr Robin Schaefer is a Consultant with the World Health Organisation providing technical support for the global scale-up of pre-exposure prophylaxis products for HIV prevention. He completed his PhD at Imperial College London, working with Prof. Simon Gregson and Dr Ranjeeta Thomas, and has a background in social sciences and public health and retains a visiting researcher status at Imperial College London. Get in touch with Robin via r.schaefer@imperial.ac.uk. View his full list of publications here.
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UK Core Team
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Louisa MoorhouseLouisa Moorhouse is a research assistant at Imperial College London, supporting the Manicaland Centre. She recently completed an MSc Epidemiology at the LSHTM and has a background in the biological sciences. Louisa is passionate about working with young people, and has previously worked in the development sector for a charity that supports children and young people who are deaf. Her current work includes misclassification error of HIV rapid tests in a program setting and HIV Prevention Cascade studies. Get in touch with Louisa via l.moorhouse@imperial.ac.uk
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Rebekah Morris
Dr Rebekah Morris is a research assistant at Imperial College London working with Prof. Simon Gregson and the Manicaland Project. She has a background in clinical medicine with an interest in genitourinary medicine and public health. In addition to her BMBS she holds an MSc in Environment and Human Health from the University of Exeter. Her current work is focused on the impacts of Covid-19 on HIV prevention. Get in touch with Rebekah via r.morris@imperial.ac.uk
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Katherine Davis
Katherine Davis is a PhD student supervised by Dr Katharina Hauck, Professor Simon Gregson, and Dr Michael Pickles whose work focuses on the links between HIV, mental health, and quality of life in sub-Saharan Africa. Using data from the Manicaland Project, she is examining associations between depression, HIV transmission and HIV care outcomes. These results will inform mathematical modelling of the impact of a problem-solving therapy for depression on the HIV epidemic in Manicaland.
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Zimbabwe Core Team
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Rufurwokuda MasweraMr Rufurwokuda Maswera is Fieldwork Manager. He has just completed an MSc in Demography and Population Studies. He has a background in Social Work and has worked as an HIV counsellor at PSI Zimbabwe and also worked on child welfare issues within the Zimbabwe Government’s Department of Social Welfare. He currently works on COVID HIV Risk study in East Zimbabwe. Get in touch with Rufurwokuda via rufurwokudamaswera@gmail.com or view his profile here
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Phyllis Mandizvidza
Mrs Phyllis Mandizvidza is Clinical Coordinator at Manicaland Centre for Public Health Research. She holds a BSc(Hons) in Nursing Science (University of Zimbabwe), is currently studying for a MSc in Health Care Management as well as a Certificate in Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and has a background in health research. She has worked in different surveys that include the HIV Prevention Cascade Study, HIV/STD Prevalence survey, Cash Transfer survey and Monitoring and Evaluation survey. Get in touch with Phyllis via phyllmag@gmail.com. Tawanda Dadirai Mr Tawanda Dadirai is the Data Processing Manager. He has recently completed an MSc in Big Data Analytics and has a background in research data analysis, monitoring and evaluation, server administration, system support, networking and databases. Get in touch with Tawanda Dadirai via tawazmalazoh@gmail.com. View his full profile here.
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Tafadza Museka
Tafadzwa Museka is an Assistant Fieldwork Manager at the Manicaland centre. He holds a BSc(Hons) in Social Work and an MSc in Social Work from the University of Zimbabwe. Tafadzwa has more than 10 years experience in health research. His key duties and strength includes conducting formative research, conducting qualitative as well as quantitative data collection using different research tools. Tafadzwa is also responsible for supervising and training Research Assistants. Get in touch with tafadzwa via email tafadzwamuseka@gmail.com. |
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Louis ChisvoMr Louis Chisvo is Fieldwork Supervisor at BRTI and has a background in supervising Research Assistants collecting data using both printed and electronic questionnaires as well as collecting clinical specimens. He has worked for other organisations in a similar position before joining BRTI in 1998 which include University of Zimbabwe, UNICEF, Jimat Development consultants and Zimbabwe Institute of Health Research. Get in touch with Louis via louischisvo@yahoo.com.
Freedom Dzamatira
Freedom Dzamatira is an Assistant Fieldwork Supervisor at the Manicaland Centre for Public Health Research. He has completed a BSc in Health Education and Promotion. He has vast experience in both qualitative and quantitative research involving planning, community liaison, data collection and management, team supervision as well as translation and transcription. He is currently assisting in compiling and keeping record of the covid diary from the onset to date. Get in touch with Freedom via email on fdzamatira1@gmail.com |
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Blessing Tsenesa
Mr Blessing Tsenesa is Data Processing Officer at the Manicaland Center. He is currently completing a BSc in Data Science and has a background in Data Management and IT. He has over 10 years experience working with data and IT infrastructure in research organisations such as Zvitambo Institute for Maternal & Child Health Research. Get in touch with Blessing via email on tsenny@gmail.com |
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Tapiwa Magwenzi
Mr Tapiwa Magwenzi is the Transport Manager for the Manicaland Centre for Public Health Research. He is an experienced logistics & transport professional with a demonstrated history of working in the logistics and transport industry in the Public, Private Sector(Cross border cargo transportation) and Non Governmental Organisations. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute Of Logistics & Transport(CILT), skilled Class 1 Motor Mechanic Apprenticeship Trained. Get in touch with Tapiwa via magwenzi2@gmail.com. Noster Chawira
Ms Noster Chawira is the Personal Assistant to the Principal Investigator at Manicaland Centre for Public Health Research( BRTI). She has just completed an MSc in Strategic Management with over 8 years working with various non-governmental organisation in administration and finance department. She does the administration, human resources and secretarial work under the ongoing project.Get in touch with Noster via nosterlicawira@gmail.com or view her profile. |
Scientific Advisory Board
Multi-Level Behavioural Economics and Community Psychology Approaches to
Strengthen HIV Prevention Cascades in Adolescent Girls and Young Women in East Zimbabwe
Prof. Shungu Munyati (Biomedical Research and Training Institute)
Prof. Jonathan Weber (Imperial College London)
Dr. Isolde Birdthistle (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Prof. Catherine Campbell (London School of Economics & Political Science)
Prof. Connie Celum (University of Washington)
Dr. Fonte (Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Care)
Prof. Geoff Garnett (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)
Prof. Catherine Hankins (McGill University)
Prof. Glenn Harrison (Georgia State University)
Dr. Karin Hatzold (Population Services International)
Mr. Evos Makoni (Zimbabwe National AIDS Council, Manicaland)
Dr. Enock Mandizadza (University of Zimbabwe)
Dr. Sungano Mharakurwa (Africa University)
Dr. Junior Mutsvangwa (Biomedical Research and Training Institute)
Mr. Raymond Yekeye (Zimbabwe National AIDS Council)
Prof. Jonathan Weber (Imperial College London)
Dr. Isolde Birdthistle (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Prof. Catherine Campbell (London School of Economics & Political Science)
Prof. Connie Celum (University of Washington)
Dr. Fonte (Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Care)
Prof. Geoff Garnett (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)
Prof. Catherine Hankins (McGill University)
Prof. Glenn Harrison (Georgia State University)
Dr. Karin Hatzold (Population Services International)
Mr. Evos Makoni (Zimbabwe National AIDS Council, Manicaland)
Dr. Enock Mandizadza (University of Zimbabwe)
Dr. Sungano Mharakurwa (Africa University)
Dr. Junior Mutsvangwa (Biomedical Research and Training Institute)
Mr. Raymond Yekeye (Zimbabwe National AIDS Council)
Youth Advisory Board
Multi-Level Behavioural Economics and Community Psychology Approaches to
Strengthen HIV Prevention Cascades in Adolescent Girls and Young Women in East Zimbabwe
Strengthen HIV Prevention Cascades in Adolescent Girls and Young Women in East Zimbabwe
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Polite Ganyaupfu (Bonda) Doreen Musasa (Selbourne) Osyline Gudza (Hobhouse) Manna Mugondani (Eastern Highlands) Charles Manhando (Nyazura) Noel Nyabereka (Nyanga) Blessward Mwandikonza (Watsomba) Kudzai Mugobo (Sakubva) View the Youth Advisory Board Terms of Reference here. |
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