Refilwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya

About

Deputy Vice Chancellor Research and Innovation, University of Johannesburg, former Deputy Vice Chancellor Research and Innovation, North West University, former Acting Executive Director/Director, HIV/STI/TB Research Programme, Human Sciences, Research Council, Qualified Epidemiologist & Public Health Scientist, Founding Director SAMRC/UJ PACER EMU, Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health - HIV Scientist over two decades. NSTF Senior Scientist Award Winner, HERS-SA Lifetime Award winner, HERS-SA Trailblazer Award winner, UJ Top Researcher Award, Queen Mother Research & Development, Abeadze Kingdom, Central Ghana, NRF rated, ASSAF merited member, AAS Fellow, OWSD Fellow, Scientific Advisory Committee Africa Health Research Institute, Scientific Advisory Committee South African Young Academy of Science, Scientific Advisory Committee Advancing Early Career Researchers and Scholarship Programme for USAF, NRF Board member, ASSAF Council member 2 terms, Higher Health Board 2 terms, , Dira Sengwe Board, Intl Panel on Infectiology, LOC, WCE 2024, 9th SA AIDS Conference Chair, HSRC CEO Award, HSRC Ubuntu Award, HSRC Research Excellence Award

Experience

• University of Johannesburg (South Africa)
  • DVC Research & Innovation (Designate) University of Johannesburg
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Professor Epidemiology and Public Health
    Dec 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

    Teaching Master of Public Health; Supervision of MPH & PhD students

• Director SAMRC/UJ PACER at South African Medical Research Council
  Apr 2022 - Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• MSc Epidemiology Lecturer & Supervisor at Pan African University of Life and Earth Sciences
  Jun 2021 - Dec 2024 · 3 yrs 7 mos

  Part-time teaching and supervision of MSc Reproductive Health students

• Deputy Vice Chancellor Research and Innovation at North West University
  Oct 2017 - Oct 2020 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  Successfully led implementation of Goal 2 of NWU Strategy, namely: Intensify Research and Innovation

• Acting Executive Director, Research Director, Acting Research Director, Chief Research Manager at HSRC (Human Sciences Research Council)
  Jan 2005 - Jan 2017 · 12 yrs 1 mo

  Leadership and Management of Research Programme and Research Units Leadership of HIV and AIDS and HIV co-morbidities epidemiological and public health research studies