MxDorothy Chisare

Dorothy is a Research Officer based at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) working on the African Health Observatory Platform on Health Systems and Policies (AHOP) hosted by the WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO).

Dorothy is a trained Epidemiologist and is a health systems policy and global health governance expert. Her work focuses on the nexus of health research and policy while building capacity for evidence-informed decision-making within the African region. She is adept at qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods research and evidence syntheses, while integrating knowledge translation activities in her work for wider audiences. She has worked on regional maternal and child health programmes and research capacity building in Africa with the Consortium for Advanced Research and Training in Africa (CARTA). She is a 2019 recipient of the prestigious World Health Organization/ TDR Special Programme for Research and Training in Implementation Research Fellowship. She has acquired a very broad socio-professional experience from working in varied environments.

Notable Achievements:
o Wits Faculty of Health Sciences Prestigious Award in Epidemiology, 2021
o Research and training in Tropical Diseases / World Health Organization award to study MSc Epidemiology (IS) - Wits University
o Scholarship recipient for the 13th annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health.
o Presenter at the 9th SA AIDS Conference - Durban ICC, Durban.
o Best overall poster presentation , Biennial research day, Wits University.
o Best poster presentation in field of Social and Behavioural Change, Biennial research day, Wits University
o Excellence award in Public Health Honours class of 2019 , Monash South Africa
o Top achiever and excellence award in Disease Prevention and control, Monash South Africa


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