Tafireyi Marukutira

Adjunct Research Fellow

Monash University

  • Adjunct Research Fellow
    Monash University
  • NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow
    Burnet Institute
  • Sessional Teaching Associate
    Monash University
  • Research Associate
    Botswana Harvard AIDS Insititute
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  • 4 Evergreen Court, Cranbourne North, VICTORIA, 3977, Australia

BIO

I am a public health physician and infectious diseases epidemiologist with more than 20 years of clinical experience which includes 15 years in public health program management and epidemiology. I have worked in low-middle income countries mainly in clinical care, public health programs (infectious diseases including HIV), and clinical research. I have worked in public/government, private, and non-governmental organization settings including with the Centre for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC) in Botswana. I have held roles ranging from being a clinician, researcher, public health specialist, program/project leadership, and recently as an epidemiologist and manager. My long term goal is to have a meaningful contribution to major diseases of public health concern, through public health program management, research, and teaching.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Adjunct Research Fellow
    Monash University, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Melbourne, Australia1 Feb 2019 - present
  • NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow
    Burnet Institute, Public Health, Melbourne, Australia1 Jan 2023 - present
  • Sessional Teaching Associate
    Monash University, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Melbourne, Australia1 Jul 2017 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Associate
    Botswana Harvard AIDS Insititute, Clinical Research, GABORONE, Botswana1 Sep 2016 - present
  • Consultant
    I-TECH Botswana, HIV Testing, Gaborone, Botswana18 Jul 2016 - 30 May 2017
  • Deputy Project Director
    CDC Botswana, Botswana Combination Prevention Project, Gaborone, Botswana16 Dec 2013 - 30 Apr 2015
  • Clinical Intervention Technical Advisor
    I-TECH Botswana, Botswana Combination Prevention Project, Gaborone, Botswana1 May 2015 - 31 May 2016
  • Research Medical Officer
    Botswana Baylor Clinic, Research, Gaborone, Botswana15 Dec 2008 - 29 Nov 2013
  • Career Development Fellow
    Astellas Pharma Global Development, Clinical Trials, Chicago, United States1 Apr 2011 - 31 Mar 2012

DEGREES

  • PhD, Public Health
    Monash University, Australia1 Jun 2016 - 20 Feb 2020
  • MBChB
    University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe3 Jan 1994 - 30 Nov 1998
  • MPH
    University of South Africa, Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa5 Jan 2009 - 28 Sep 2012
  • MPhil
    Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa3 Jan 2011 - 17 Dec 2012

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Shona
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

WHO REGION

  • WHO African Region

COUNTRY OF NATIONALITY

  • Botswana

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