Rate My Professor Mosa Moshabela

An esteemed academic and member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (MASSAf), Professor Moshabela has contributed to health research focused on improving access, quality and equity in healthcare to combat infectious diseases, particularly HIV and TB, as well as health systems, services and policy research. His work centres on implementation science of health innovations, involving the design, implementation and evaluation of complex interventions in healthcare services and programmes for resource-poor settings in sub-Saharan Africa. He leads the Quality Health Systems and Transformation (QuEST) Center in South Africa, a collaboration with the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University, and serves as faculty member in the HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Health Research Institute (HIGH IRI) at the University of Washington in St. Louis. He has held scientific grants from the US National Institutes of Health, Medical Research Council UK, National Research Foundation South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Wellcome Trust, National Institute for Health and Care Research UK, International Development Research Centre Canada, and others. Professor Moshabela received the PHILA Annual Award from the Public Health Association of South Africa in 2022 for his contribution to public health and a Ministerial Special Covid-19 Award (2020–2021) for science communication and public engagement. He has served as former Chairperson of the Governing Board of the National Research Foundation, Health Commissioner to the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, former Member of the Board of the South African Medical Research Council, and former Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Health in the Academy of Science of South Africa. He is a member of the international advisory board for The Lancet Healthy Longevity and participates in related global commissions on health promotion, universal healthcare access, global health security and healthy longevity.

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