Dr Christopher Mafuva

Dr Christopher Mafuva is a lecturer in Professional Health/Collaborative Health Studies. Chris is a Biomedical Scientist who diversified into Public Health. Chris previously worked as a Programme Leader for a collaborative BSc Public Health and Health Promotion and moved to teach and manage a BSc Healthcare programme. Presently, he also delivers some Master of Public Health modules as a visiting lecturer. Chris holds a BSc in Applied Biology and Biochemistry, a MSc in Biomedical Sciences and a Doctor of Health degree. Chris is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and a member of the European Association of Cancer Research. Previously, he was awarded the Michael Gelfand Medical Research Fellowship, British Council Chevening Scholarship and the University of East London Visiting Research Associateship. Chris participates in biomedical and public health collaborative research locally and internationally as evidenced by research outputs in public health and biomedical perspectives. Chris’s research interests span from differential aetiology and disease prevalence among different population groups, public health and interdisciplinary collaborative health research.

Email: christopher.mafuva@uws.ac.uk