Flavia Senkubuge Explained

Flavia Senkubuge
Birth Date:	^[1]
Birth Place:	Uganda^[2]
Alma Mater:	University of Pretoria Colleges of Medicine of South Africa Edinburgh Business School
Thesis Title:	Smoking-related health risk knowledge, and reactions to cigarette warning labels amongst South African adults
Thesis Url:	https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/77240/Senkubuge_Smoking_2020.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y
Thesis Year:	2020
Known For:	President of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
Field:	Tobacco control
Work Institution:	University of Pretoria Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
Education:	Queenstown Girls High School

Flavia Senkubuge (born 1978 or 1979) is a South African physician, professor of public health medicine, an advocate of global public health and the immediate past President of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa. At age 39, she was the college's youngest ever president and the first Black woman to hold the position.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Early life and education

Senkubuge was raised in Lady Frere, then in the Transkei. She relocated to Queenstown in the Eastern Cape, where she attended Queenstown Girls High School to finish her high school education. As the 1996 Eastern Cape Matric of the year, she received the highest honor given in the region.^[7]

Research and career

She graduated with a PhD in public health, an MMed in public health medicine and an MB ChB from the University of Pretoria. Additionally, she has a Fellowship of the College of Public Health Medicine of the Colleges of Medicine South Africa and an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University in the UK.^[8] She serves as the Deputy Dean: Health Stakeholder Relations in the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Pretoria. In her capacity as Chair of the WHO/AFRO African Advisory Council on Research and Development, she gives advice to the WHO/AFRO regional director on issues pertaining to health research and development in Africa.^[9] Senkubuge served as the president of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flavia Senkubuge, 42 Powerful Women . 2022-08-17 . en-ZA.
2. Web site: 2018-11-13 . Ugandan-born Dr Senkubuge to Lead Top South Africa Medical Body . 2022-08-17 . ChimpReports . en-US.
3. Web site: Dr Flavia Senkubuge, specialist in Public Health Medicine . 2022-08-17 . Inspiring Women in Health . en-ZA.
4. Web site: Magazine . Harvard Public Health . Fitzgerald . Michael . 2022-05-12 . Standout voices in African public health . 2022-08-17 . Harvard Public Health Magazine . en-US.
5. Web site: WHO Regional Director for African Region Receives an Honorary Fellowship Award from the Colleges of Medicines of South Africa . 2022-08-17 . WHO Regional Office for Africa . en.
6. Web site: The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa: College of Sport and Exercise Medicine . 2022-08-18 . www.cmsa.co.za.
7. Web site: 10 May 2019 . GHS Old Girl inspires alma mater . 2022-08-17 . The Rep . PressReader.
8. Web site: The Faculty of Health Sciences Welcomes Prof Flavia Senkubuge University of Pretoria . 2022-08-17 . www.up.ac.za . en.
9. Web site: The African Advisory Committee on Health Research and Development . 2022-08-17 . WHO Regional Office for Africa . en.
10. Web site: 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health . 2022-08-18 . www.who.int . en.