Dr Melissa Wallace (B.Soc.Sci, Hons, MSc, PhD) is a health psychologist and behavioural science researcher. She is the Adolescent Socio-Behavioural Project Lead at Desmond Tutu Health Foundation and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the School of Public Health at the…
As the Strategic Advocacy Lead, Rachel Yates joined the Accelerate Hub in January 2021. Rachel works with the Hub Directors, researchers, and policy colleagues to develop and deliver the Hub’s advocacy strategy. Rachel has worked in International Development for 25 years, including with the UK’s Department for…
Carol Wogrin is a Mental Health Specialist with Zvandiri, Zimbabwe, focused on better integrating mental health services into the care of children, adolescents, and young people living with HIV. A clinical psychologist with a background in nursing, she has over…
Fareed Abdullah is a Medical Doctor, a Specialist in Public Health Medicine, and an HIV Clinician. He is the Director of AIDS and TB Research at the South African Medical Research Council. He is the former CEO of the South…
Heather Jaspan, MD, PhD, is a clinician scientist who spends significant time recruiting cohorts in South Africa and running laboratories in Cape Town and Seattle. Her research addresses translational questions about preventing infectious diseases in infants and adolescents. Her research…
Dr Eugene Lee Davids is the Research Manager at Varsity College and an Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town. He holds a Bachelor of Psychology (B.Psych), Masters and Doctoral degree in Child…
Dr Yashna Singh is a Principal Investigator at the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation Clinical Trials Unit at Groote Schuur Hospital. She is the study lead on a long-acting PrEP trial for young women. She also leads two injectable ARV treatment studies,…
Zoe Duby is a socio-behavioural public health researcher and qualitative social scientist, with a background in social and medical anthropology. Zoe’s key focus areas include HIV, and sexual and reproductive health more broadly, gender and sexuality diversity, health care access and…
Aoife Doyle is Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and her research focus is primarily on sexual and reproductive health and the evaluation of interventions for young people. Aoife is currently working on the…
Dr Margret Elang is a medical doctor (MD), public health specialist (MPH), and business administration master’s degree holder (MBA). She is passionate about advocating for the rights of adolescents, young people, and key populations to quality HIV and Sexual Reproductive…
