Myezwa, Hellen

Hellen Myezwa is a professor and Head of, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand. Hellen Myezwa is an expert in HIV and disability, and she conducted one of the first studies to define the extent of HIV disability in the African setting. Subsequently, she has been involved in research to understand the scope and impact of disability in people living with HIV and has conducted one of the first population-based studies. Hellen has expertise in the epidemiology of disability. Her second arm of research involves the study of service delivery systems and has research involving service delivery management, models, their structure and monitoring and evaluation systems. She is a C2 NRF rated researcher. Professor Myezwa has published 78 articles in peer-reviewed journals to date and co-authored a book in special education with input on community approaches and a book chapter in the book “Perspectives in Performing Arts Medicine Practice”. She has supervised 24 postgraduate students She has a keen interest in education as this is an important part of her portfolio in directing and facilitating quality education in the school.