Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
Dr Tapela is a physician, public health researcher and global health advocate passionate about reducing reducing premature and avoidable deaths of those most vulnerable in the world. She is a Senior Research Fellow at University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Population Health, focusing research on understanding burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in sub-Saharan Africa, and developing innovative patient-centered solutions to healthcare service delivery. Her research is informed by multi-disciplinary, hands-on experience in the public, non-profit, and academic sectors. She has served as special advisor on NCDs to the Rwanda Ministry of Health, as Director of NCDs Program with Partners In Health-Rwanda, and most recently led the National NCDs Program in the Ministry of Health and Wellness of her home country Botswana. Dr Tapela trained at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health. She maintains appointments as Associate Physician in the Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Research Associate at Botswana Harvard Partnership. Her work as a global health innovator has been recognized in her selection as Aspen New Voices Fellow and an African Cancer Leaders Institute Awardee.
Eastern and Southern Africa
