Prof. Mosa Moshabela

Professor Mosa Moshabela (MBChB, MMed, MSc, PhD) is a Professor of Public Health and Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. An esteemed academic and clinician scientist, he was awarded PHILA Annual Award (2022) by the Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA) for his contribution to Public Health in South Africa, and a Ministerial Special Covid-19 Award (2020 - 2021) for Covid-19 Science Communication and Public Engagement. 

Prof Moshabela is the Chairperson of the Governing Board at the National Research Foundation (NRF), a former Member of the Board at the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Health in the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), Health Commissioner to the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, as one of the seven multi-sector commissioners on the Premier's Provincial Planning Commission.

Primarily, Prof Moshabela’s contribution has been in the improvement of access and quality in healthcare to combat infectious diseases, in relation to HIV and TB, and in the areas of health systems, services and policy research. Prof Moshabela is now focused on implementation science, which cuts across multiple disciplines, and involves the design, implementation and evaluation of complex interventions in healthcare services and programs, and seeks to improve access, quality and equity in healthcare, for resource-poor settings in sub-Saharan Africa. 

Currently, he leads the Quality Health Systems and Transformation (QuEST) Center in South Africa, a collaboration with the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, USA, and he is a faculty member in HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Health Research Institute (HIGH IRI) at the University of Washington in St. Louis, USA. Globally, he is a member of the international advisory board for the Lancet Healthy Longevity, Lancet commission on synergies between Health Promotion, Universal Healthcare Access and Global Health Security, and the commission of the US National Academies for Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) on the Global Roadmap to Healthy Longevity.