Staff Profile

Qualifications

• Master of Science Degree (MSc) in Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of Zimbabwe
• Bachelor of Science (BSc) Honours Degree in Sociology, University of Zimbabwe

Certifications

• Certificate: International Computers Driving Licence (2011), Speciss College, Herbert Chitepo Branch, Harare
• Certificate: Good Clinical Practice (2017), Global Health Network
• Certificate: Protecting Human Research Participants (2017), National Institutes of Health
• Certificate: Prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (2019), UNICEF

Research interests

• Gender, Sexuality and Development
• Public Health Issues
• Vulnerable Populations
• HIV/AIDS
• Adolescents Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH)
• Adolescents and Young People Living with HIV
• Linkages between health, poverty, risk and vulnerability with a particular interest in health systems development, Gender and Development
• Population Displacement

Publications

• Webster Mavhu, Nicola Willis, Juliet Mufuka, Sarah Bernays, Maureen Tshuma, Collin Mangenah, Hendramoorthy Maheswaran, Walter Mangezi, Tsitsi Apollo, Ricardo Araya, Helen A Weiss, Frances M Cowan: Effect of a differentiated service delivery model on virological failure in adolescents with HIV in Zimbabwe (Zvandiri): a cluster-randomised controlled trial: Lancet Global Health 2020.

Under Review

• Bernays, Sarah; Tshuma, Maureen; Willis, Nicola; Mvududu, Kudzanayi; Chikeya, Adrian; Mufuka, Juliet; Cowan, Frances; Mavhu, Webster: Scaling up peer-led community-based differentiated support for adolescents living with HIV: keeping the needs of youth peer supporters in mind to sustain success. Journal of the International AIDS Society. Manuscript ID JIAS-2020-01-0001.

Papers Presented

• Maureen Tshuma, Sarah Bernays, Kudzanayi Mvududu, Adrian Chikeya, Nicola Willis, Tsitsi Apollo, Juliet Mufuka, Frances Cowan, Webster Mavhu.  “It’s just knowing that they understand what I’m going through”: the value of peer-led support for young people living with HIV. Paper presented at the AIDS Impact 2019, London, UK on Monday 29 July 2019.
• Maureen Tshuma, Sarah Bernays, Kudzanayi Mvududu, Adrian Chikeya, Nicola Willis, Frances Cowan, Webster Mavhu.  The whole is greater than the sum of its parts: process evaluation findings of the Zvandiri cluster-randomised trial. Paper presented at the AIDS Impact 2019, London, UK on Tuesday 30 July 2019 during satellite presentation.
• Cowan Frances, Mavhu Webster, Willis Nicola, Bernays Sarah, Weiss Helen, Apollo Tsitsi, & Tshuma Maureen. (2019). Differentiated service delivery for adolescents living with HIV in Zimbabwe – the Zvandiri cluster randomized trial. Paper presented at the AIDS Impact 2019, London, UK on Tuesday 30 July 2019 during satellite presentation.
• Webster Mavhu, Nicola Willis, Juliet Mufuka, Sarah Bernays, Maureen Tshuma, Collin Mangenah, Walter Mangezi, Tsitsi Apollo, Ricardo Araya, Helen Weiss, Frances Cowan. Multicomponent differentiated service delivery model to reduce virological failure among adolescents living with HIV in Zimbabwe: the Zvandiri cluster-randomized trial. Paper presented at the AIDS Impact 2019, London, UK on Tuesday 30 July 2019 during satellite presentation.
• Bernays Sarah, Tshuma Maureen, Mvududu Kudzanayi, Chikeya Adrian, Willis Nicola, Cowan Frances, & Mavhu Willis. Scaling the mountain: what it takes to achieve an undetectable viral load for adolescents living with HIV. Qualitative findings from the Zvandiri trial. Paper presented at the AIDS Impact 2019, London, UK on Tuesday 30 July 2019 during satellite presentation.