Flavia Senkubuge

Flavia Senkubuge
Born	1978or1979(age 45–46) [1] Uganda [2]
Education	Queenstown Girls High School
Alma mater	University of Pretoria Colleges of Medicine of South Africa Edinburgh Business School
Known for	President of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
Scientific career
Fields	Tobacco control
Institutions	University of Pretoria Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
Thesis	Smoking-related health risk knowledge, and reactions to cigarette warning labels amongst South African adults  (2020)

Flavia Senkubuge (born 1978 or 1979) is a South African physician, professor of public health medicine, an advocate of global public health and the immediate past President of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa. At age 39, she was the college's youngest ever president and the first Black woman to hold the position. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Early life and education

Senkubuge was raised in Lady Frere, then in the Transkei. She relocated to Queenstown in the Eastern Cape, where she attended Queenstown Girls High School to finish her high school education. As the 1996 Eastern Cape Matric of the year, she received the highest honor given in the region. ^{[7] [3]}

Research and career

She graduated with a PhD in public health, an MMed in public health medicine and an MB ChB from the University of Pretoria. Additionally, she has a Fellowship of the College of Public Health Medicine of the Colleges of Medicine South Africa and an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University in the UK. ^[8] She served as the Deputy Dean: Health Stakeholder Relations in the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Pretoria. ^[8] In her capacity as Chair of the WHO/AFRO African Advisory Council on Research and Development, she gives advice to the WHO/AFRO regional director on issues pertaining to health research and development in Africa. ^[9] Senkubuge served as the president of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health. ^[10] In 2025, Senkubuge became the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria. ^[11]

Select publications

• Flavia Senkubuge; Moeketsi Modisenyane; Tewabech Bishaw (13 February 2014). "Strengthening health systems by health sector reforms". Global Health Action . 7: 23568. doi:10.3402/GHA.V7.23568. ISSN   1654-9716. PMC   4651248 . PMID   24560261. Wikidata   Q30386652.
• Johan A. Oldekop; Lorenza B. Fontana; Jean Grugel; et al. (13 December 2015). "100 key research questions for the post-2015 development agenda". Development Policy Review . 34 (1): 55–82. doi:10.1111/DPR.12147. ISSN   0950-6764. Wikidata   Q22341634.

References

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3. "Dr Flavia Senkubuge, specialist in Public Health Medicine". Inspiring Women in Health. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
4. Magazine, Harvard Public Health; Fitzgerald, Michael (12 May 2022). "Standout voices in African public health". Harvard Public Health Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
5. "WHO Regional Director for African Region Receives an Honorary Fellowship Award from the Colleges of Medicines of South Africa". WHO | Regional Office for Africa. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
6. "The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa: College of Sport and Exercise Medicine". www.cmsa.co.za. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
7. "GHS Old Girl inspires alma mater". The Rep. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2022– via PressReader.
8. "The Faculty of Health Sciences Welcomes Prof Flavia Senkubuge | University of Pretoria". www.up.ac.za. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
9. "The African Advisory Committee on Health Research and Development". WHO | Regional Office for Africa. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
10. "17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health". www.who.int. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
11. "Prof Flavia Senkubuge appointed as new dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences". University of Pretoria. 10 April 2025. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2025.