Laetitia Rispel
Laetitia Charmaine Rispel | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | South African |
| Alma mater | BSc University of Cape Town PhD University of the Witwatersrand |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Public Health |
| Institutions | University of the Witwatersrand |
| Website | www |
Laetitia Charmaine Rispel is a South African Professor of Public Health at the University of the Witwatersrand. Rispel's work has investigated health policy and management and health services research.
Career and impact[edit]
Rispel has served consecutively as the head of the Gauteng Department of Health (from 2001), Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa HIV/AIDS research program (from 2006) and the University of the Witwatersrand School of Public Health (from 2012).[1][2][3] From 2008 - 2014 she was the president of the Public Health Association of South Africa.[4] She holds the National Research Foundation of South Africa Research Chair on Health Workforce for Equity, and Quality and in 2016 she was elected as vice-president/president elect of the World Federation of Public Health Associations.[3] Rispel has served as the President of the World Federation of Public Health Associations since 2018, and she is the first African woman to hold this position.[5][6] She is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa.[7]
Awards and honors[edit]
- Shoprite Checkers/SABC2 Women of the Year award - Health Category, (2003)[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Shoprite Holdings | Woman of the year 2003 announced". Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ Staff Reporter. "New head for HIV/Aids research at HSRC". The M&G Online. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ a b Advertorial. "Celebrating women of excellence in research: NRF SA Research Chairs Initiative". The M&G Online. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ "Prof Laetitia Rispel voted VP / President elect of the WFPHA | Public Health Association of South Africa". www.phasa.org.za. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ "2019 - World Federation of Public Health Associations". www.wfpha.org. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "2018-05 - Wits Research Chair is first African president of global public health association - Wits University". www.wits.ac.za. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Members". www.assaf.org.za. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
