ChildSafe South Africa is delighted to announce that Associate Professor Nisha Jacob, an esteemed member of our Board, has taken on the role of Chairperson of the ChildSafe Research Committee.
Nisha Jacob is a public health physician at the School of Public Health at the University of Cape Town (UCT). She attained her medical degree (MBChB) from UCT in 2008 and has worked in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces of South Africa in clinical, managerial, and research settings.
In 2016, she obtained her Fellowship in Public Health Medicine from the Colleges of Medicine South Africa and was awarded the Henry Gluckman Award. She also holds a Masters in Medicine (Public Health Medicine) with distinction from UCT and recently completed her PhD in Public Health Medicine.
Currently, Nisha is the convenor of the 4th year MBChB Health in Context course, chair of the Undergraduate Committee for the School of Public Health, and a member of the Global Surgery Steering Committee. Her research interests include health information system strengthening, child health, and infectious diseases. She serves on the Boards of UCT Faculty of Health Sciences, St Joseph’s Intermediate Paediatric Care Facility, Equal Health for Deaf People, and ChildSafe. Nisha is also actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate public health education and mentorship.
We are excited to see the positive impact Nisha will have in her new role and look forward to the innovative research initiatives that will emerge under her leadership.
Please join us in congratulating Associate Professor Nisha Jacob on her new position!