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Siphumelele Nene

Siphumelele Nene

MLCCP Co-ordinator

Ms Nene is a Research Coordinator in the Multinational Lung Cancer Control Program (MLCCP) under the Cancer and Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Unit (CIDERU) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). She manages and coordinates all aspects of the MLCCP Phase 2 activities. She is an experienced researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education sector. Ms Nene’s research experience includes disability studies, HIV prevention, key populations, sexual and reproductive health and rights, mental health, and cancer epidemiology and cancer prevention. Ms Nene has worked in projects funded by Grand Challenges Canada, Global Fund, PEPFAR, Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation (BMSF), UNICEF, NIHM and SADoE. Before joining CIDERU, Ms Nene has worked for the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC); Department of Psychiatry, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine; Centre of Excellence in Human Development, University of the Witwatersrand; and Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD). Ms Nene holds a Master of Social Sciences (Counselling Psychology) degree from UKZN. She has co-authored articles in local and international peer-reviewed journals and presented poster and oral presentations at various conferences. Ms Nene is currently registered for a Master of Medical Sciences in Public Health degree.

Publications:

  • George, G., Nene, S., Beckett, S., Durevall, D., Lindskog, A. & Govender, K. (2019). Greater risk for more money: the economics of negotiating condom use amongst sex workers in South Africa, AIDS Care, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1563284.
  • Veling, W., Burns, J.K., Makhathini, E.M., Mtshemla, S., Nene, S., Shabalala, S., Mbatha, N., Tomita, A., Baumgartner, J., Susser, I., Hoek, H. W., & Susser, E. (2018). Identification of patients with recent-onset psychosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a pilot study with traditional health practitioners and diagnostic instruments. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127- 018-1623-x.
  • Hanass-Hancock, J., Nene, S., Johns, R. & Chappell, P. (2018). The Impact of Contextual Factors on Comprehensive Sexuality Education for Learners with Intellectual Disabilities in South Africa. Sex Disabil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11195- 018-9526-z.
  • Hanass-Hancock, J., Chappell, P., Johns, R. & Nene, S. (2018). Breaking the Silence Through Delivering Comprehensive Sexuality Education to Learners with Disabilities in South Africa: Educators Experiences. Sex Disabil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11195-018-9525-0.
  • Chappell, P., Johns, R., Nene, S. & Hanass-Hancock, J. (2017). Educators‟ perceptions of learners with intellectual disabilities‟ sexual knowledge and behaviour in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Sex Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2017.1405801.
  • Hanass-Hancock, J., Nene, S., Deghaye, N., & Pillay, S. (2017). „These are not luxuries, it is essential for access to life‟: Disability related out-of-pocket costs as a driver of economic vulnerability in South Africa. African Journal of Disability, 6(0), https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod. v6i0.280.
  • Davis, G. P., Tomita, A., Noel Baumgartner, J., Mtshemla, S., Nene, S., King, H., Susser, E., & Burns, J.K., (2016). Substance use and duration of untreated psychosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. South African Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 22 (1), p 1-7 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v22i1.852.
  • Tomita, A., Burns, J.K., King, H., Noel Baumgartner, J., Davis, G. P., Mtshemla, S., Nene, S., & Susser, E., (2016). Beyond symptom management: Family relations, unmet needs of persons living with severe mental illnesses, and potential implications for social work in South Africa, Social Work in Health Care, Vol 55 (1), p 12-27, DOI:10.1080/00981389.2015.1088926.
  • Tomita, A., Burns, J.K., King, H., Baumgartner, JN., Davis, G.P., Mtshemla, S., Nene, S., & Susser E. (2015). Duration of untreated psychosis and the pathway to care in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 203(3): 222-225.