General Info
Professional Track
- Biotechnology
Country
ZimbabweAreas of Expertise
- Health Sciences and Technology
- Biotechnology
Professional Interests
- Modern technologies in health sciences
- Use of biotechnology to monitor disease trends, sustainable biotechnologies for resource limited settings
Age
34The Top Three Things I Would Like to Learn or Experience During my Mentorship
- Learn more on sustainable and affordable healthcare technologies for resource constraint settings.
- Make professional contacts and learn different cultures and practices to enhance my leadership skills.
- Improve public speaking skills and ability to mentor others young girls pursuing STEM careers.
Additional Technical Skills
Project management
What are three adjectives that best describe you in the work place?
- Reliable
- Bold
- Humorous
What impact will your mentorship have on your career and professional path?
My professional goal is to make a significant contribution to public health by providing sustainable solutions to public health problems in Zimbabwe. TechWomen will help me appreciate advanced technologies in healthcare, which can be adopted for early disease diagnosis. The program will expose me to mentors with different cultures and expertise that I can leverage to improve my skills and become a better leader. I will also have a better appreciation of other arms of STEM (e.g., engineering and information technology) and how they can contribute to solving public health issues in Zimbabwe. TechWomen will shape me into a great leader.
After participating in the TechWomen program, how will you leverage your mentorship experience to make an impact in your home country?
Zimbabwe is burdened by both communicable and non-communicable diseases that rely on early detection for treatment success. There is a need to explore affordable technologies that can assist with early detection if we are going to curb these diseases. My TechWomen experience will empower me with knowledge of these technologies, which I will share with my colleagues and also implement in my country. I will also be well-positioned to mentor other young women who are pursuing STEM careers. After participation in the TechWomen program, I will be able to implement a program that provides sustainable solutions to some of our challenges.
Work History
Years of Full-time Work Experience
12Primary Professional Focus
- Managing technical employees
- Technical project and program manager
Current/Most Recent Job
- Title and Company: Acting Chief Medical Laboratory Scientist, National Microbiology Reference Laboratory
- Direct Reports: 10+
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Harare, Zimbabwe
- Dates: June 1, 2015 –
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Responsibilities:
Manage day-to-day activities of the laboratory; monitor all systems to ensure they conform to our quality management systems; recruit new staff; review laboratory records; conduct regular support and supervisory visits to lower testing laboaratories; provide technical guidance to ministry of health programmes; prepare periodic laboratory reports; chair management meetings that shape the organisation; review departmental reports and guide corrective action; monitor quality indicators of technical departments; organize team building activities
Job #2
- Title and Company: Project Coordinator, Centre for Diagnostic Excellence
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Harare, Zimbabwe
- Dates: April 1, 2014 – March 31, 2015
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Responsibilities:
Set up laboratory systems; managed day-to-day activities; prepared periodic reports for the hospital CEO; marketed the laboratory to surrounding clinics; monitored revenue generated; expanded test menu; monitored lab systems for conformance to quality management systems; trained and supervise staff on laboratory systems; recruited and trained staff; conduct customer satisfactory surveys
Job #3
- Title and Company: Laboratory Manager, Rockfoundation Hospital
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Harare, Zimbabwe
- Dates: December 1, 2012 – March 31, 2014
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Responsibilities:
Implemented quality management system; prepared periodic reports; reviewed laboratory records; monitored quality indicators; instituted corrective measures to solve non-conformities; recruited and oriented staff; marketed the lab to surrounding hospitals; expanded test menu to increase revenue; conducted customer satisfaction surveys
Education History
Highest Level of Education Completed
Master'sInstitution #1
- Institution: Africa University
- Degree Awarded: Master's
- Major: Public Health
- Minor:
- Location: Harare, Zimbabwe
- Completion Date: December 1, 2019
Institution #2
- Institution: University of Zimbabwe
- Degree Awarded: Bachelor's
- Major: Medical Laboratory Sciences
- Minor:
- Location: Harare, Zimbabwe
- Completion Date: June 1, 2008
