Dr Mzi Nduna (PhD) is the Divisional Executive: Research Impact Division at the HSRC. She is the former Dean of Health Sciences at the University of Fort Hare and a former Head of School at WITS University. Dr Nduna has 29 years of work experience is an author, educator, researcher, trainer, and a scholar with a strong ethic of community engagement with science. Dr Mzi’s work is underpinned by a philosophy to bridge the gap between science, policy and practice. Mzi’s research output includes 69 peer reviewed journal articles, 3 books, 4 special issue journals, 8 book chapters, and several research reports. On Google Scholar, Mzi has 7720 citations and an H-index of 33. Mzi Nduna has research interests in sexual and reproductive health, gender and sexual identities, and father (dis)connections. She is a regular guest lecturer at various institutions nationally and globally and a Research Associate at the University of Stellenbosch.
Recent Publications
TE Pakhomova, M Beksinska, JJ Dietrich, T Salway, A Gadermann, K Closson, A Rowlands, J Jesson, T Ndung’u, M Brockman, Nduna, M., S Vermaak, J Smit, A Kaida. (2026). Twelve-month trajectories of depressive symptoms and associated socio-structural factors among adolescents and young adults in Soweto and Durban, South Africa., …Journal of Affective Disorders, 120409.
Jasmine, U.H., Nduna, M., Nkala-Dlamini, B. February 2025. Intergenerational continuity of protective parenting practices in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (PDF) Intergenerational continuity of protective parenting practices in Dhaka, Bangladesh. PLOS One 20(2). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300160
Logie, C. H., Earnshaw, V., Ahmed, R., Rowe, S. E., Fagan, A., Argyropoulos, A., Lorimer, N., MacKenzie, F.,Ma, J., Yu, I., Kaida, A., Mbuagbaw, L., Nduna, M., Kagunda, J., Mmbaga, B. T., Perez-Brumer, A., Mudany,M., & Meyers-Pantele, S. A. (2024). Experiences of gender-based stigma and health care-related outcomes in the African region: A scoping review. Stigma and Health. Advance online publication.
Nduna, M., Mayisela, S., Balton, S., Gobodo-Madikizela, P., Kheswa, J.G, Khumalo, I.P., Makusha, T., Naidu, M., Sikweyiya, Y., Sithole, S.L., Tabane,C. (2022). “Research Site Anonymity in Context.” Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics 17: 155626462210848
Kiguwa P., Nduna M., Mavhandu-Mudzusi, A. Bandawe C. & Mooketsane K. (Eds.) (2022). (Un)silence LGBTI experiences and identities in Institutions of higher learning in Southern Africa. UNISA Press South Africa
Nduna, M., Mayisela, S., Balton, S., Gobodo-Madikizela, P., Kheswa, J.G, Khumalo, I.P., Makusha, T., Naidu, M., Sikweyiya, Y., Sithole, S.L., Tabane,C. (2022). “Research Site Anonymity in Context.” Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics 17: 155626462210848.
Kiguwa P., Nduna M., Mavhandu-Mudzusi, A. Bandawe C. & Mooketsane K. (Eds.) (2022). (Un)silence LGBTI experiences and identities in Institutions of higher learning in Southern Africa. UNISA Press South Africa
Nduna, M., Packery, J., Sefanyatso, K., Nkomo, T., Mdanda, S., Kheswa, J., Nkala, BA. Oliphant, B. (2022). Integrate towards dual therapy interventions for Mental Health services in South Africa. Mental Health Matters 9 (1), 23-24
Nduna M (2022). It is ‘unAfrican’. it is ‘Western’, it is ‘urban’, it is ‘learnt’, it is ‘fashion’, it is a ‘lifestyle’: The silencing discourses of Africanism. In Section 1, Chapter 2. Kiguwa, Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Nduna, Mooketsane and Bandawe (eds). (un)Silence LGBTI Experiences and Identities in Institutions if Higher learning in South Africa
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