School of Social and Political Science

Background

Nicola Christofides is an associate professor in the School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand. She heads up the Master of Public Health programme and a Division on Health and Society within the School. Nicola has more than 20 years’ research experience in the area of gender-based violence, HIV, and evaluating social and behaviour change programmes. Her research has focused on how services for survivors of sexual violence are delivered, as well as the role that gender-based violence plays in reproductive and sexual health outcomes. Previously, Nicola was the Principal Investigator on a What Works innovation grant that evaluated the Sonke community mobilization and advocacy intervention to reduce men’s perpetration of violence against women.