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Professor, School of Public Health, University of Gothenburg Sweden, University of the Witwatersrand

Sharon Fonn is also Visiting Professor at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Co-Director, Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa.

She was the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Head of the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand which she led from 2003-2011. She is a medical doctor, and registered public health specialist, holds a PhD and is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. Before leading the School of Public Health, Professor Fonn spent a decade as research director of the Women’s Health Project. Previously Professor Fonn set up ‘Birth-to-Ten’ (now Twenty), a unique birth cohort following over 3000 children in Soweto, South Africa. Prior to that she served the newly developed trade union movement providing health and safety training and conducting research; and is an experienced manager-innovator of rural and urban public health services.

Experience

  • –present
    Professsor of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand

Honours

Distinguished Scientist Award – for contribution to the quality of life of women, South Africa Government, Department of Science of Technology 2005; Awarded Honorary Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden 2015