Simone Honikman

Director of the Perinatal Mental Health Project; Associate Professor, University of Cape Town

Associate Professor Simone Honikman is a medical doctor (UCT) with clinical experience in Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Psychiatry and a Masters degree in
Maternal and Child Health (UCT). She is founder and director of the 20-year old
Perinatal Mental Health Project (PMHP) based at UCT. The Project has received
formal commendation by the World Health Organization. Simone received the
international Ashoka Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship, collaborates with several international research consortia, has published academic papers, chapters, editorials and training manuals. She develops mental health programmes integrated into existing maternal and child health services and designs and conducts training for a wider range of healthcare and social service providers and consults to health policy, guideline and programme processes provincially and nationally.

Experience

–present

Director of the Perinatal Mental Health Project, University of Cape Town
2008–present

Associate professor, Alan Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town

Education

2004

University of Cape Town, MPhil Maternal and Child Health
1994

University of Cape Town, MBChB

Professional Memberships

International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health
Global Alliance for Maternal Mental Health
African Alliance for Maternal Mental Health
Health Professions Council of South Africa