Hello, my name is Dr. Nhlanganiso Nyathi and I am an Associate Professor of Social Work at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in UK. I am originally from Zimbabwe. I am very passionate and committed to about the capacity for of interprofessional education and research in transforming in preparing health and social care students for readiness to transforming the health and well-being for vulnerable people.
I initially became curious about how a multidisciplinary approach could mitigate the challenges faced by children who survive off the streets of my home City of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe in the early 1990s. After successfully leading a donor funded Bulawayo Taskforce on Street Children initiative, I later embarked on Doctoral research in interprofessional child protection decision making following some years interprofessional social work practice, leadership and teaching in the UK.
My proudest moments in the area of interprofessional education and research include:
- Achieving my PhD award followed by a number of publications in the area of interprofessional education and research.
- Serving in the Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care IPL strategic working group.
- Becoming a member of Africa Interprofessional Education Network (AfriPEN).
- Becoming a member of Afri-VIPE (a virtual IPE under the auspices of AfriPEN).
Having contributed and impacted interprofessional education and research at university and national levels, taking this passion to a global level through IPR.Global seems quite a logical professional progression form me.
And finally, should pineapple be on pizza?
An absolute NO!
