Laetitia Rispel

Laetitia Charmaine Rispel is a South African Professor of Public Health at the University of the Witwatersrand. Rispel's work has investigated health policy and management and health services research.

Laetitia Charmaine Rispel
NationalitySouth Africa
Alma materBSc University of Cape Town
PhD University of the Witwatersrand
Scientific career
FieldsPublic Health
InstitutionsUniversity of the Witwatersrand
Websitewww.wits.ac.za/staff/academic-a-z-listing/r/laetitiarispelwitsacza/

Career and impact

Rispel has served consecutively as the head of the Gauteng Department of Health (from 2001), Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa HIV/AIDS research program (from 2006) and the University of the Witwatersrand School of Public Health (from 2012).[1][2][3] From 2008 - 2014 she was the president of the Public Health Association of South Africa.[4] She holds the National Research Foundation of South Africa Research Chair on Health Workforce for Equity, and Quality and in 2016 she was elected as vice-president/president elect of the World Federation of Public Health Associations.[3] Rispel has served as the President of the World Federation of Public Health Associations since 2018, and she is the first African woman to hold this position.[5][6] She is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa.[7]

Awards and honors
  • Shoprite Checkers/SABC2 Women of the Year award - Health Category, (2003)[1]

References
  1. "Shoprite Holdings | Woman of the year 2003 announced". Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  2. Staff Reporter. "New head for HIV/Aids research at HSRC". The M&G Online. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  3. Advertorial. "Celebrating women of excellence in research: NRF SA Research Chairs Initiative". The M&G Online. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  4. "Prof Laetitia Rispel voted VP / President elect of the WFPHA | Public Health Association of South Africa". www.phasa.org.za. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  5. "2019 - World Federation of Public Health Associations". www.wfpha.org. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  6. "2018-05 - Wits Research Chair is first African president of global public health association - Wits University". www.wits.ac.za. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  7. User, Super. "Members". www.assaf.org.za. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
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