Dvora Joseph-Davey

Publications: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1PQp8exo-fZk-/bibliography/public/
LinkedIn: https://za.linkedin.com/in/dvora-joseph-davey-0886a97

Dr Dvora Joseph Davey is an infectious disease epidemiologist with over 20 years of experience in maternal and newborn health research and programme evaluation. Dr. Joseph Davey is an Honorary Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Cape Town and an Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Geffen School and Department of Epidemiology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

She is the PI of several large NIH-funded studies that evaluate interventions to improve HIV prevention (including pre-exposure prophylaxis) and sexually transmitted infection diagnostics and treatment in pregnant and lactating women. She has been involved in research in Southern Africa since 2003 where she has developed and evaluated donor-funded epidemiological studies to inform effective, culturally relevant interventions aimed at reducing the burden of HIV and related diseases on women, children, and families.

Dr Joseph Davey is closely involved in HIV and STI policymaking in South Africa, with roles in the National PrEP, Prevention of Vertical Transmission of HIV Working Groups and WHO/AFRO Regional Group on Elimination of Vertical Transmission to advance the impact of the study findings on public health policy and practice. She is an active mentor of public health and medical students in South Africa and the US.