Wadzanayi Muchenje
BA, MSc
DPhil Student
Wadzanayi joined Oxford's Economics of Population Health Research Centre in October 2021 and is a part-time DPhil candidate. Her doctoral research investigates the economic burden of hypertension-related complications in Kenya, with particular focus on stroke, myocardial infarction, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease. She is supervised by Dr Ramon Luengo- Fernandez, Dr Liz Stokes, and Dr Cervantée Ek Wild.
Alongside her doctoral work, Wadzanayi is the Director, Africa Regional Office at The Rockefeller Foundation, where she shapes the Foundation's regional strategy, partnerships, and investments on the continent. Prior to joining the Foundation, she was an Associate at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) where she worked with the Zimbabwean Ministry of Health to develop and implement strategies to scale point-of-care diagnostic services, m-health solutions and access to next-generation, antiretroviral medicines.
Wadzanayi earned her BA in International Affairs from The George Washington University and holds a Master of Public Health from Columbia University