Full First Name(s)
Karen
Title (honorific)
Prof
Academic Qualifications
MBBCh (1978, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa); Board Certified (1988, American Academy of Paediatrics, USA); Board Certified (1988, American Board of Medical Genetics, USA)
Brief Biography (English)

Prof Karen Hofman is the Director of PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons for Systems Strengthening) based in the Wits/MRC Agincourt Unit at the Wits School of Public Health.

A Medical Graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand and Trained as a Paediatrician, Prof Hofman previously served as Director of Policy and Planning at the US NIH, Fogarty International Center and spent a decade on the Faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA.

She has Consulted for WHO/PAHO and is Published widely in international Journals.

In 2016 Prof Hofman received the Public Health Association of South Africa Annual Award.

Job Title
Director of PRICELESS SA
Primary Organisation
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Website Address for Primary Organisation
African Country
South Africa
African Region
Southern Africa

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