Mamaswatsi Kopeka

Work/professional background:

Mamaswatsi is a fourth-year PhD candidate studying Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Milken Institute School of Public Health. Before coming to GWU, she completed both her bachelor’s and master's degrees in public health at Brown University. As an early-career researcher, she is interested in the role of social justice, equity, and advocacy in health research. Her current work focuses on HIV prevention and equity in sexual and reproductive health for young women in Lesotho and South Africa.

Research interests:

Currently working on a research project to promote uptake of Lenacapavir (long acting preventative care for HIV) for young women in Southern Africa

Favorite thing about doing and being involved in research:

Hearing about other people's lived experiences through qualitative research, and getting to see the world as they experience it.

Projects worked on and currently working on in B.R.I.D.G.E:

STEP+cbNIMART:, Pharmacy-based PrEP in Washington DC