Transdisciplinary Health Research

Dr Xander Flemming

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Community psychology

Psychosocial Health

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Dr Xander Flemming is a lecturer and researcher at the Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR). After obtaining a master’s degree in counselling psychology, he gained over 12 years of experience in community settings. He managed and implemented mental health and psycho-social well-being programs and sexual health and HIV/STI prevention programs for marginalised groups in resource-limited settings in South Africa. He has worked at a national level and across various sectors, including public health, health promotion, the NGO/CBO sector and corporate social investment. He has collaborated with NGOs/CBOs, grassroots organisations, international and national funders, and government departments, such as the Department of Health (national, provincial and district levels). He worked as a lecturer in the Psychology subject group at the North-West University from 2019 to 2023. He holds a PhD in Transdisciplinary Health Sciences. He has supervised postgraduate students in Psychology and Positive Psychology. His research focus area includes strengths-based approaches to MSM well-being, mental health promotion, and transdisciplinary and community-integrated research. He has a keen interest in qualitative research approaches.

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Potchefstroom, G16, 2nd floor, 264

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Petra Bester

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Transdisciplinary approaches to strengthen South African public health systems

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Petra Bester has extensive work experience in the public and private health sectors of South Africa, including managed healthcare from both the hospital and administrator’s perspective. After a clinical masters’ degree in Community Psychiatric Nursing and a PhD in Nursing, Petra Bester returned to the higher education context since 2010. Although a dedicated researcher and lecturer, Petra occupied managerial positions since 2013. From a senior lecturer, Petra became the academic manager for Health Sciences at the Unit for Open Distance Learning and therefore is experienced in the realities of distance education in sub-Sahara Africa. For the past eight years Petra Bester supported health system strengthening initiatives with a specific focus in health service management, health information systems, leadership and governance and health promotion. To date Petra supervised over 40 postgraduate students from various disciplines with a focus in health. She is the primary investigator of a community-university grant of the National Research Foundation and a member of Academy of Nursing South Africa (ANSA). Petra Bester co-developed the Social Greenhouse® (sustainable community development process) with Dr Christi Niesing and is an advocate for social justice and transdisciplinarity in community-integrated research. Petra has a keen interest in qualitative research methodologies. Petra is at present the director at AUTHeR.

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Office G16, Office 257B

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018 299 2095

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082 298 3567

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Lanthé (IM) Kruger

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Cardiovascular disease

Epidemiology

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Lanthé (IM)

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Lanthé Kruger obtained her B.Sc. degree in September 2003 at the former Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (PU for CHE), where after she started with her post-graduate studies with special focus on cardiovascular physiology. During this time, Lanthé was also appointed as a temporary lecturer (2006-2008) as well as research assistant (2005-2008) within the Cardiovascular Physiology research group. During this time, she gained insight and experience into both worlds of academia as well as research. In September 2010 she obtained her PhD titled “Cardiovascular dysfunction in black South Africans: an investigation from various perspectives” with Prof Alta Schutte as her promotor. In November 2010 Lanthé accepted a post-doctoral fellowship within the Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR). From the outset Lanthé acted as project leader for the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study, with responsibilities ranging from writing articles and funding applications, data and information management, human resources as well as liaison between South African and Canada. Lanthé is currently acting in the capacity of Principle Investigator (PI) of PURE, managing all aspects of this multi-country (27 countries involved) research study. Her research and publication profile presents a strong focus on non-communicable diseases, cardiovascular events and their risk factors with an affinity towards epidemiology and quantitative research methodology. In January 2018 Lanthé was promoted to Associate Professor (Research) within AUTHeR.

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North-West University; Potchefstroom Campus; 11 Hoffman Street; Building G16; Office 260

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018 299 2093

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082 557 4802

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Marié P. Wissing

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Marié

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Marié Wissing’s research is mainly conducted in two projects (FORT3 & EHHI) with the integrative focus on the clarification of the nature and facets of psychosocial well-being, validation of well-being measures in various contexts, exploration of similarities and differences across socio-demographic, cultural and international contexts, and reflection on theories and underlying philosophical assumptions and now specializing in research on meaning, goals and relatedness in local and international projects. Research conducted have shown that core assumptions and findings of research in main stream Western positive psychology do not apply in broader world contexts, and that often used measuring instruments are insensitive at high levels of well-being. Marié is one of the core leaders of the international multi-country EHHI (Eudaimonic-Hedonic Happiness Investigation) project of which results are published in high impact journals. She is also the leader of the FORT-research programme (forté=strength), now in a third phase (FORT3, The prevalence of levels of psychosocial health: dynamics and relationships with biomarkers of (ill) health in South African Social contexts). Recognition of her leadership in positive psychology research is shown by an invitation by Springer to edit a volume on Well-being Research in South Africa to which she also contributed several chapters, an invitation by the Journal of Psychology in Africa to guest edit a section on meaning and relational well-being, and invitations to contribute chapters to several international books and act as keynote speaker at conferences. She participated in several multi-disciplinary research projects (e.g. THUSA, PURE, SOPP, POWIRS, FLAGH, SABPA) and obtained research funding from several resources, amongst others National Research Foundation. She served on the editorial boards of several disciplinary journals and is an Associate Editor of the high impact international multi-disciplinary Journal of Happiness Studies. She is a member of the Advisory Council of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA).

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