Dr. Mashavu Yussuf is an Epidemiologist working as a Senior Research and Programs Manager at the Africa Academy for Public Health (AAPH). She has a background in dental surgery and experience in clinical management of patients and public health and implementation science research. Dr. Mashavu’s research areas of interest include nutrition, Maternal, Child and adolescent health, HIV/AIDs as well as non-communicable diseases. She is well experienced in proposal development; designing and implementing data collection; data management and analysis; report write-up and dissemination of research findings. At AAPH, she manages implementation of numerous programs including activities related to data quality assessments, service delivery audits, and evaluations. Having worked as both a dental clinician and public health scientist, she hopes to continue conducting research and evaluations aimed to address key public health priority areas especially for Adolescents.