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1 Lucie Cluver Summary: Professor at Oxford University in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation since 2015, Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town since million raised as PI since D.Phil awarded in 2008, all for policy-focused child and adolescent research in partnership with African institutions. Awarded ESRC Outstanding International Impact Prize in 2017 and Philip Leverhulme Prize 2015, both for policy impact in Africa. Technical advisor to major international initiatives such as PEPFAR, UNICEF, UNAIDS, the World Health Organisation and to National AIDS Councils within Southern Africa. 114 peer-reviewed publications (averaging ~1 per month since 2007) including the Lancet Global Health, AIDS. H-index of 31 and i-10 index of 62. United Kingdom Department of Social Policy and Intervention Oxford University South Africa Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town Nationality: UK and South Africa Research posts 2015-present 2009-present Oxford University: Professor in Child and Family Social Work Governing Body Fellow of Wolfson College Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation, Dept of Social Policy & Intervention University of Cape Town, Honorary Professor, Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Oxford University: Associate Professor, Governing Body Fellow of Wolfson College Centre for Evidence-Based Social Intervention, Department of Social Policy & Intervention Oxford University, Departmental Lecturer, Post-Doctoral HIV/AIDS Fellow, Centre for Evidence-Based Social Intervention, Department of Social Policy & Social Work 2007 Columbia University, Academic Visitor, HIV Center for Clinical & Behavioral Studies Research grants European Research Council: 2 million Helping Empower Youth Brought up in Adversity with their Babies and Young children (HEY BABY). PI Medical Research Council, DFID and National Institute for Health Research: 787,000 From STOP to GO! Overcoming barriers to healthcare utilisation for high-risk adolescent mothers and their children in Southern Africa. PI with Prof L Sherr, Dr E Toska Wellspring Advisors: $500,000 RCT to assess compound effects of parenting interventions in early years & adolescence. Co-PI with Prof M Tomlinson, Dr S Skeen, Prof C Ward, Prof P Cooper, Prof L Murray UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Office: $50,000. Child development and HIV. PI DFID/Sida Evidence for HIV Prevention in Southern Africa: 820,000 The missing link in HIV prevention: Helping HIV-positive adolescents to reduce transmission in Southern and Eastern Africa. PI. (with Dr R Hodes and Dr E Toska, University of Cape Town) Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund: 56,925 with Prof M English, Prof S Shepperd, Prof A Stein, Prof N Winters, Prof C Vincent, Prof A Farmer, Prof R Fitzpatrick, Prof D Livesley European Research Council Proof of Concept Grant: 150,000 CAPITA: Child Abuse Prevention International Training and Access PI with Dr F Meinck and Dr J Doubt ELMA Philanthropies: R1,100,000 Strengthening optimal care and treatment for adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa PI with Dr E Toska, Dr R Hodes, Dr L Hatane, Dr D Mark UNICEF South Africa: R3,000,000 Developing technology-based support for adolescents living with HIV Co-PI with C. Carty, Dr R Hodes 1

2 Janssen Foundation: 341,000 Promoting adolescent ARV Adherence and Sexual Reproductive Health Access in South Africa PI with Dr R Hodes and Dr E Toska Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Award 50,000 Making Impact Matter: Bringing an evidence-based child-abuse prevention programme to the world. PI with Dr F Meinck & Dr J Doubt The Philip Leverhulme Prize, 100,000 The Leverhulme Trust. PI UNICEF HQ (Project Cooperation Agreement), $250,000 Generate evidence on Social Protection and HIV and AIDS, PI PEPFAR-USAID, $1.5 million RCT: Mphatlalatsane (Early Morning Star) Lesotho: Integrating ECD, HIV testing and treatment support, and nutrition into rural informal nursery care. PI (with Prof L Sherr, UCL and Prof M Tomlinson, University of Stellenbosch) PEPFAR-USAID, $1.48 million RCT in Zimbabwe: effects of a community-based ECD and economic resilience intervention on adherence and retention in paediatric HIV care and treatment programs. PI (with Prof F Cowan, Liverpool University and Prof L Sherr, UCL) UNICEF Innocenti Office of Research, $248,500 Reducing abuse of adolescents in Southern Africa. PI European Research Council 1.5 million Preventing Child Abuse in the Context of HIV and AIDS in Southern Africa. PI The Nuffield Foundation 583,287 Pathways to survival: identifying psychosocial, family and service mechanisms to improve antiretroviral adherence amongst HIV+ adolescents in South Africa. PI ESRC Impact Acceleration Account 30,000 Accelerating international impact to improve health outcomes for HIV+ and abused children. PI UNICEF South Africa R332,180 Pilot testing of a child abuse prevention programme in South Africa PI Ilifa Labantwana R2,494,623 Reducing Abuse and Maltreatment of Children in High-risk Families in South Africa PI, with Dr C Ward (UCT) and Prof. F Gardner (Oxford) Regional Inter-Agency Task Team for Children Affected by AIDS Eastern and Southern Africa $60,000 PI, with Prof L Sherr and Prof M Orkin International AIDS Society Collaborative Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and Research (CIPHER) $145, 317 Co-PI and Mentor for PI Dr R Hodes (UCT) John Fell Oxford University Press Research Fund, UK, 98,826 Development of an AIDS-related Child Abuse Prevention Programme (ACAPP) at the Centre for AIDS Interdisciplinary Research at Oxford. PI Economic and Social Research Council and National Research Foundation 910,000 Young carers for AIDS-ill parents: Social, health and educational impacts PI, with: Prof F Gardner, Dr D Operario, Prof A Dawes, Dr L Wild South African National Department of Social Development, R400,000 Young carers for AIDS-ill parents: Social, health and educational impacts, PI Rockefeller Foundation, USA, $300,000 Evaluation of Schools as Nodes of Care and Support with Soul City and Wits University. PI, with Prof A Stein, Dr K Kahn 2

3 Claude Leon Foundation, SA, R411,000 Young carers for AIDS-ill parents: Social, health and educational impacts, PI Health Economics AIDS Research Division, SA, R6,000,000 Young Carers for AIDS-affected parents in South Africa, PI with Dr D Operario, Dr C Kuo Leverhulme Trust, UK 98,212 Caring for children orphaned by AIDS in Kwa-Zulu Natal Province, South Africa. Co-PI with Dr D Operario and Dr C Kuo Nuffield Foundation, UK 299,000 Resilience in young people orphaned by AIDS: predictors and mechanisms. PI with Prof F Gardner, Prof L Aber, Dr S Collishaw John Fell OUP Research Fund, UK 129,500 Development of an interdisciplinary strategic plan to study HIV/AIDS prevention and policy, with Dr D Operario and Prof. H Jaffe Education Oxford University D.Phil Social Policy & Intervention D.Phil (PhD) Oxford University MSc Social Policy Class I Thesis: Child poverty and child well-being in South Africa Class I Oxford University MSc Applied Social Studies and Diploma in Social Work. Class I (Distinction) Thesis: Psychological well-being of AIDS orphans in South Africa Class I (Distinction) University of Cambridge MA Classics Class I (Distinction) Thesis Class I (Distinction) Awards 2017: Economic and Social Research Council Outstanding International Impact Prize. 2015: The Philip Leverhulme Prize. 2014: Green Templeton College Outstanding Alumna of the Year 2014: The International AIDS Society Young Investigator Award. 2013: Discovery Clinical Excellence Award, 6 th South African AIDS Conference 2013: James Walegumbe Memorial Award for mental health in Africa. 2011: Discovery Clinical Excellence Award: Best paper, 5 th South African AIDS Conference 2008: Merit Award for academic staff (Oxford University) 2007: Vice-Chancellor s Award for Doctoral Thesis (Oxford University) 2007: Discovery Clinical Excellence Award: Best paper, 3 rd South African AIDS Conference Government policies and reports Hodes, R, Cluver L, National Department of Health and UNFPA (2017) South Africa s National Adolescent and Youth Health Policy Barnes, H., Cluver, L. and Wright, G. (2007) Findings from the Indicators of Poverty and Social Exclusion Project: Children, Key Report 5, Pretoria: Department of Social Development, Republic of South Africa. Cluver, L., Magasela, W. and Wright, G. (2006) Findings from the Indicators of Poverty and Social Exclusion Project: Health and a Safe Environment, Key Report 4, Pretoria: Department of Social Development, Republic of South Africa. Selected national and international policy documents citing my publications 2018: UNAIDS, Social Protection: a Fast-Track commitment to end AIDS. Guidance for policy-makers. 2017: UNICEF, Policy Brief series on Social Protection, the SDGs and adolescent HIV 2017: WHO, INSPIRE: Seven Strategies for Ending Violence against Children 2016: South African National AIDS Council: South African HIV and TB Investment Case. 2016: WHO, Measuring & Monitoring National Prevalence of Child Maltreatment: A Practical Handbook 2016: UNICEF ESARO, Building HIV-Sensitive Social Protection Systems through Cash-Plus-Care Models. 2016: UNAIDS, HIV Care and Support: Taking into Account the 2016 WHO Consolidated Guidelines 2016: UNICEF, For Every Child, End AIDS: Seventh Stocktaking Report 2016: UNAIDS, Get on the Fast-Track The life-cycle approach to HIV 2016: UNAIDS, Prevention Gap Report: Summary 3

4 2016: UNAIDS, Programme Coordinating Board 2016: Gap Analysis on Paediatric HIV Treatment Care & Support 2016: Children s Institute, South African Child Gauge : PEPFAR, Preventing HIV in Adolescent Girls & Young Women: Guidance for Country Teams on the DREAMS Partnership 2015: OVC, Educational Support for Families Affected by HIV 2014: UNICEF, Protection, Care and Support for an AIDS-Free Generation: A Call to Action for All Children 2014: PEPFAR, Special Initiative for reducing HIV in adolescent girls - Core Intervention Package 2014: UNDP, Discussion Paper: Cash Transfers and HIV Prevention 2013: South African Department of Social Development: National Plan of Action for Orphans and other children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS. 2012: South African Department of Social Development, Psychosocial support for orphans and other children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS. Scientific and technical advisory 2013-present. UN Inter-Agency Task Team for Social Protection, Care and Support (UNAIDS, UNICEF, World Bank). Scientific advisor present. Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. Technical advisor for cash+care programming present. UNAIDS Social Protection Assessment Technical advisor for Zambia, Liberia, S. Leone, SA, Kenya, Cameroon, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Algeria, Nigeria, Burundi, Senegal present: UNICEF Social Protection and HIV teams. Technical advisor present. Independent Scientific advisor: Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS present. Technical Advisory Panel, Paediatric Adolescent Treatment for Africa (regional NGO) 2017-present. International Advisory Board, Peter C Alderman Foundation for mental health in Africa present. Scientific Committee, Women of Worth (WOW) Incentive and Care Programme, South Africa 2014-present. South African Department of Health Paediatric HIV/AIDS Technical Advisory Group 2015-present. South African National AIDS Council Prevention, Social & Structural Driver Technical Task Team present. 4Children USAID-PEPFAR programme: Scientific advisory panel present. USA Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador s Special Taskforce for reducing HIVinfections in adolescent girls, $460 million DREAMS initiative. External Advisory Board member present. SA National Department of Basic Education: Technical Reference Group for Psychosocial Support 2014-present. Technical Advisory Group: USAID-PEPFAR Economic Strengthening Program (ASPIRES) Advisory Board University of Pretoria Chair in Orphans and Vulnerable Children Trial Steering Committee: The Good Schools Study, Uganda. LSHTM 2013-present. Secretariat: World Health Organisation, Parenting for Lifelong Health Government of Lesotho: Action Plan for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Technical Advisory Group leader: World Health Organisation Reproductive Health for adolescents in the developing world Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative (REPSSI) Board Director Technical Advisory Group: Save the Children Child Protection in the context of HIV Reference Advisory Group: Save the Children HIV programme Southern Africa 2009-present. National Action Committee for Children Affected by AIDS (NACCA South Africa) 2014-present. African Psychosocial Support Initiative Thought Leaders Group Articles in peer-reviewed journals 2017 and in press 114. Cluver, L, Pantelic, M, Orkin, M, Toska, E, Medley, S, Sherr, L (in press) Sustainable Survival: Which SDGs protect against mortality risk for adolescents living with HIV? Journal of the International AIDS Society Cluver, L, Meinck, F, Steinert, J, Shenderovich, Y, Doubt, J, Romero, R, Lombard, C, Ward, C et al (in press) Parenting for Lifelong Health: A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of a non-commercialised parenting programme for adolescents and their families in South Africa. BMJ Global Health Kuo, C, Stein, D, Cluver, L, Brown, L, Atjuna, M, Gladstone, T, Martin, J et al (in press) Building resilient families: Developing family interventions for preventing adolescent depression in low resource settings. Transcultural Psychiatry Hodes, R, Doubt, J, Toska, E, Vale, B, Zungu, N, Cluver, L (in press) The stuff that dreams are made of: using participatory research to explore interlinkages in HIV-positive adolescents aspirations for development. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 4

5 110. Herrero-Romero, R, Hall, J, Cluver, L (in press). Exposure to violence, teacher support and school delay amongst adolescents in South Africa. British Journal of Educational Psychology Steinert, J, Zenker, J, Filipiak, U, Movsisyan, A, Cluver, L, Shenderovich, Y (2018) Do Saving Promotion Interventions Help Increase Household Savings, Consumption, and Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. World Development Doubt, J, Bray, R, Loening-Voysey, H, Cluver, L, Byrne, J, Nzima, D, King, B, Shenderovich, Y, Steinert, J, Medley, S (in press) It has changed Understanding change in a parenting program in South Africa. Annals of Global Health Herrero Romero, R, Hall, J, Cluver, L (in press) Can supportive parenting protect against school delay amongst violence-exposed adolescents in South Africa? Child Abuse & Neglect. Epub Lachman, J, Cluver, L, Ward, C, Hutchings, J., Gardner, F, Wessels, I, Mlotshwa, S. (2017). Randomized controlled trial of a parenting program to reduce the risk of child maltreatment in South Africa. Child Abuse & Neglect Pantelic, M, Boyes, M, Cluver, L, Meinck, F (2017) HIV, violence, blame and shame: Social and psychological pathways of risk for internalised HIV stigma amongst adolescents living with HIV. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 20 (1) Vale, B, Thabang, M, Hodes, R, Steinberg, J, Cluver, L (2017) Bureaucracies of Blood and Belonging: Documents, HIV-positive Youth and the State in South Africa. Development and Change.48 (6) Natukunda, H, Cluver, L, Toska, E, Yakubovich, A (2017) Beyond Clinical Trials: cross-sectional associations of combination antiretroviral therapy with reports of multiple symptoms and non-adherence among adolescents in South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 104, Toska, E, Keck, K, Pantelic, M, Meinck, F, Cluver, L, Haghighat, R (2017) Sex in the shadow of HIV: A systematic review of prevalence, risk factors, and interventions to reduce sexual risk-taking among HIV-positive adolescents and youth in Sub-Saharan Africa. PLOS One Sherr, L, Hensels, I, Skeen, S, Macedo, A, Cluver, L (in press) Can cash break the cycle of educational risks for young children in high HIV-affected communities? A cross-sectional study in South Africa and Malawi. Journal of Global Health Woollett, N, Brahmbhatt, H, Black, V, Cluver, L (in press) Reticence in disclosure of HIV infection and reasons for bereavement: impact on perinatally infected adolescents mental health and understanding of HIV treatment and prevention. African J. AIDS Research. 99. Sherr, L, Macedo, A, Tomlinson, M, Skeen, S, Cluver, L (2017) Could cash and good parenting affect child cognitive development? A cross-sectional study in South Africa and Malawi. BMC Pediatrics. 17: Hodes, R, Toska, E, Price, I, Cluver, L, Bungane, N (2017) How frontline healthcare workers respond to stockouts of essential medicines in the Eastern Cape. South African Medical Journal. 97. Woollett, N, Brahmbhatt, H, Cluver, L, Dodd, K, Berman, H, Booth, M (2017) Revealing the impact of loss: Exploring mental health through the use of drawing/writing with HIV positive adolescents in Johannesburg. Children and Youth Services Review. 96. Hatane, L, Mark, D, Cluver, L, Collins, C, Iorpenda, K, Taing, L, Andrade, C (2017) What is it going to take to move youth-related HIV programme policies into practice in Africa? Journal of the International AIDS Society. 20 (3) Boyes, M, Berg, V, Cluver, L (2017) Poverty moderates the association between gender and school dropout in South African adolescents. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 94. Gamarel, K, Kuo, C, Boyes, M, Cluver, L (2017). The dyadic effects of HIV stigma on the mental health of children and their parents in South Africa. Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services. Epub Woollett, N, Peter, J, Brahmbhatt, H, Cluver, L (in press) Enrolling HIV infected adolescents in mental health research: a case study reflecting on legal and ethical complexities. South African Medical Journal. 5

6 92. Woollett, N, Brahmbhatt, H, Cluver, L, Bandeira, M (2017) Identifying risks for mental health problems in HIV positive adolescents accessing HIV treatment. Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Epub. 2016: 91. Cluver, L, Orkin, M, Boyes, M, Yakubovich, A, Sherr, L (2016) Can Social Protection Improve Sustainable Development Goals for Adolescent Health?. PLOSOne. 11(10): e Cluver, L, Meinck, F, Yakubovich, A, Doubt, J, et al (2016). Reducing child abuse amongst adolescents in lowand middle-income countries: A pre-post trial in South Africa. BMC Public Health. 13;16(1): Meinck, F, Cluver, L, Casale, M, Loening, H, Bray, R, Doubt, J (2017) Disclosure of physical, emotional and sexual child abuse, help-seeking and access to abuse response services in two South African Provinces. Psychology Health and Medicine 22, Meinck, F, Cluver, L, Orkin, M, Kuo, C, Sharma, A, Sherr, L (2017) Pathways from family disadvantage via abusive parenting and caregiver mental health to adolescent health risks in South Africa. Journal of Adolescent Health. 60 (1) Steinert, J, Cluver, L, Melendez-Torrez, G, Vollmer, S (2016) One size fits all? The validity of a composite poverty index across urban and rural households in South Africa. Social Indicators Research. doi: /s x 86. Vale, E, Thabang, M, Hodes, R, Cluver, L (2017) Negotiations of Blame and Care among HIV-positive Mothers and Daughters in South Africa s Eastern Cape. Medical Anthropology Quarterly. doi /maq Pantelic, M, Boyes, M, Cluver, L, Thabang, M (2016) They say HIV is a punishment from G-d or from ancestors : Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric assessment of an HIV stigma scale for South African adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV-SS). Child Indicators Research. 84. Toska, E, Gittings, L, Hodes, R and Cluver, L (2016) Resourcing resilience: social protection for HIV prevention amongst children and adolescents in Eastern and Southern Africa. African Journal of AIDS Research. 15 (2) Tucker, L, Govender, K, Kuo, C, Cluver, L, Casale, M (2016) Child prosociality within HIV-affected contexts: The impact of carer ill-health and orphan status. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 82. Sherr L. Macedo, A. Cluver L., Meinck F. Skeen S. Hensels, I, Sherr, L, Roberts, K, Tomlinson M (2017) Parenting: the other oldest profession in the world. A cross-sectional study of parent and child outcomes in South Africa and Malawi. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine. Epub doi.org/ / Steinert, J, Cluver, L, Melendez-Torres, G. (2016). Relationships between poverty and AIDS-illness in South Africa: an investigation of urban and rural households in KwaZulu-Natal. Global Public Health. (IF 1.5) 80. Tomlinson, M, Skeen, S, Marlow, M, Cluver, L, Cooper, P, Murray, L Mofokeng, S, Morley, N, Makhetha, M, Gordon, S, Esterhuizen, T, Sherr, L (2016) Improving early childhood care and development, HIV testing, treatment and support, and nutrition in Mokhotlong, Lesotho: a cluster randomized control trial of an integrated intervention. Trials. 9 (17) Meinck, F, Cluver, L, Boyes, M (2016) Physical, emotional and sexual adolescent abuse victimization in South Africa: Prevalence, incidence, perpetrators and locations. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. (IF 3.5). 70 (9). 78. Sherr, L; Yakubovich, A; Skeen, S; Cluver, L; Hensels, I; Macedo, A; Tomlinson, M (2016) How effective is help on the doorstep? A longitudinal study of the impact of community-based organisation support on child behaviour and mental health. PLOS One. 11(3): e Toska, E, Cluver, L, Boyes, M, Isaacsohn, M, Hodes, R, Sherr, L (2016) School, Supervision and Adolescent- Sensitive Clinic Care: Combination Social Protection and Reduced Unprotected Sex Among HIV-Positive Adolescents in South Africa. Journal of AIDS and Behavior. doi: /s y 76. Cluver, L, Meinck, F, Shenderovich, Y, Ward, C, Herrero Romero, R, Redfern, A, Lombard, C, Doubt, J, Steinert, J, Catanho, R, Wittesaele, C, De Stone, S, Salah, N, Mpimpilashe, P, Lachman, J, Loening, H, Gardner, F, 6

7 Blanc, D, Nocuza, M, Lechowicz, M (2016). A parenting programme to prevent abuse of adolescents in South Africa: a study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials Cluver, L, Orkin, M, Meinck, F, Boyes, M and Sherr, L (2016). Structural drivers and social protection: Mechanisms of HIV-risk and HIV-prevention for South African adolescents. Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) Cluver, L, Orkin, M, Yakubovich, A, Sherr, L (2016). Combination social protection for reducing HIV-risk behaviour amongst adolescents in South Africa. JAIDS. 72: Cluver, L, Lachman, J b, Ward, C.L., Gardner, F, Peterson T, Hutchings, J, Mikton, C, Meinck, F a Tsoanyane, S, (2016) Development of a parenting support programme to prevent abuse of adolescents in South Africa: findings from a pilot pre-post study. Research on Social Work Practice / Cluver, L, Toska, E, Orkin, M, Yakubovich, A, Hodes, R, Sherr, L (2016). Achieving equity in HIV-treatment outcomes: Can social protection improve adolescent ART-adherence in South Africa? AIDS Care Equity Special Issue. Suppl Toska, E, Cluver, L, Hodes, R, Kidia, K (2016). Sex and secrecy: how HIV-status disclosure affects safe sex among HIV-positive adolescents. AIDS Care. (IF 2.1) 27 (1) Lachman, J, Kelly, J, Cluver, L, Ward, C, Gardner, F, Hutchings, J (2016) Process evaluation of a parenting program for low-income families in South Africa. Research on Social Work Practice. 69. Yakubovich, A, Sherr, L, Cluver, L, Skeen, S, Hensels, I, Macedo, A, Tomlinson, M. (2016) Community-based organisations for vulnerable children in South Africa: Reach, psychosocial correlates, and potential mechanisms. Children and Youth Services Review Kuo, C., Atujuna, M., Mathews, C., Stein, D., Hoare, J., Beardslee, W., Operario, D., Cluver, L., Brown, L. (2016). Developing family interventions for adolescent HIV prevention in South Africa. AIDS Care. 67. Sharer, M, Cluver, L; Shields, J (2015) Mental Health of Youth Orphaned due to HIV in South Africa: Biological and Supportive Links to Caregivers. J Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 66. Yakubovich, A, Cluver, L, Gie, R (2016) Socioeconomic factors associated with asthma prevalence and severity among children living in low-income South African communities. South African Medical Journal. 9;106(4): Lachman, J. M., Sherr, L., Cluver, L., Ward, C. L., Hutchings, J., Gardner, F. (2016). Integrating Evidence and Context to Develop a Parenting Program for Low-Income Families in South Africa. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 25(7) DOI /s Sharer, M, Shields, J, Cluver, L; The Power of Siblings: Under-explored sources of social support among children affected by HIV and AIDS. AIDS Care Special Issue (2016) 63. Woollett, N, Cluver, L, Brahmnhatt, H, Hatcher, A (2016) To be HIV positive is not the end of the world": Resilience amongst perinatally infected HIV positive adolescents in Johannesburg. Children and Youth Services Review Kuo, C, Mtjuna, M, Mathews, C, Stein, D, Hoare, J, Beardslee, W, Operario, D, Cluver, L, Brown, L (2016) Developing family interventions for adolescent HIV-prevention in South Africa. AIDS Care Cluver, L, Hodes, R, Toska, E, Kidia, K, Orkin, M, Sherr, L, Meinck, F (2015). HIV is like a tsotsi. ARVs are your guns : Associations between HIV-disclosure and adherence to antiretroviral treatment among adolescents in South Africa. AIDS. 29. Suppl 1. S (IF 5.5) 60. Cluver, L, Orkin, M, Boyes, M, Sherr, L (2015). Child and adolescent suicide attempts, suicidal behavior and Adverse Childhood Experiences in South Africa: a prospective study. Journal of Adolescent Health. S X(15) doi: /j.jadohealth [Epub ahead of print] (IF 3.6) 7

8 59. Cluver, L, Hodes, R, Sherr, L, Orkin, M, Meinck, F, Lim ah Ken, P, Winder-Rossi, N, Wolfe, J, Vicari, M (2015). Social Protection: Potential for improving outcomes amongst adolescents. Journal of the International AIDS Society. (IF 3.2). 58. Pantelic, M b, Shenderovich, Y b, Cluver, L & Boyes, M a (2015) Predictors of internalised HIV-related stigma: A systematic review of studies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Health Psychology Review.9 (4) (IF 6.7) 57. Hudelson, C & Cluver, L (2015) Factors Associated With Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among Adolescents Living in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. AIDS Care. 27(7) (IF 2.1). 56. Meinck, F, Cluver, L, Boyes, M (2015) Household illness, poverty and physical and emotional child abuse victimisation: Findings from South Africa's first prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health. (IF 2.3). 55. Meinck, F, Cluver, L, Boyes, M (2015) Longitudinal predictors of child sexual abuse in a large community based sample of South African youth. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (IF 1.2). 54. Boyes, M a, Cluver, L (2015) Relationships Between Familial HIV/AIDS & Symptoms of Anxiety & Depression: The Mediating Effect of Bullying Victimization in a Prospective Sample of South African Children. Journal of Youth & Adolescence. 44: (IF 2.3) 53. Skeen, S, Tomlinson, M, Ward, C, Cluver, L & Lachman, J (2015) Early intervention: a foundation for lifelong violence prevention. South African Crime Quarterly. 51, Toska, E b, Cluver, L, Boyes, M a, Pantelic, M b & Kuo, C (2015). From sugar daddies to sugar babies : Quantitatively testing the pathway between inequitable sexual relationships, condom use, and adolescent pregnancy in South Africa. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health. (IF 2.3) 51. Waller, R, Gardner, F, Maughan, B, Cluver, L, Boyes, M (2015) What are the risk factors for antisocial behavior among low-income youth in Cape Town? Social Development. (IF 1.4) 50. Casale, M; Cluver, L; Crankshaw, T, Kuo, C, Lachman, J b, Wild, L. (2015). Direct and indirect effects of caregiver social support on child psychological outcomes in South Africa. American Journal of Community Psychology. (IF1.9) 49. Li, X, Chi, P, Sherr, L, Cluver, L and Stanton, B (2015) Psychological resilience among children affected by parental HIV/AIDS: a conceptual framework. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine Becker, E, Kuo, C, Cluver, L, Operario, D & Moshabela, M (2015) Measuring child awareness for adult symptomatic HIV using a verbal assessment tool: Concordance between adult-child dyads on adult HIV symptoms. Sexually Transmitted Infections. (IF 3.1) 47. Lane, T b, Cluver, L, Operario, D (2014): Tasks undertaken by children in households affected by HIV-infection & other illness. Vulnerable Children & Youth Studies. (journal awaiting IF) Cluver, L, Orkin, M, Boyes, M a, Sherr, L (2014) Cash plus care: social protection cumulatively mitigates HIVrisk behaviour among adolescents in South Africa. AIDS. S (IF 6.6). 45. Waller, R, Gardner, F, Cluver, L (2014). Shared & unique predictors of antisocial substance use behavior among a nationally representative sample of South African youth. Aggression & Violent Behavior (IF 2.1). 44. Sherr, L, Cluver, L, Desmond, C, Richter, L, Kellerman, S, Betancourt, T (2014). Evidence of impact: Health, psychological & social effects of adult HIV on children. AIDS. S (IF 6.6) 43. Anstey-Watkins, J c, Sello, M, Cluver, L, Boyes, M a, Kaplan, L a (2014) At school I got myself a certificate": HIV/AIDS orphanhood and secondary education: A qualitative study of risk and protective factors. Global Social Welfare. Volume 1, (3) p (journal awaiting IF) 42. Boyes, M a, Cluver, L, Bowes, L, Ward, C, Badock, N (2014) Bullying victimisation, internalising symptoms, and conduct problems in South African children adolescents: A longitudinal investigation. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 42(8): (IF 3.2) 8

9 41. Pantelic, M c, Cluver, L, Boyes, M a, Toska, E c, Kuo, C, Moshabela, M (2014) Medical pluralism predicts non- ART use among parents in need of ART: A community survey in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. AIDS and Behavior. Epub ahead of print. (IF 3.3) 40. Ward, C L, Mikton, C, Cluver, L, Cooper, P, Gardner, P, Hutchings, J, McLaren Lachman, J b, Muray, L, Tomlinson, M, Wessels, I M (2014) Parenting for Lifelong Health: from South Africa to other low and middle income countries. Early Childhood Matters Kuo, C b, Cluver, L, Casale, M, Lane, T b (2014) Cumulative effects of HIV illness and caring for children orphaned by AIDS on anxiety symptoms among adults caring for children in HIV-endemic South Africa. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 28(6): (IF3.6) 38. Casale, M, Wild, L, Kuo, C b & Cluver, L (2014) The relationship between social support and anxiety among caregivers of children in HIV-endemic South Africa. Psychology, Health and Medicine. 19(4): (IF1.5) 37. Kidia, K, Mupambireyi Z, Cluver, L, Ndhlovu, C, Borok, M, Ferrand, R (2014). HIV Status Disclosure to Perinatally-Infected Adolescents in Zimbabwe: A Qualitative Study of Adolescent and Healthcare Worker Perspectives. PLOS One. DOI: /journal.pone (IF 3.5). 36. Lachman, J c, Cluver L, & Boyes, M a (2014) Positive Parenting for positive parents: HIV/AIDS, poverty, child behaviour and parenting in South Africa. AIDS Care. 26(3): (IF 2.2) 35. Orkin, M., Boyes, M a., Cluver, L., & Zhang, Y c (2014). Pathways to poor educational outcomes for HIV/AIDSaffected children in South Africa. AIDS Care. 26(3): (IF 2.2) Cluver, L, Boyes, M a, Orkin, M, Pantelic, M c, Molwena, T & Sherr, L (2013) Child-focused state cash transfers and adolescent HIV-infection risks: A prospective multi-site study in South Africa. The Lancet: Global Health. 1. E (no IF as new journal. Lancet IF 39.2) 33. Cluver, L, Orkin, M, Boyes, M a, Sherr, L, Nikelo, J & Makhasi, D (2013). Pathways from parental AIDS to child psychological, educational and sexual risk: Developing an empirically-based interactive theoretical model. Social Science and Medicine, (IF 2.6) 32. Meinck, F b., Cluver, L., Boyes, M. E a., & Mhlongo, E. (2013). Risk and protective factors for physical, emotional, and sexual abuse of children and adolescents in Africa: A literature review and implications for practice. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse. (IF 2.9) 31. Meinck, F b, Cluver, L, Boyes, M a & Ndlovu, L (2013) Risk and protective factors for physical and emotional child abuse in vulnerable populations in South Africa. Child Abuse Review. (IF 0.8) 30. Cluver, L, Boyes, M a, Orkin, M, & Sherr, L (2013) Poverty, AIDS and Child Health: Identifying highest-risk children in Southern Africa. South African Medical Journal. 103 (12) (IF 1.7) 29. Cluver, L, Orkin, M, Moshabela, M, Kuo, C b, Boyes, M a (2013) The hidden harm of Home-Based Care: Pulmonary tuberculosis symptoms among children providing home medical care to HIV/AIDS-affected adults in South Africa. AIDS Care. 25 (6) (IF 2.2) 28. Casale, M, Lane, T b, Sello, L, Kuo, C and Cluver, L (2013) Conducting health survey research in a deep rural South African community: challenges and adaptive strategies. Health Research Policy and Systems. 11 (14). (IF 1.9) 27. Boyes, M.E a., Cluver, L. (2013) Relationships among HIV/AIDS-orphanhood, stigma, and symptoms of anxiety and depression in South African youth: A longitudinal investigation using a path analysis framework. Clinical Psychological Science (journal awaiting IF) 26. Boyes, M a, Mason, S, & Cluver, L (2013). Validation of a brief stigma-by-association scale for use with HIV/AIDS-affected youth in South Africa. AIDS Care. 25(2), (IF 2.2) 25. Knerr, W, Gardner, F & Cluver, L (2013). Improving positive parenting skills and reducing harsh and abusive parenting and increasing positive parenting in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. Prevention Science. 14 (4) (IF 2.8) 9

10 24. Kuo, C b, Reddy, M, Operario, D, Cluver, L, Stein, D (2013) Posttraumatic stress symptoms amongst adults caring for orphaned children in HIV-endemic South Africa. AIDS and Behavior. 17(5): (IF 3.3) 23. Boyes, M. E a. & Cluver, L. (2013). Performance of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale in a sample of children and adolescents from poor urban communities in Cape Town. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 29 (2) (IF 1.3) 22. Casale, M, Wild, L, Kuo, C b, Cluver, L (2014). Social support as a protective factor for depression among women caring for children in HIV-endemic South Africa". Journal of Behavioral Medicine. Epub. (IF 2.9) Cluver, L, Orkin, M, Boyes, M a & Gardner, F (2012) AIDS-orphanhood and caregiver HIV/AIDS sickness status: effects on psychological symptoms in South African youth Journal of Pediatric Psychology. (IF 2.5) 20. Cluver, L, Orkin, M, Boyes, a M & Gardner, F (2012) Persisting mental health problems among AIDS-orphaned children in South Africa. Journal of Child Psychiatry & Psychology. 53 (4) (IF 5.7) 19. Cluver, L, Operario, D, Lane, T b, Kganakga, M (2012). Educational shortfalls among Young Carers in the South African AIDS Epidemic. Journal of Adolescent Research 27(5) (IF 1.2) 18. Boyes, M. E a., Cluver, L., & Gardner F. (2012). The Child PTSD Checklist in a South African sample: Reliability, convergent validity, and an examination of PTSD symptom structure. Plos One, 7, e (IF 3.5) 17. Kuo, C b, Operario, D & Cluver. L (2012) Depression amongst carers of AIDS-orphaned and other children in Umlazi Township, South Africa. Global Public Health. 7(3) (IF 1.2) Cluver, L, Orkin, M, Boyes, M a, Gardner, F, & Meinck, F c (2011) Transactional Sex amongst AIDS-orphaned and AIDS-Affected Adolescents Predicted by Abuse and Extreme Poverty. JAIDS 58 (3) (IF 4.4) 15. Operario, D, Underhill, K, Chuong, C, Cluver, L. (2011) HIV infection and sexual risk behaviour among youth who have experienced orphanhood: systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 14, 25. (IF 4.2) Cluver, L & Orkin, M (2009). Stigma, bullying, poverty and AIDS-orphanhood: Interactions mediating psychological problems for children in South Africa. Social Science and Medicine. 69 (8) (IF 2.6) 13. Cluver, L, Bowes, L & Gardner, F (2010) Risk & protective factors for bullying victimisation amongst AIDSaffected & vulnerable children in S.Africa. Child Abuse & Neglect, (IF 2.1) 12. Cluver, L, Finch, D & Seedat, S (2009) Predictors of post-traumatic stress symptomology amongst AIDSorphaned children. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22 (2) (IF 2.1) 11. Cluver, L, Gardner, F & Operario, D (2009). Effects of poverty on the psychological health of AIDS-orphaned children. AIDS Care 21 (6) (IF 2.2) 10. Cluver, L, Gardner, F & Operario, D (2009). Effects of caregiving on psychological distress amongst AIDSorphaned children in S.Africa. Vulnerable Children & Youth Studies. 4(3) (journal awaiting IF) Cluver, L, Gardner, F & Operario, D (2008) Effects of stigma on the mental health of adolescents orphaned by AIDS. Journal of Adolescent Health 42 (4) (IF 2.7). 8. Cluver, L & Operario (2008) Review: Intergenerational linkages of AIDS: Vulnerability of orphaned children for HIV-infection. Institute of Dev. Studies Bulletin, 39(5) (IF 0.4) 10

11 7. Operario, D, Cluver, L, Pettifor, A, MacPhail, C and Rees, H (2008) Orphanhood and Completion of Compulsory School Education Among Young People in South Africa. Journal of Research on Adolescence 18(1), (IF 2.5) 6. Cluver, L, Gardner, F & Operario, D (2007). Psychological distress amongst AIDS-orphaned children in urban South Africa Journal of Child Psychiatry & Psychology & Allied Disciplines 48(8) (IF 4.4) 5. Cluver, L & Gardner, F (2007) The Mental Health of Children orphaned by AIDS: A review of International Research. Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health 19(1)1-17. IF 0.9) 4. Cluver, L. & Gardner, F. (2007) Risk and protective factors for well-being of children orphaned by AIDS in South Africa: a qualitative study of children s views. AIDS Care 19(3) (IF 2.2) 3. Cluver, L. & Gardner, F. (2006) Psychological well-being of children orphaned by AIDS in Cape Town, South Africa Annals of General Psychiatry. 5, 8. BioMed Press. (IF 1.5) 2. Operario, D, Pettifor, A, Cluver, L, MacPhail, C & Rees, H (2007), Prevalence of Parental Death among young people in South Africa & Risk for HIV Infection: Results from a National Representative Sample. J. of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) 44, (IF 4.4) 1. Noble, M, Wright, G and Cluver, L (2006) Developing a child focussed and multi-dimensional model of child poverty for South Africa. Journal of Children and Poverty, 12 (1) (no IF). Working papers and chapters published in peer-reviewed books 15. De Stone, S; Meinck, F; Sherr, L; Cluver, L; Doubt, J; Orkin, M; Kuo, C; Sharma, A; Hensels, I; Skeen, S; Redfern, A; Tomlinson, M (2016). Factors Associated with Good and Harsh Parenting of Pre-Adolescents and Adolescents in Southern Africa, Innocenti Working Papers no. IWP_2016_20, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence 14. Samson, M, Heinrich, C, Hoddinot, J, Laryea-Adjei, G, Buthelezi, T, Cluver, L, Jehoma, S, Mogosti, M, Stevens, T, Van Niekerk, I and Nyokangi, E (2016) From Evidence to Action. The story of cash transfers and impact evaluation in sub-saharan Africa. Eds B Davis, S Hand, N Hyphe, N WinderRossi, P Winters and J Yablonksi. Oxford University Press. 13. Cluver, L et al (2015) in the Economic and Social Research Council Framework for Research Ethics. January Cluver, L, Meinck, F a, Omar, S (2014) Sexual abuse and primary school-aged children: Wider world, increased risks. The South African Child Gauge University of Cape Town Press. 11. Cluver, L, Boyes, M a ; Bustamam, A; Casale, M et al (published January 2015). The cost of action: Large-scale, longitudinal quantitative research with AIDS-affected children in South Africa. Ethics in Social Research. University of Cape Town Press. Eds. F Ross and D Posel. 10. Cluver, L, Meinck, F a & Boyes, M a. Caregiver consent for child participation in research: Reaching and protecting the most vulnerable. Eds. Graham, A et al. (2013) Ethical Research Involving Children. UNICEF. Florence Cluver, L, Boyes, M a, Orkin, M, Sherr, L, Kganakga, M (2014) Following the special populations home: children and families. Textbook of HIV & Psychiatry. Eds Joska, J & Stein, D. Wiley. 8. Cluver, L, Kganakga, M, Boyes, M a (2012) Children affected by HIV/AIDS: Psychsocial Interventions for School-Aged Children. Eds Sherr, L, Heyman, J, Kidman, R. Children Affected by AIDS: Moving from Research to Action. Oxford University Press. 7. Cluver, L, Orkin, M., Boyes, M. E a., Madisha, L., and Baban, R. (2013). Child development in sub-saharan Africa: Identifying challenges and planning solutions. Eds. M. Tomlinson et al. Infant and child development in Africa: Perspectives from the continent. City Press. 6. Cluver, L, Operario, D, Gardner, F & Boyes, M (2010) A Family disease: Mental health of children orphaned by AIDS and living with HIV+ caregivers. Eds Fitzgerald,H et al. Child Psychology and Mental Health: Cultural and Ethno-Racial Perspectives. 11

12 5. Cluver, L, Gardner, F & Operario, D (2009) Psychological distress amongst AIDS-orphaned children in urban South Africa in Children s services in the Developing World. Eds Kaoukji, D et al. Library of Essays in Child Welfare and Development Series. Ashgate. 4. Cluver, L, Bray, R & Dawes, A (2007) Monitoring the worst forms of child labour and child exploitation: Harmful child labour, trafficking of children, child commercial sexual exploitation, and use of children in the drug trade. In Dawes, A et al: Monitoring child rights and wellbeing: A S. African Approach. (peer reviewed) Cape Town, HSRC Press 3. Kuo, C, Cluver, L, Operario, D (2013). Kinship care among families affected by HIV in South Africa. In the Psychology of Kinship Care. Ed. David Pitcher. 2. Richter, L, Stein, A & Cluver, L (2009). Infants and young children affected by AIDS.HIV/AIDS n South Africa 25 years on: Psychosocial perspectives: P. Rohleder et al. Springer Press. 1. Noble, M, Wright, G & Cluver, L (2007) Conceptualising, Defining and Measuring Child Poverty in South Africa: An Argument for a Multidimensional Approach. In Dawes, A et al Monitoring child rights and wellbeing: A South African Approach. (peer reviewed) HSRC Press Invited commentaries, letters and responses in journals (not peer-reviewed) Cluver, L and Sherr, L (2017) Integrating disclosure support into family HIV care. The Lancet HIV (invited). Sherr, L & Cluver, L (2017) World Health day focus on HIV and depression a comorbidity with specific challenges. Journal of the International AIDS Society (invited). Cluver, L & Sherr, L (2017) Cash transfers - a magic bullet or a fundamental ingredient? The Lancet Global Health (invited). Mark, D, Hatane, L, Taing, L, Cluver, L, Collins, C, Iorpenda, K (2017) What is it going to take to move youthrelated program policies into practice? JIAS Special Issue (invited). Nattrass, N, Hodes, R, Cluver, L (2016) Changing Donor Funding and the Challenges of integrated HIV treatment. Journal of the American Medical Association Journal of Ethics. 18; (invited) Sherr, L, Cluver, L, Coovadia, J, Tomlinson, M (2015) Defeating AIDS, but missing children? The Lancet (invited). Cluver, L (2011) Children of the AIDS pandemic. Nature, Invited commentary for 30 th anniversary of the discovery of HIV (invited). Cluver, L, Sherr, L, Grimwood, A, Richter, L, Phelps, R, Bachman, G, Desmond, C, Behnam, N, Fatti, G, Coovadia, H (2014) Assembling an effective paediatric HIV treatment and prevention toolkit. The Lancet Global Health. Letter. Cluver, L, Orkin, M, Boyes a, M, Sherr, L (2014) Social protection and HIV-prevention: Unpacking structural-level solutions. The Lancet Global Health. Response to communication. Selected manuscripts in review at peer-reviewed journals Cluver, L. Meinck, F. Toska, E., Orkin, F. M. Hodes, R. Sherr, L. (revise and resubmit). Violence exposure and adolescent antiretroviral non-adherence in South Africa. Hodes, R. Cluver, L. Toska, E. & Vale, B. (under review). Pesky Metrics: The challenges of measuring ART adherence among adolescents. Hodes, R. Cluver, L. Toska, E. & Vale, B. (revise and resubmit). Yummy or Crummy: pill burden and palatability in ART adherence among adolescents (peer-reviewed and accepted pending revisions in December 2017) Shenderovich, Y, Eisner, M, Cluver, L, Doubt, J, Berezin, M, Majokweni, S, Murray, AL. What affects attendance and engagement in a parenting program in South Africa? Under review (Prevention Science) Meinck, F, Boyes, M, Cluver, L, Ward, C, Schmidt, P, DeStone, D, Dunne, M (in review) Development and 12

13 Psychometric Properties of the ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool for use in Trials (ICAST-TRIAL) Among South African Adolescents and their Primary Caregivers Chingono, R; Mebrahtu, H, Mupambireyi, Z, Simms, V, Weiss, H, Ndlovu, P, Charasika, F, Tomlinson, M, Cluver, L, Cowan, F, Sherr, L (revise and resubmit) Evaluating the effectiveness of a multi-component intervention on early childhood development in paediatric hiv care and treatment programmes: a randomised controlled trial. Woollett, N, Black, V, Cluver, L, Brahmbhatt, H (revise and resubmit) The missing link : how lack of understanding of HIV-transmission impacts the care and treatment of perinatally-infected adolescents. Woollett, N, Brahmbhatt, H, Dodd, K, Booth, M, Berman, H, Cluver L. (under review) Revealing the impact of loss: Exploring mental health through the use of drawing/writing with HIV positive adolescents in Johannesburg. Other peer-reviewed publications Cluver, L, Operario, D (2008) The intergenerational link between the impacts of AIDS on children, and their subsequent vulnerability to HIV infection. Commissioned paper (peer reviewed): Joint Learning Initiative for Children affected by AIDS. Knerr, W, Gardner, F & Cluver, L (2011) Parenting and the prevention of child maltreatment in low and middle income countries: A systematic review of interventions. Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI), Medical Research Council, South Africa Journal editorship and conference organising AIDSCare Editorial Board, Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) guest editorship. International Workshop on Adolescents and HIV, AIDS Impact conference organising committees. Journal reviewing: The Lancet, the Lancet Global Health, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Social Science and Medicine, Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, AIDS Care and Prevention, Journal of the International AIDS Society, AIDS, British Medical Journal. External reviewer for grant schemes Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council, International AIDS Society Collaborative Initiative for Pediatric HIV Education and Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH, NIMH) University Roles Division/University: Board Director, Oxford Research South Africa (subsidiary of Oxford University). In 2017 my research group established this as a new subsidiary of Oxford University in order to expand the University s research in the region. Chair of Inter-Divisional Research Ethics Committee from Inter-Divisional Research Ethics Committee (Social Sciences and Humanities) (2009-present) (Acting Chair, 2013) Central University Research Ethics Committee (2011-present) Oppenheimer Committee (2013 present) Africa-Oxford Initiative Steering Committee (2017-present) Wolfson College: AMREF Health Africa committee (2013-present) Nominating Committee (2014-present) Anniversary Planning Committee ( ) Harassment Advisor (2014 present) Equality and Welfare Committee (2015-present) Department of Social Policy and Intervention: Chair of Departmental Research Ethics Committee (2009-present) Research Strategy Committee (2017-present) Student Support Committee ( ) Anniversary Planning Committee ( ) Reward and Recognition Committee (2015-present) Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation Teaching Committee (2009-present) Oxford University policy impact recognition 13

14 2017: Social Sciences Division case study : Oxford University News : Oxford University News : Oxford-South Africa Collaboration: : Social Sciences Division Media REF Impact Case Study for REF : Oxford Impact researcher profile for University website 2013: 4* ( World Leading ) REF Impact Case Study 2012: Oxford Impacts Health Series Case Study: partnership.ox.ac.uk/empowering-aids-orphaned-children-in-africa/ Capacity-building Co-supervisor to PhD and MSc students: Zanele Nxumalo, Thabani Buthelezi, Thelma Mahlobo, Conny Nxumalo, Lentswe Mokotedi (all National Department of Social Development, South Africa), Tintswalo Hlungwani, Nataly Woolett (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa) Capacity-building for medical and social work professionals, University of East Africa, Nairobi, July Challenge Fund Capacity-building mentor for Makerere University and War Child Uganda 2013 Capacity-building for the Peter C Alderman Foundation, Kampala, June 2012 Capacity-building for the Peter C Alderman Foundation, Dar Es Salaam, June 2011 Capacity-building for CLEEN Foundation, Lagos, June Selected policy presentations 2017: RCUK/UKRI International Research Showcase, Houses of Parliament, UK. October. 2017: DFID Technical Forum, London. September 2017: Elevate Children Funders Group Annual General Meeting, London. October 2017: World Health Organisation Early Childhood Development meeting, Geneva, July 2017: UNAIDS Africa-wide social protection training for National AIDS Councils, Johannesburg, June 2017: Sierra Leone National AIDS Council and UNAIDS, June 2017: Liberian National AIDS Council and UNAIDS. Moldova, Liberia. June. 2016: Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children. New York, October : UN Interagency Task Team for Social Protection, Care & Support: Annual briefing: Geneva, April : UNICEF HQ: Annual briefing on children, HIV and violence prevention : UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Office: Annual briefing on children and HIV 2016: SA National Dept of Social Development Child Support Grant Roundtable, Pretoria November : World Health Organisation TB and Social Protection Meeting, July, Durban, South Africa. 2016: UN Women Strategic Discussion on gender equality and HIV/AIDS. New York. February. 2016: World Bank, Action on Extreme Poverty and Inequality to End AIDS: Addressing HIV, Poverty, and Inequality in Urban Settings. Washington, February. 2016: Kenya National AIDS Control Council and UNAIDS: HIV and Social Protection. Nairobi. February. 2016: Zambia National HIV Council with UNICEF and UNAIDS: HIV and Social Protection. Lusaka. January. 2015: Launch of the 4Children USAID-Catholic Relief Services Initiative. Baltimore. July. 2015: Advisory to the National Strategic Plan for TB, HIV and AIDS, National AIDS Council, South Africa 2015: The Oak Foundation, North Carolina. Cash plus care to prevent child sexual exploitation in Africa. October. 2015: PEPFAR and UN Inter-Agency Task Team for Education. July. Washington DC. 2015: Webinar: Adolescent adherence to antiretrovirals. AIDSFree/USAID/UNICEF. October. 200 participants. 2015: Plenary: PEPFAR, Gates Foundation and Nike Foundation: DREAMS Working together for an AIDSfree future for girls Johannesburg. 2015: Plenary: Social protection, HIV-prevention & ART adherence for adolescents. World Bank/ UNICEF/ UNAIDS Social and Structural Drivers and Solutions for HIV Washington DC : Annual briefing to the Minister and Director-General of Health, South Africa. Pretoria, July. 2015: Inter-Agency Task Team for Food and HIV. Cape Town. July : Annual briefing to the South Africa National Department of Health Pediatric Treatment Taskforce : National Action Committee for Children Affected by HIV and AIDS. Pretoria. August : National Department of Basic Education, Annual Strategy Planning Meeting. Pretoria. August : USAID PEPFAR. Webinars and Presentations. Washington DC. 2014: Cash+Care for HIV-prevention in South Africa: USAID/PEPFAR Partners Meeting. Pretoria, November. 2014: Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, PEPFAR. Washington DC. October. 2014: Plenary. UNAIDS Planning Coordination Board Geneva, July. 14

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