University of Cape Town

Tarisai Bere is a Clinical Psychologist and lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Mental health department. She holds an MSc in Global Mental Health degree from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience at King's College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicines. She is currently a PhD fellow in Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town, funded by the African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI) II.

Tarisai has spearheaded the adaptation of several psychological treatments for use in Zimbabwe. She was instrumental in the adaptation and the randomised controlled trial intervention training of the Friendship Bench Zimbabwe. She is currently a Co-I on the Impact 2016 study, senior clinical psychologist on the Tendai and African Youth in Mind projects.

Tarisai’s PhD work focuses on evaluating the contextual adaptation of the psychological intervention for young people with depression in Zimbabwe.

Supervisors:

• A/Prof Claire Van der Westhuizen, University of Cape Town (Primary supervisor)

• Prof Crick Lund, King’s College London

• Prof Melanie Abas, King’s College London