Grace Mzumara

Biography

Grace is a taught graduate student reading International Health and Tropical Medicine at the University of Oxford as a Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholar. She is a Medical Doctor from Malawi interested in child health and International Development. In addition to serving as a Medical Officer with the Malawi ministry of health, Grace is a health consultant of the registered non-profit organisation, ‘UKANI’ Malawi. The organisation seeks to improve access to education for women and girls in Malawi by providing sanitation products and a ‘Back to School’ program for young mothers. Recently, Grace has begun working on designing a cervical cancer vaccination and screening awareness program with the organisation with the aim of preventing Malawis top womens cancer. In Oxford, Grace serves an Outreach director for the Medical Device 3-D printing project under Enactus Oxford. She collaborates with hospital and university representatives to identify clients and define the project scope in target areas. Grace is interested in introducing 3-D technology to solve every day health practice challenges in developing countries. Apart from studying under St Edmund Hall, Grace is a member of the Oxford Union and to read loves to read historical fiction.