Prof Seter Siziya

qualifications: BA(Ed), MSc, DLSHTM, CStat, PhD, FRSS

position: Professor of Medical Biostatistics and Dean

Zambia

Professor Seter Siziya has the following degrees and status: BA-Ed (Mathematics), MSc (Medical Statistics), PhD (Biology), DLSHTM, and CStat. He is currently a Professor of Medical Biostatistics in the Michael Chilufya Sata School of Medicine of the Copperbelt University. He is the current Dean. Research interests include non-communicable diseases, including tobacco smoking. He worked for ten years in the Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Ndola, Zambia, rising from the post of a Staff Development Fellow to that of a Senior Scientific Officer in statistics; then moved to the University of Zimbabwe where he again worked for ten years rising from the post of a Lecturer to that of a Senior Lecturer. Worked for the University of Zambia School of Medicine from 2001 to 2011, rising from the Post of a Senior Lecturer to that of a Professor of medical biostatistics. He has published over 360 papers in peer reviewed journals; 95 chapters; edited 5 books and 2 issues of the International Public Health Journal and the International Journal of Child and Adolescent Health.