profile of personnel
University of Limpopo (UL)

Prof Norman Nyazema
Citizenship: Zimbabwean
Qualification: BSc (Life Sc) BSc Pharmacol PhD

Experience
Prof Nyazema is Professor of Pharmacology at the University of the North. He brings to the novel drug platform, experience from several prestigious positions that he has held during his career. These include being Chairman: Department of Clinical Pharmacology; Director: Institute of Continuing Health Education (Postgrad Medical School), Univ. of Zimbabwe; Chairman: National Drug and Therapeutics Policy Advisory Committee, Zimbabwe, Vice chairman: Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe: Member of the Standing Committee on Health, Research Council of Zimbabwe; Member: Zimbabwe TB Expert Committee; Member: National HIV/AIDS policy formulation team; Chairman: National Committee on Eradication of Polio; WHO Temporary Adviser and Health Consultant: Consumers International Regional Office for Africa. Main activities include research into traditional medical practice, in particular the ethno-pharmacology of most commonly used herbal and animal products in Southern Africa; Development of medical glossary of terms commonly used in various Bantu languages; Development of appropriate evaluation methods for traditional medicine, herbalism in particular; Promotion of rational use of both allopathic and traditional medicines.

Contribution to project
Prof Nyazema’s contribution to the project, apart from ethnobotany/zoology, shall be to assist in the movement from the laboratory to the clinic, a mixture of serendipity and directed exploration. He has extensive experience with the clinical part of a drug’s development (Phases I – IV) and the procedures for obtaining a marketing licence.