About Dean of School of Health Sciences

Base Khoza is appointed as a Professor at the University of Venda. She is currently serving as Dean of the School of Health Sciences She obtained her first degree B Cur in 1986, Honours B Cur in 1988, Masters Curationis in 1990 and Dlitt et Phil in 1996, all with UNISA. She is in possession of Advanced Diploma in Strategic Human Resource Management certificate completed with UNISA. She worked as a nursing tutor and manager of a nursing school at Letaba Hospital for 10 years and as a nursing service manager for 5 years. In 1995 she was appointed as lecturer by University of the North (University of Limpopo) and served 6 years of employment. As a lecturer she was interested in teaching Ethos and Professional practice, General nursing science, Research, Nursing Education and Nursing Management Dynamics. Her research focus areas are as follows: Competence of newly qualification nurses; Organizational Cultures, its impact on Newly Qualified Nurses; Problems affecting learning by first year nursing students, Health risks behaviours; the adolescent and HIV/AIDS and TB. She is a member of South African Committee of Health Science Deans (SACOHD)). She is Chair of Higher Education HIV/AIDS coordinating Committee of HEAIDS programme at the University of Venda .

Base Khoza is a C3 rated researcher by the National Research Foundation in 2012. As an established researcher she provided leadership in various projects such as:
A grant by SANPAD as project Leader of the research topic entitled “Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and health factor practices related to tuberculosis among people in the rural communities of Limpopo Province, South Africa (2007-2009 circle). It was a collaborative research between UNIVEN, Limpopo University, UNISA, Department of Health Limpopo Province and the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands. As capacity building strategy five students were awarded bursaries 2 PhDs and 3 Masters Degree on study topics related to TB. She received Ms. Finnie Ramona an International Doctoral student in the project from the University of Texas, USA in 2008. The international student has completed her degree and awarded in June 2009. She established partnerships with Prof Bart van den Borne, the co-leader in the SANPAD project from the Netherlands, Prof Patricia Mullen and Prof Kay Bartholomew both from the University of Texas, USA who mentored her and other project team on programme development research.

A second grant for 2011-2012 by SANPAD as project leader of the research topic entitled “Developing a strategy for the implementation of an adapted Directly Observed Treatment (DOT) Programme for Tuberculosis in Limpopo”. It is a collaborative research of the University of Venda, Limpopo University, Department of Health and Social Development, Limpopo Province and the University of Maastricht, in the Netherlands. Two students have been awarded bursaries to pursue PhD studies with UNIVEN.

She was Sub-contracted by CSIR and Centre for Disease Control South Africa to conduct a baseline assessment on TB infection control in 46 PHC facilities of Mopani District, Limpopo.

She supervised and graduated 20 Masters and 6 PhD students since 2003 to date. She received awards 2008; 2009, 2010 and 2011 in excellence in research, active researcher and researcher who attracted R500, 000.00 and above by UNIVEN.