Soon to be Dr. Mutubuki holds a post-doctoral researcher position at the Department of Epidemiology and Data Science of the Amsterdam Universitair Medische Centra. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool van Amsterdam). In 2010 she received a Master’s degree in Public Health with a specialization in Health Economics and Health Promotion from Karolinska Institutet Medical University in Stockholm, Sweden. Her thesis entitled Health care seeking behavior of caregivers for children with disabilities in Zimbabwe was awarded a pass with distinction (väl godkänd).

Following her Master’s degree, she worked in diverse physiotherapy practices in the Netherlands and started her own her own physiotherapy practice, Fysio Praktijk Berghuis/Fysiobezorgd. In 2013 she started Hutano, a Public health consultancy. During her time at Hutano Elizabeth performed together with Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen (KIT), a desk literature review of institutional arrangements for health financing in selected African countries.

In November 2016, Elizabeth started her PhD position at the Faculty of Health Sciences and department of Health Technology assessment at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. There she worked on the PLUS-study (Preventing Lumbar Disc hernia trial) and conducted a randomized controlled trial in the Netherlands.

Her current position focuses on the methodology of guideline development. In addition she is a board member of the Friendship Bench, an initiative providing sustainable community based psychological interventions that are evidence based and accessible in Zimbabwe. She is also one of the co-founders of ZimNetwork, a platform promoting professional interaction of Zimbabweans in the Benelux.

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