Researchers/Supervisors
Andre Pascal Kengne
SANTHE Supervisor,
Scientific Advisory Board
Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI), Durban, South Africa
Andre Pascal Kengne is a medical doctor and internist trained at the School of Medicine in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and holds a PhD in Medicine from the University of Sydney, Australia. He is the Director of the South African Medical Research Council’s (SAMRC) Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit and holds a conjoint Professorship in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
His research focuses on chronic diseases in developing country contexts, with particular emphasis on epidemiology, prevention, and clinical decision-making in diabetes and cardiovascular disease. He has extensive expertise in longitudinal study designs, including both observational and interventional research, as well as advanced statistical methods applied to population health.
He has practiced medicine in Africa, and has contributed significantly to teaching and mentoring in chronic disease research and clinical care. He has authored more than 650 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and monographs, and has received multiple distinctions throughout his career as a global health researcher.