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Theodore Orlando Duxbury

Also known as: Mr Duxbury

Rhodes University Biopharmaceutics Research Institute, Rhodes University, Settlers Day Hospital

Research areas: Medicine · Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health · Community Health and Development · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · School Health and Nursing Education

ORCID iD 0000-0002-7036-4761
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About

Mr. Theodore Duxbury was born and bred in Somerset East. He completed a certificate in peer mentoring with the Trojan Academic Initiative (TAI) Student Peer Mentoring Programme in 2014, graduated from R.U with a B.Pharm in 2016 and completed his MPharm in 2018, entitled ‘Collaborative health literacy development: A World Health Organization Workplace Health Promotion approach to address tobacco use’. He also completed a Good Clinical Practice course with Research and Training Solutions (Retrasol) in 2016 (2018 refresher course completed).

​Mr. Duxbury completed a course entitled Academic Journal Writing for Publication SCA 7615, through the Rhodes University Centre for Postgraduate Studies 2016-2017. His work addresses health and gender inequalities and facilitates health development through leadership strengthening and epistemic justice at Rhodes University and in the Grahamstown community. These activities include: workplace health promotion projects; National Science Festival exhibitions; student volunteering; National Science Week workshops; and student mentorships.

Mr Duxbury was a part-time lecturer (Technical Skills Facilitator) in Pharmacy Practice at Rhodes University in 2019. He is currently a PhD candidate in Pharmacy, ‘Building resilience through community-driven rural health development: An asset-based, epistemically just, systems analysis approach’, done in collaboration with the Epistemic Justice Engaged Research division at Rhodes University. He is supported by the 2018 - 2020 National Research Foundation, Southern African Systems Analysis Centre Doctoral scholarship. He was the Faculty of Pharmacy postgraduate representative (2016-mid 2017), chairperson of the R.U. Anglican Society (2016 and 2017) and engages in a variety of spiritual activities on and off campus. Mr Duxbury was also elected as the Cathedral of St Michael and St George Parish Councillor (2016 and 2019) and chairperson for the Cathedral Students Ministry (2019). Mr Duxbury was licensed as a Lay Minister within the Cathedral of St Michael and St George Anglican Church on 09 September 2018.

Employment

  • Rhodes University Pharmacy Practice Lecturer (Technical Skills Facilitator) for the 4th year Community Engagement Programme
    2019 - 2019
  • Rhodes University Biopharmaceutics Research Institute Clinical Technician
    2016 - Present
  • Settlers Day Hospital Pharmacy Intern
    2016 - 2017

Education

Projects & Funding

  • Building resilience through community-driven rural health development: An asset-based, epistemically just, systems analysis approach. National Research Foundation Southern African Systems Analysis Center
    2018 - 2020

Publications (9)