Nchimunya Hapeela (aka Chichi) has more than 10 years of experience in clinical research. She has a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Trials Quality Assurance, Audit and Inspection and is currently writing up her dissertation towards her MPhil in Clinical Research Administration requirement at the University of Cape Town.

Currently, she is the Clinical Research Coordinator in the Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Cape Town. She is responsible for all clinical trials operations, supervision, mentoring, training of clinical research team members and regulatory compliance to protocols.