Linda Richter (Professor)
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Organization: Human Sciences Research Council
I am the Executive Director of Child, Youth, Family and Social Development (CYFSD) at the Human Sciences Research Council. I am an Honorary Professor in Psychology and an elected Fellow of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, as well as an Honorary Professor in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of the Witwatersrand.
I have conducted both basic and policy research in the fields of child and youth development as applied to health, education, welfare and social development, and has published more than a 150 papers in the fields of child adolescent and family development, infant and child assessment, protein-energy malnutrition, street and working children, and the effects of HIV/AIDS on children and families, including HIV prevention among young people.
I have devised several innovative intervention programmes and have advised other agencies on the design, implementation and evaluation of interventions for children and families. These include malnourished children and their caregivers, street children, children in situations of conflict and war, support for vulnerable children provided by youth, promoting men’s care and protection of children, and palliative care for sick children in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
The work of the CYFSD hasbeen recognized by a National Science and Technology Forum Award in 2006, as a finalist in the category of Science and Technology for Woman of the Year in 2007, and receipt of the HSRC CEO’s Award in 2007.
Mailing Address:
Linda Richter
Private Bag X0 Dalbridge, South Africa 4014
Phone: +27312425400
Fax: 27 31 242 5401
