Vice President

Neo Morojele

Biography
Neo Morojele, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Johannesburg. She was recently appointed as the Chair of the Faculty of Humanities Research Ethics Committee at the University of Johannesburg. Neo Morojele also serves as a Consultant to the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and is an Honorary Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of the Witwatersrand and the School of Public Health and Family Medicine at the University of Cape Town. Neo Morojele’s research interests include substance use among young people; alcohol consumption, HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence among people living with HIV; and access to treatment for substance use disorders in South Africa. Neo Morojele serves on various journal editorial boards including as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research; Associate Editor for Africa for the Journal of Substance Use; and Associate Editor of the African Journal of Drug and Alcohol Studies. She is currently the Vice-President of the Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol (KBS) and a member of the board of the International Confederation of Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drug (ATOD) Research Associations (ICARA). She has published over 100 journal articles, reviews and book chapters particularly on adolescent substance use, and alcohol and HIV infection, prevention and treatment.