OWSD PhD Fellowship
2020
Full Member
Dr Nyasha Charity Mukonowenzou
Membership since:
2020
Field of activity:
Other Memberships/Affiliations
Physiological Society of Southern Africa (PSSA
Degrees:
2016
Master
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
2012
Undergraduate
Biological Systems and Organisms
Publications resulting from Research
1. Teer, E., Mukonowenzou, N.C. and Essop, M.F., 2025. HIV, Inflammation, and Immunometabolism: A Model of the Inflammatory Theory of Disease. Viruses, 17(6), p.839.
2. Teer, E., Mukonowenzou, N.C. and Essop, M.F., 2025. The role of sustained type I interferon secretion in chronic HIV pathogenicity: implications for viral persistence, immune activation, and immunometabolism. Viruses, 17(2), p.139.
3. Nyirenda, T., Nyagumbo, E., Murewanhema, G., Mukonowenzou, N., Kagodora, S.B., Mapfumo, C., Bhebhe, M and Mufunda, J (2023). Prevalence of dysmenorrhea and associated risk factors among university students in Zimbabwe. Women’s Health, 19.
4. Teer, E., Dominick, L., Mukonowenzou, N.C. and Essop, M.F., 2022. HIV-Related myocardial fibrosis: inflammatory hypothesis and crucial role of immune cells dysregulation. Cells, 11(18), p.2825.
5. Teer, E., Mukonowenzou, N.C. and Essop, M.F., 2022. the role of immunometabolism in HIV-1 pathogenicity: links to immune cell responses. Viruses, 14(8), p.1813
6. Mukonowenzou, N.C., Dangarembizi, R., Chivandi, E, Nkomozepi, P and Erlwanger, K.H (2021). Administration of ursolic acid to new-born pups prevents dietary fructose-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Sprague Dawley rats. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease 12(1):101-12
7. Ibrahim, K. G., Mukonowenzou, N. C., Usman, D., Adeshina, K. A., & Erlwanger, K. H (2021). The potential of Artemisia species for use as broad-spectrum agents in the management of metabolic syndrome: a review. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry, 1-19.
8. Mukonowenzou, N.C., Adeshina, K.A., Donaldson, J., Ibrahim, K.G., Usman, D. and Erlwanger, K (2021). Medicinal plants, phytochemicals and maturation of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). Frontiers in Physiology, 12, p.1123.
9. Mavondo, G. A., Dangarembizi, R., Mkhwanazi, B.N., Mhlanga, C., Mukonowenzou, N., Mzingwane, M.L., Mavondo, J (2019). Oxidative stress in malarial diseases: Plasmodium-human host interactions. Book Chapter in Oxidative stress in microbial diseases, Springer
10. Chivandi, E., Mukonowenzou, N. and Berliner, D (2015). The coastal red-milkwood (Mimusops caffra) seed; Proximate, mineral, amino acid and fatty acid composition. South African Journal of Botany 102:137-141
11. Chivandi, E., Mukonowenzou, N., Nyakudya, N. and Erlwanger, K.H (2015). Potential of indigenous fruit-bearing trees to curb malnutrition, improve household food security, income and community health in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review. Food Research International 76:980-985
International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) - 38th World Congress
2026
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Neonatal administration of ursolic acid attenuates fructose-induced hepatic lipid accumulation.
African Association of Physiological Sciences (AAPS) educational workshop
2026
Kigali, Rwanda
International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) - 38th World Congress
2026
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
International Brain Organisation (IBRO) Teaching Tools workshop
2026
Entebbe, Uganda