Shathani Mugoma, MD, MSCE, MBBS

Shathani Mugoma’s global health focus is on injury and trauma epidemiology, with specific expertise in intentional injuries, including homicides, femicides, suicides, and road traffic accidents, as well as injury prevention, disaster and emergency preparedness, and improving systems for forensic and medico-legal investigations. His interests in global health equity align with the Center’s themes of empowering women and addressing social and environmental determinants of health. Mugoma’s research centers on intentional injuries, particularly homicides, femicides, and suicides, as well as the epidemiology and prevention of injuries and trauma—including substance use disorders—in Botswana and across sub-Saharan Africa. In his role as Senior Consultant Forensic Pathologist and educator, he spearheads initiatives to modernize medico-legal death investigations, disaster victim identification, autopsy standards, and quality improvement in forensic pathology and pathology training.