Rate My Professor Elias Mpofu

Mpofu's research focuses on sustainable health and wellbeing, rehabilitation counselling, disability research applying ICF guidelines, and the design, implementation, and evaluation of community-oriented health services. He has authored or co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, six books—including Rehabilitation and Health Assessment: Applying ICF Guidelines (2010, with Thomas Oakland) and Counseling People of African Ancestry (2011)—with his work cited over 7,800 times according to Google Scholar. Mpofu has received research awards from the South African National Research Foundation, Australian Research Council, US National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. He is Editor of the Journal of Psychology in Africa and the Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling, and consulting editor for eight other journals including Psychological Assessment. At the University of Sydney, he served on numerous committees and held roles such as Chair of the Rehabilitation Psychology Interest Group of the Australian Psychological Society (2014-2015), panel member of the Australian ICF Disability and Rehabilitation Research Program, advisory committee member of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Workforce Development in Rehabilitation and Long Term Care (2012-2017), and examiner for the behavioral health module of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.