Flavia Senkubuge

Flavia Senkubuge (born 1978 or 1979) is a South African physician, professor of public health medicine, an advocate of global public health and the immediate past President of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa. At age 39, she was the college's youngest ever president and the first Black woman to hold the position.

Early life and education

Senkubuge was raised in Lady Frere, then in the Transkei. She relocated to Queenstown in the Eastern Cape, where she attended Queenstown Girls High School to finish her high school education. As the 1996 Eastern Cape Matric of the year, she received the highest honor given in the region. She served as the Deputy Dean: Health Stakeholder Relations in the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Pretoria. Senkubuge served as the president of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health. In 2025, Senkubuge became the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria.

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