Hilda Tizeba
Thesis title: Autonomy, Paternalism and the Regulation of Mental Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings: Examining the Case of Tanzania
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Background
Hilda has been a PhD candidate at the Centre for Health, Medical Law and Ethics at the Edinburgh Law School since 2022. Hilda has over five years of teaching experience working as a lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam, School of Law. She also engages in mental health advocacy through the non-profit Guided Path which raises mental health awareness and need for policy and legal reform in the mental health sector.
Qualifications
LL.M in Criminal Justice, University of Western Cape and Humboldt University
LL.B (Honours) University of Dar es Salaam
Responsibilities & affiliations
Member of the Mason Institute at the University of Edinburgh School of Law
Member of the Global Alliance for Behavioural Health and Social Justice - USA
Member of the United Nations International Law Seminar Alumni Network - Switzerland
Programme Assistant for the Students as Change Agents Project - University of Edinburgh, Career Service
Attorney and Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania
CEO and Founder of Guided Path- Tanzania
Member of the Tanganyika Law Society - Tanzania
Undergraduate teaching
Tutor in Criminal Law, University of Edinburgh School of Law
Research summary
Hilda's research interests lie in the fields of global health, medical law , mental health law and bioethics.
Current research interests
My current research evaluates the conceptual application of autonomy and paternalism in the regulation of mental healthcare in low-resource settings in the Global South, with a particular focus on Tanzania.Conference details
Third UK and Ireland Mental Diversity Law Conference held on 6th- 7th July 2023 at the University of Nottingham