Dr. Courage Mahuvava
Lecturer, Medical Physics
Physics Department
Faculty of Science & Technology
University of the West Indies
St. Augustine
Trinidad and Tobago
Telephone: 868-662-2002 ext. 83103
Email: Courage.Mahuvava@sta.uwi.edu
Qualification
- • PhD in Medical Physics, University of the Free State, South Africa
- • M.Med.Sc in Medical Physics, University of the Free State, South Africa
- • BSc (Med) (Hons) in Medical Physics, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- • BSc in Computational Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Fellowships and Training
- • Certification in Radiological Engineering & Health Physics (REHP), Ohio State University, USA
- • Postgraduate Certificate in University Teaching & Learning, UWI St. Augustine
- • IAEA Medical Physics E-Learning Certified Courses in DRLs, radiation protection & dosimetry, and QA
- • IOP Publishing reviewer training and certification
- • Research ethics training: CITI Program, TCPS 2 CORE, and TRREE
Research Interests
- • Medical physics training and workforce development in resource-limited settings
- • Establishment of clinical medical physics residency training in Trinidad and Tobago
- • Diagnostic reference levels and radiation dose optimisation in LMICs
- • Patient-specific Monte Carlo dose calculation in radiotherapy and imaging physics
Professional Experience
- • Lecturer, MSc Biomedical Physics, UWI St. Augustine
- • Coordinator, BSc Biomedical Technology, UWI St. Augustine
- • Former Coordinator, MSc Medical Physics, NUST, Zimbabwe
- • Former Research Affiliate, XCITE Lab, University of Victoria, Canada
Featured Work
- • Medical Physics Workforce, Training, and Regulatory Capacity in Trinidad and Tobago
- • Clinical Medical Physics Residency Programme in Trinidad and Tobago
- • Local Diagnostic Reference Levels in Trinidad and Tobago
- • Two AAPM/COMP 2026 accepted posters on Zimbabwe medical physics capacity
- • Invited featured contributor, AAPM / Medical Physics for World Benefit Newsletter
Skills
- • Medical physics education and curriculum development
- • Clinical training and residency programme development
- • Programme coordination
- • Monte Carlo simulation
Honours and Awards
- • AAPM Global Early Career Researcher Access Award / Medical Physics for World Benefit
- • Worldwide Innovations in Medical Physics Early Career Competition Finalist Award
- • Best Oral Presentation Award, South African Association of Physicists in Medicine and Biology
- • Merit-Based Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Cape Town
- • Dean’s Commendations and Merit Certificates, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Public Service
- • Development of Clinical Medical Physics Residency Program in Radiation Oncology (in progress)
- • BMET clinical/industry internship coordination
- • FST Research Highlights Poster development initiative
- • Trinidad and Tobago Organisation of Medical Physicists national relaunch initiative
- • Journal peer review for Physics in Medicine & Biology and Cureus Journal of Medical Science
Professional Memberships
- • Trinidad and Tobago Organization of Medical Physicists
- • American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- • Allied Health Practitioners Council Zimbabwe
- • South African Institute of Physics
- • Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
Courses Taught
- • Radiation Oncology (BIPH 6106)
- • Biomedical Imaging (BIPH 6107)
- • Medical Physics Laboratory Course I (BIPH 6109)
- • Radiation Physics and Dosimetry (BIPH 6104)
- • Biomedical Technology Project (BMET 3000)
- • Bioengineering (BMET 2001)
- • Metrology and Regulatory Standards (BMET 3004)
- • Medical Physics and Bioengineering Laboratory (PHYS 3160)
Research Projects
- • Medical physics workforce, training, and regulatory capacity in Trinidad and Tobago
- • Establishment of Clinical Medical Physics Residency Programme for Radiation Oncology in Trinidad and Tobago
- • Local Diagnostic Reference Levels for routine adult CT examinations in Trinidad and Tobago
- • Medical physics education and training capacity in Zimbabwe
- • Clinical medical physics workforce capacity and service coverage in Zimbabwe
- • Paediatric CT diagnostic reference levels in LMICs: systematic review
- • Monte Carlo methods in radiotherapy, diagnostic imaging, and radiobiology: systematic review
Graduate Students
- • Simeon — PhD research, AI-assisted CT imaging for early detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
- • Ramdass N. — MSc thesis, evaluation of DIBH vs free breathing in left-sided breast radiotherapy
- • Dominguez J.L. — MSc thesis, implementation of low-cost 3D-printed bolus in radiotherapy
- • Mohammed J.A. — MSc thesis, CT DRLs for KUB examinations
- • Deonanan C. — MSc thesis, adult non-contrast head CT dose
- • Ashley Beddoe — MSc research, DRL for adult non-trauma non-contrast brain CT scans
- • Jade-Marie Olton — MSc research, Monte Carlo study of fetal exposure from chest radiographs at six-month gestation
- • Kezia — MSc research, Monte Carlo organ and effective dose estimation from adult AP chest radiography
- • Nyron J. — MSc thesis, assessment of intraoral image quality: Trinidad & Tobago Context
- • Dookhan S. — MSc thesis, GEANT4 analysis of lead-free shielding materials
Grants
- • Study & Travel Grant, UWI St. Augustine, for Radiological Engineering & Health Physics training at Ohio State University, USA
- • NSERC / Canada Research Chair Program – Compute Canada Access
- • High Energy Advanced Radiation Dosimetry Award, Medical Research Council of South Africa
Curriculum Vitae
CV - Courage Mahuvava_2026.pdf
