Dr Tatenda Makanga

Biography

An applied geo-data scientist, I am interested in the impacts of climate and the environment on health. I am a Senior Lecturer (career track) at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and a Climate and health Research Scientist at CeSHHAR Zimbabwe (LSTM Global Hub). I am also affifiated to Midlands State University (MSU) in Zimbabwe, where I am on an extended leave. At CeSHHAR I lead a team of data scientists investigating the impacts of heat on maternal and newborn health outcomes. At MSU, I lead the Place Alert Labs (PALs), a mixed methods health geography/GISc research initiative. Through PALs, my team does research on the mediating effect of climate and the environment on maternal and newborn health outcomes.

Teaching

At LSTM, I teach on Masters level courses on Climate Change and Health. 

Selected research publications

Priorities for an African research agenda on climate, environment and maternal, newborn and child health – Journal: Frontiers in Global Women’s Health – Published: 18th August 2026

Unequal Exposure: Spatio-Temporal and Structural Determinants of Personal PM2.5 Exposure in Three Sub-Saharan African Geographies – The Gambia, Kenya, and Mozambique – Journal: Frontiers in Global Women’s Health – Published: 30th July 2026

PRECISE-DYAD: a prospective cohort study linking maternal and infant health trajectories in sub-Saharan Africa – Journal: BMJ Open – Published: 17th July 2026

Performance of Road-Traffic-Based Exposure Proxies Against Personal PM2.5 Measurements in Three Sub-Saharan African Countries – Journal: Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health – Published: 15th July 2026

Terminal Digit Preference and Threshold Avoidance in Digital Blood Pressure Measurements During Pregnancy: Secondary Analysis of Data From the CLIP and PRECISE Cohorts – Journal: JMIR mHealth and uHealth – Published: 3rd June 2026

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