Refilwe Precious Jeremiah BSW, MSW, is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Health Promotions and Development, Graduate School of Human Interaction and Growth at the University of Bergen, Norway. Her Ph.D. reading is “Experiences of adult children of parents and caregivers with alcohol-related problems in Botswana: Resilience or resemblance” Refilwe is also a senior lecturer in the Department of Social Work at the University of Botswana and has been working with UB for 11 years now. She studied bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Botswana in 2007, and a Master of Social Work in Mental Health and Substance use emphasis from the University of Utah, USA in 2010. From 2015 to 2019 Refilwe was a resident manager for the largest University of Botswana residential block 480 where she introduced students to living and learning activities and provided a lot of alcohol misuse counseling. Her research areas include alcohol and substance abuse, mental health, student affairs, gender-based violence (boy child), disability as well as HIV and AIDS. She is a member of the Society of Alcoholism, UiB Addiction research group, and a member of the Norwegian Research School of Global Health (NRSGH). Refilwe received the WHO Scientific research and writing mentorship initiative towards diversity in research on alcohol control policies in 2022.
University of Bergen
Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
Health Promotion and Development