Qualifications:
N Dip Med Tech, BSc, BSc (Med) Hons, MSc Med Pharmacology, PhD Pharmacology (SMU)

Professional Affiliations:

• Registered with Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) as a Medical Biological Scientist
• A member of:
  • South African Society for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (SASBCP); [current treasurer]
  • South African Association of Health Educationalists (SAAHE)
  • Toxicology Society of South Africa (TOXSA)
  • South African Society of Clinical Pharmacy

Teaching:

• Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (undergraduate and postgraduate)
• Clinical Toxicology
• Complimentary, Alternative and Traditional medicines

Research:

• Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) and Drug Discovery,  focussing on the pharmacology and toxicology of medicinal plants/herbal medicines particularly African Traditional Medicine.
• Ethnopharmacology and Ethnobotanical studies of medicinal plants.
• Pharmacology Education

Recent research projects:

• Evaluation of the in vitro effects of medicinal plants and commercial herbal medicines used as African traditional medicines on human platelets and neutrophils.
• Investigation of the in vitro effects of medicinal plants (traditional medicines) used for diabetes mellitus on human platelets.

Selected publications:

• Mothibe M.E., Kahler-Venter C., and Osuch P.A. (2019). Evaluation of the in vitro effects of commercial herbal preparations significant in African traditional medicine on platelets. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 19:224.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-019-2644-z
• Mothibe ME, Osuch E, Kahler-Venter C. Commercial herbal medicines used as African traditional medicines: Ngoma Herbal Tonic Immune Booster interferes with a rapid urine drug screening test. South African Medical Journal, 2017; 107 (9): 734-737
• Mothibe Mmamosheledi Elsie, Kahler-Venter Christinah, Osuch Elzbieta.  In vitro effects of a commercial herbal medicine used as African traditional medicine on human neutrophils. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative medicines 2017; 14 (3): 51-60
• Mabena TM, Motinyane TF, Motshana TMM, Ramatladi MD, Tauatswala MI, Thutlwa SB, Mothibe ME. The knowledge and perceptions of Pharmacy students at University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus about the use of African traditional medicines in the health care system. African Journal for Physical Activity and Health Sciences, October 2017; 1 (1): 194-203
• Mothibe, M.E. Knowledge and perceptions of community pharmacists about the commonly sold herbal medicines used as African traditional medicines in community pharmacies in Tshwane townships, South Africa. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, October 2015; 2 (2): 339-350

Book chapters:

• Chapter: ‘African Traditional Medicine: South African Perspective’; https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/african-traditional-medicine-south-african-perspective; Mothibe ME, Sibanda M 

  DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.83790  Book Title: “Traditional and Complementary Medicine" ISBN 978-953-51-7788-3, edited by Prof. Cengiz Mordeniz. Publisher: INTECH OPEN SCIENCE.

Awards and grants:

The South African Society for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology Best Educator Award for Pharmacology, 2019.

Web presence:

Orcid number: orcid.org/0000-0002-8613-2543

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mamza_Mothibe

www.linkedin.com/in/mothibe-mamza-a4912029

Graduated:

MPharm, SMU, 2020

Mokoka MV:  Concurrent use of traditional medicine and western medicine: Perceptions of traditional healers, health professionals and patients at a regional hospital in Limpopo Province;    supervisor

Mamabolo MP: Phytochemical profiling and quality appraisal of South African Helichrysum caespititium (dc) harv. And related pharmaceutical products - co-supervisor