Matimba Swana

Matimba's (she/her) research investigates cancer nanomedicine,  swarm medicine, bioethics and the use of virtual tumours and patient twin models in clinical trials. Matimba is passionate about sustainability, emerging technologies, medical ethics, global health and digital health disparities. She believes understanding and addressing the deep connections between health and the environment is crucial to reducing inequalities especially for those affected by contaminated water, food, and air.

Matimba currently sits on the Bristol cancer steering committee and is a trustee on the Executive Board at the Brain Tumour Charity. She previously worked as a Futures Project Officer/Science Expert in the UK Government Office for Science as well as in stem cell research and clinical trials with a focus on phase 2 and 3 rare disease studies and digital healthcare. 

Working with like-minded people Matimba wants to reduce environment and ecosystem impacts and improve health and wellbeing outcomes to create healthy sustainable futures for everyone.