Affiliation
PhD student, Centre for Research on Ageing, University of Southampton

Contact
nyashacchiunya_huni@yahoo.co.uk; ncch1x07@soton.ac.uk

Biosketch
Ms Chiunya-Huni is currently busy with a PhD in Gerontology in the Centre for Research on Ageing, University of Southampton. Her research is on negotiation of care and support against a background of HIV/AIDS, poverty, hyper-inflation and out-migration. She holds an MA in Humanitarian and Development Practice with a dissertation on ‘HIV/AIDS and the elderly in Zimbabwe’ and has 12 years’ teaching experience.

Key research/capacity building interests

Research Interests

• HIV/AIDS and Older Persons
• Older Persons and development

Capacity Building Interests
• Service provision for the elderly

Key methodological skills
• Experience in qualitative and quantitative research methods

Current/planned research
• Planned: How culture affects older men in their role as providers of care