PHYSICIAN, GLOBAL HEALTH EXPERT
PHYSICIAN, GLOBAL
HEALTH EXPERT
HEALTH EXPERT
Selected research grants awarded as principal or co-principal investigator:
2023 – 2027
PI, Mapping the impacts of climate change on respiratory health in Nigeria. Medical Research Foundation (GBP £303,490.00)
2024 – 2028
CoI, Improving Equity in Respiratory Disease Outcomes in Africa using Data-Driven Tools: EQUI-RESP-AFRICA (GBP £2,948,640.57)
2017 – 2018
PI, Development of NCDs data profile for Nigeria. World Health Organization/Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria. USD ($) 40000.
2018
PI, Global estimates on non-communicable causes of child mortality. USD ($) 2500
2017
Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship. Awarded by the United States Institute of International Education (https://www.iie.org/Programs/Carnegie-African-Diaspora-Fellowship-Program/Selected-Projects/May-2017). USD ($) 10000
2016
Lead Consultant, Policy Environment Score, Kano State, Nigeria. Nigerian Urban Reproductive Initiative, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs. USD ($) 2000
2016
Consultant, Landscape mapping and social network analysis of traditional rulers influencing health in Northern Nigeria. USD ($) 2000.
MY EXPERTISE
Leadership
Collaborative work with trade unions, community representatives, religious bodies, and non-governmental organizations to develop feasible, acceptable, and cost-effective health promotion measures for non-communicable diseases.
Management
Skilled project management including budgeting, planning, interpersonal and staff development skills. Project management of non-communicable diseases control programs.
Professional Mentor
Leading, managing, and coaching undergraduates on evidence-based medicine through in-depth systematic literature reviews and meta-analysis (and modelling) of prevalence, incidence, risk factors and mortality of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
International Consultant
Serves as an international consultant on global health research for local and multinational organizations. Led the development of the Nigeria NCDs Data Profile, commissioned by the WHO Nigeria Office and the Federal Ministry of Health, contributing to national planning and policy processes.
Policy Making
Experience working with a Nigerian government agency (the former Power Holding Company of Nigeria), donors, and key stakeholders within the national health sector to translate health policies into actionable guidelines and operational practices.
Global Health Policy
Contributed to the Policy Environment Score for Kano State, Nigeria, under the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs’ Nigerian Urban Reproductive Initiative.
Social Networking
Conducted landscape mapping and social network analysis of traditional rulers influencing routine immunization uptake in Northern Nigeria.
Research
Expertise in designing research and surveillance protocols, monitoring and evaluating health programmes, analyzing large datasets, and producing high-quality scientific reports.
RESEARCH METHODS
- Evidence Synthesis
- Systematic reviews
- Social Network Analysis
- Meta-analysis
- Global Health Metrics
- Meta-Regression
Consultancies
- Evidence Synthesis
- Systematic reviews
- Social Network Analysis
- Global Health Metrics