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Health Researcher
Policy Specialist
Working with Oxford University’s Pandemic Sciences Institute (PSI) as a Policy Specialist on the Africa Pandemic Sciences Collaborative. Find out more here
As a policy specialist with the Mastercard Foundation-funded Africa Pandemic Sciences Collaborative, I support translating pandemic research to policy and practice in Africa. Previously, as a Graduate Student Researcher with the Policy and Practice Research Group, Pandemic Sciences Institute (PSI), I supported the scoping review of research prioritisation for high-consequence pathogens to facilitate better global pandemic preparedness and response.
I also evaluated the appropriateness of the WHO research cycle framework for high-consequence pathogens research priorities and proffered policy-related recommendations.
I have ten years of experience in health policy and advocacy, public health research, and management consulting. I have worked as an Engagement Manager with a management consulting firm and, at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, was seconded to provide technical assistance to the Federal Government of Nigeria in the COVID-19 response as the Deputy Programs Manager (Policy and Strategy) for the COVID-19 vaccination Crisis Communication Centre (CRICC). Earlier in my career, I founded Lighthouse Global Health Initiative, a non-profit that works with vulnerable populations – adolescent girls and boys and rural and slum dwellers in Nigeria – to lead healthy and productive lives.
I studied for a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree at Obafemi Awolowo University and a Master of Public Health (Health Policy and Management) at the University of Ibadan. I also did a Global Health Leadership Accelerator certificate program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA. I got my Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, as an AfOx-Mastercard Foundation Graduate Scholar.
Policy Specialist @University of Oxford, Pandemic Sciences Institute in collaboration with Science for Africa (SFA) Foundation in Nairobi, Kenya
Visiting Fellow (AfOx-Mastercard Foundation Ubuntu Year-of-Service) University of Oxford, Pandemic Sciences Institute (PSI)
MPP Summer Project Researcher @University of Oxford, Pandemic Sciences Institute (PSI)
Deputy Programmes Manager – Vaccinations Policy and Strategy, CRICC @National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) - Secondment
Engagement Manager - Research, Policy, and Advocacy @Sydani Initiative for International Development
Co-founder & Team Lead @Lighthouse Global Health Initiative (Non-profit)
Pharmacist @General Hospital, Hospitals Management Board, Niger State
Teaching Assistant @Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) candidate @University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Master of Public Policy (MPP) @University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Master of Public Health (Health Policy and Management) @University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Global Health Leadership Accelerator @Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Project Management in Global Health @University of Washington, USA
Social Sector Management certificate course @Enterprise Development Centre, Pan-Atlantic University
girls and women) are empowered to lead healthy and productive lives. Our strategy for achieving this vision is through our CARPPS (Capacity building, Advocacy, Research, Public health interventions, Partnerships and Service delivery) approach. Some of the previously implemented projects of LGHI include: World Diabetes Day celebrations; “Your Health First Campaign” which provided free health information and services for domestic workers (over 90% of whom are women) working in Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun state; the #SaveTheCervix cervical cancer campaign with an estimated reach of 426,475 people; Rural Contraceptive Access Campaign (RCAC) Phases 1 & 2 which improved awareness and support of boys and men on family planning and directly benefited over 2,000 rural dwellers in Niger and Osun states of Nigeria.
NoW is a WhatsApp Group channel where I share weekly inspirational messages based on biblical principles for leading healthy, productive and successful lives.
Mentorship for penultimate and final-year undergraduates in health-related fields across Africa.