About

From clinical careto institutional decisions.

A physician’s path through epidemiology, research, preparedness, and public-health leadership.

  • Medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Institutional leadership
Dr Banda Khalifa in an executive working session
Field-tested judgment, from clinical operations to institutional strategy.
Dr Banda Khalifa listening during an institutional working session

A field-tested perspective

I work from the decision back to the evidence.

I am a physician, epidemiologist, and global health strategist. I help institutions decide what the evidence supports and what implementation will require.

That path has taken me from UN medical units to infectious-disease research, Ghana’s vaccine deployment, and WHO Africa’s preparedness group.

In each setting, my task has been practical: determine what the evidence allows the institution to do next.

Training

Clinical training
and research methods.

My training covers medicine, epidemiology, clinical trials, pharmacoepidemiology, vaccine policy, evidence synthesis, and health management.

2026

PhD, Epidemiology

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

2020

MPH, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

2020

MBA, Health Technology, Leadership and Innovation

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Medicine

MBChB, Medicine and Surgery

University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry

Johns Hopkins certificates and advanced training

How medicines are studied before and after approval.

The clinical trials coursework examined study design and evidence synthesis. The pharmacoepidemiology training focused on medicine use and safety in routine practice. Vaccine science training covered development, evaluation, policy, and use.

Drug safety

Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Clinical research

Clinical Trials & Evidence Synthesis

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Vaccines

Vaccine Science & Policy

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

2023–2024

Leadership and service

President, Epidemiology Student Organization

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Selected recognition

Recognition for work and service.

2025

Career Impact Award

Johns Hopkins University

2024

NIH T32 research training

Translating infectious disease epidemiology

2022

Alumni Impact Award

University of Ghana medical school

Service

United Nations peacekeeping medals

Mali and Côte d’Ivoire