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Regional Health Security with WHO AFRO
Contributed to regional approaches to preparedness, surveillance, risk communication, and response coordination through advisory work in global health security.
Selected Work
Evidence into action.
The work spans global, academic, and public-sector settings, from outbreak response and vaccine strategy to advisory work and health systems design.
Featured Work
Four arenas.
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Vaccine Evidence for Policy Decisions
Supported vaccine policy, regulatory analysis, and implementation strategy for public health decision-making.
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Epidemiology in Outbreak Response
Worked across outbreak response, infectious disease data interpretation, and public health operations to turn evidence into timely action.
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Health Systems Strategy & Implementation
Work on performance, delivery, coordination, and scale across public health programs.
Technical Advisory Contribution
WHO AFRO EPR-TAG.
Technical participation in emergency preparedness, response, and strategic coordination discussions across the WHO African Region.
Selected Honors
Recognition dashboard.
Career Impact Award
Johns Hopkins University
Roscoe Moore Jr. Scholarship
Johns Hopkins
Alumni Impact Award
University of Ghana School of Medicine & Dentistry
NIH Research Training Grant
RIP-TIDE
Sommer Scholar
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Beta Gamma Sigma
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Peacekeeping Medals
Mali & Cote d'Ivoire
Chief of the Defense Staff Prize
Overall Best Commissioned Officer
Research & Publications
Peer-reviewed papers.
A selection from a body of 10+ peer-reviewed papers across health security, vaccine policy, infectious disease epidemiology, and health systems. Each links to the published article.
The Global Health Security Index is not predictive of coronavirus pandemic responses among OECD countries
The Global Health Security Index is not predictive of vaccine rollout responses among OECD countries
Statins use and COVID-19 outcomes in hospitalized patients
Coverage of genetic therapies for spinal muscular atrophy across fee-for-service Medicaid programs
Barriers and determinants of consistent offering of HPV vaccination by healthcare facilities
Selected Experience
Selected experience.
2023-present
Technical Advisory Group Member, EPR-TAG
World Health Organization · African Region
Advises on surveillance, vaccine strategy, preparedness, risk communication, and response coordination for 47 African Member States.
2022-2023
Consultant, Vaccine Policy & Regulatory Analyst
Asian Development Bank & IVAC, Johns Hopkins
COVID-19 vaccine implementation, regulatory, and access analysis across Asian developing member countries.
2021-2022
Vaccine Delivery Advisor, Africa Vaccine Partnership
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change · Accra, Ghana
Supported Ghana's National COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment Strategy and cross-sector delivery partnerships.
2020-2021
Manager, COVID-19 Response Program
Baltimore City Health Department · Baltimore, MD
Citywide response operations, contact tracing, data tracking, and community outreach.
2016-2017
Manager, UN Level 1 Hospital
UN Peacekeeping Mission MINUSMA · Gao, Mali
Medical operations, Ebola preparedness, infection prevention, and medical evacuation.
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