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Regional health security
Preparedness, surveillance, risk communication, and response coordination through regional technical advisory work.
BKSelected work
Work
Evidence, preparedness, strategy, and implementation.
Featured work
Five arenas.
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Vaccine evidence for policy
Vaccine policy, regulatory analysis, national delivery strategy, and implementation support.
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Epidemiology in outbreak response
Infectious disease surveillance, data interpretation, protocols, and operational public health response.
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Health systems strategy
Performance, delivery, coordination, costing, and scale across public health programs.
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Executive scientific communication
Technical evidence translated into clear briefs, presentations, and decision focused communication for leaders and institutions.
Technical advisory contribution
WHO AFRO EPR-TAG.
Emergency preparedness, response, and regional coordination.
Read the meeting reportEducation and training
Medicine, epidemiology, and management.
PhD
Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Vaccine Science and Policy · Clinical Trials and Evidence Synthesis · NIH T32 research training
MPH
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Sommer Scholar · Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
MBA
Health Technology, Leadership and Innovation
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Beta Gamma Sigma
MBChB
Medicine and Surgery
University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry
Alumni Impact Award
Professional experience
From the field site to the strategy table.
2024 to present
Africa CDC and World Bank
Co investigator, infectious disease epidemiology and surveillance
Co leading protocols, ethical processes, field data systems, and scientific oversight for a multi country infectious disease surveillance study.
2023 to present
World Health Organization, African region
Technical advisory group member
Advising on surveillance, preparedness, vaccine strategy, risk communication, and response coordination across 47 Member States.
Asian Development Bank and Johns Hopkins IVAC
Vaccine policy and regulatory analyst
Assessed implementation, regulatory, access, and delivery barriers across Asian developing member countries.
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Vaccine delivery advisor
Supported Ghana's national COVID 19 vaccine deployment strategy, implementation planning, and partner coordination.
Baltimore City Health Department
COVID 19 response program manager
Directed multidisciplinary response operations, contact tracing, data tracking, public messaging, and targeted outreach.
United Nations peacekeeping missions
Medical unit manager
Led clinical operations, infectious disease surveillance, Ebola preparedness, and emergency medical response in Mali and Côte d'Ivoire.
Research and publications
Decision relevant evidence.
Research at the intersection of health security, infectious disease epidemiology, vaccine policy, and health systems.
Users of chronic prescription opioids decrease in the first 12 months following bariatric surgery
The Global Health Security Index is not predictive of vaccine rollout responses among OECD countries
The Global Health Security Index is not predictive of coronavirus pandemic responses among OECD countries
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 recognition
Service, scholarship, and leadership.
Career Impact Award
Johns Hopkins University
NIH T32 research training
Translating infectious disease epidemiology
Alumni Impact Award
University of Ghana medical school
United Nations peacekeeping medals
Mali and Côte d'Ivoire
Chief of the Defense Staff Prize
Overall best commissioned officer
Sommer Scholar
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Curriculum vitae