DrObinna Ekwunife

I am a pharmacist and a public health scientist. I am a senior lecturer in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria. I coordinate the Research Group for Evidence-Based Health Care at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (www.ebhc-unizik.com). I also coordinate the Grant Development and Maintenance Office at Nnamdi Azikiwe University. My research interests are in the following areas: pharmacoeconomics, evidence-based public health and clinical trials. I apply these research methods to generate evidence to aid health care decisions in Nigeria and Africa at large. I focus my research mainly on the following diseases: neglected tropical diseases, HIV and malaria. I have more than 40 publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals and I am a member of several scientific organisations including Nigerian Young Academy (NYA) and African Research Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (ARNTD). I have won some grants including the Georg Forster Research Fellowship (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) and European and Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership (EDCTP) Career Development Fellowship. Currently, I work as the programme manager of SIHI Nigeria Hub, a WHO TDR sponsored project that aims to identify and promote social innovations in health in Nigeria.