DrRolayo Emmanuel

One Health researcher and trypanosomiasis specialist with over 18 years of experience in surveillance and control programmes in Nigeria. My work integrates parasitology, medical entomology, molecular diagnostics, epidemiology, spatial analysis and community-based One Health approaches to understand and reduce transmission of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases. I have experience in field surveillance, research implementation, capacity building, stakeholder engagement and translating research evidence into disease control strategies. My current interests include integrated HAT surveillance and control, the impact of climate change and anthropogenic activities on tsetse ecology and vector-targeted interventions, diagnostic innovation, GIS and AI/ML-based disease-risk prediction, genomic surveillance and implementation research.