DrRolayo Emmanuel

Acting Project Officer

Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign-Nigeria

  • Acting Project Officer
    Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign-Nigeria
  • Assistant Director (Research)
    Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis and Onchocerciasis Research

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • One Health and neglected tropical disease surveillance and control
  • Human African trypanosomiasis and animal African trypanosomiasis
  • Tsetse biology, ecology, surveillance and integrated control
  • Zoonotic disease transmission and animal reservoir surveillance
  • Molecular and field-based diagnostic innovation
  • Impact of climate change and anthropogenic activities on spatial epidemiology of vector-born diseases 
  • Disease-risk prediction and mapping
  • Genomic surveillance and bioinformatics for infectious diseases
  • Community-based and participatory disease surveillance
  • Implementation research and translation of research evidence into public health policy and practice
  • Integrated One Health surveillance systems and emergency outbreak preparedness
  • Capacity building and research mentorship in neglected tropical diseases