Experience

54gene

• Nigeria
• Biotechnology Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• VP Research Governance and Ethics

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  54gene is involved in genomics research and biobanking. As the lead of research planning and ethics, I work to provide guidance to staff and our collaborators to ensure that our research studies and biobanking operations are done in the most ethical manner. Governance of genomics research and biobanking is evolving globally and quite new in African countries, and our goal at 54gene is to ensure that we keep up with these developments and best practices. 54gene is involved in genomics research and biobanking. As the lead of research planning and ethics, I work to provide guidance to staff and our collaborators to ensure that our research studies and biobanking operations are done in the most ethical manner. Governance of genomics research and biobanking is evolving globally and quite new in African countries, and our goal at 54gene is to ensure that we keep up with these developments and best practices.



US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Science Program Specialist

  • Oct 2016 - Sep 2019

  Reviewed study protocols for consistency with CDC standards and provided inputs and guidance to investigators to ensure compliance. Reviewed manuscripts and abstracts and provided inputs and guidance to investigators to ensure compliance with CDC standards. Supported staff to develop high quality protocols, manuscripts and abstracts. Provided guidance to investigators to ensure adherence to CDC's human subject protections policy in research implementation and CDC's publications policy for manuscripts and abstracts. Also provided guidance to investigators to ensure adherence to Nigeria's Code of Health Research Ethics in all studies



National Health Research Ethics Committee

• Administrator

  • Jan 2006 - Oct 2016

  Supported the National Health Research Ethics Committee (NHREC) to provide guidance to researchers and ethics committees on conducting ethical research in Nigeria. Specially, I served as co-facilitator in training of ethics committee members and researchers. Worked together with the Center for Bioethics and Research, a technical partner to NHREC, and some NHREC members to develop Nigeria's National Code for Health Research Ethics, Code for Animal Research Ethics, Policy on Biobanking, Policy on Research with Children and Certificate of Confidentiality Policy.



Federal Ministry of Health

• Ethiopia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Officer

  • Feb 2001 - Oct 2016



Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fogarty African Bioethics Training Program

  • 2009 - 2009