Affiliated Institution and location: Kaduna State University and Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria.
He holds Bachelor of Medicine & bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Master of International Affairs & Diplomacy (MIAD), Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Development Studies & Policy Analysis (MDSPA) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Preventive. He is a fellow of West African College of Physicians (FWACP).
Joshua has attended courses at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Pembroke, Liverpool (UK); John Hopskins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (USA) and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (USA), among others. He served as Nigeria volunteer for the Technical Aid Corps Scheme in Rwanda from 2005-2007 and coordinated the activities of the Volunteers.
His area of research include: environmental Health, Antimicrobial resistance, Disaster Management, One Health, molecular epidemiology and public health nutrition in emergencies. He has published over 100 articles in peer reviewed journals and is a reviewer for several peer review journals. The areas he needs training are disease modelling, Bioinformatics and application Geographical Information System in public health, among others.
ORCID Number: 0000-0002-1160-3654