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).
He 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 a 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