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MD, MBA, MSc, MPH, FETP, MScGH, PhD, FWACP(CH)🔹West Africa Regional Programme Lead @ Africa CDC🔹Global Health 🔹Program Management🔹PHC 🔹Health Workforce Dev.🔹Community Physician🔹Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
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MD, MBA, MSc, MPH, FETP, MScGH, PhD, FWACP(CH)🔹West Africa Regional Programme Lead @ Africa CDC🔹Global Health 🔹Program Management🔹PHC 🔹Health Workforce Dev.🔹Community Physician🔹Adjunct Professor of Public Health
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Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi is listed as MD, MBA, MSc, MPH, FETP, MScGH, PhD, FWACP(CH)🔹West Africa Regional Programme Lead @ Africa CDC🔹Global Health 🔹Program Management🔹PHC 🔹Health Workforce Dev.🔹Community Physician🔹Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), a with 64 employees, based in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi.

Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi previously worked as West Africa Regional Programme Lead (Western RCC) at Africa Centres For Disease Control And Prevention (Africa Cdc) and Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Lead City University. Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi holds Global Health Policy And Management (M.S.), Health Economics And Analytics Concentration (M.S.) from Brandeis University.

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I am a Medical Doctor and community physician with over 18 years of expertise in research, health systems strengthening, primary health care, community health, disease prevention and control, vaccination, workforce development, capacity building, disease surveillance, outbreak response, and medical education. My academic background includes an MSc in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, an MBA, a Master of Public Health (Field Epidemiology Practice), an MSc in Global Health Policy and Management, and a Ph.D. in Public Health.I have received numerous awards and certifications both in Nigeria and internationally. Notably, I won the National Youth Service Corps honors award in Nigeria. I was also the top fellowship candidate in Community Health at the West African College of Physicians and named the best researcher of the year in 2020 by the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, University College Hospital, Ibadan.I have led multi-country projects across all West African Member States, showcasing my ability to build partnerships and collaborate with various stakeholders, including Ministries of Health, government officials, implementing partners, and donors. My expertise covers HIV/AIDS, TB, maternal and child health, and malaria. My skills include work plan development, budget monitoring, leadership development, quality improvement, clinical training, instructional design, mentoring, business development, and proposal writing.As a prolific author, I have published over 300 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals. My leadership in public health projects spans Africa and beyond, with presentations at over 50 conferences worldwide. I have led panel sessions, hosted events, and presented at oral and poster sessions. At Yale School of Medicine, I made significant contributions to Liberian medical education. I also serve as an editorial board member, reviewer, and advisor for academic journals and research groups, and am an educator and adjunct professor of Public Health.I am the Regional Program Lead for the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in West Africa, supporting the Western Regional Coordinating Centre's establishment and operationalization, and enhancing public health research and innovation. I am enthusiastic about board roles, advisory roles, speaking engagements, teaching engagements, and career guidance, and am open to serving as an ambassador for multinationals on causes I am passionate about.https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ql73QjkAAAAJ&hl=enhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Olayinka-Ilesanmi-2

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Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
Africa Centres For Disease Control And Prevention (Africa Cdc)
MD, MBA, MSc, MPH, FETP, MScGH, PhD, FWACP(CH)🔹West Africa Regional Programme Lead @ Africa CDC🔹Global Health 🔹Program Management🔹PHC 🔹Health Workforce Dev.🔹Community Physician🔹Adjunct Professor of Public Health
addis ababa, addis ababa, ethiopia
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West Africa Regional Programme Lead (Western Rcc)

Current

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

• Overseeing all Saving Lives and Livelihoods programme implementation regionally and in member countries • Engage with partner organisations at regional and country levels to ensure collaboration and alignment between different efforts for COVID-19 vaccines • Development of regional plans and work to achieve its objectives• Manage risks associated with Africa CDC Programme Management Unit operations in the region• Supported health system strengthening• Participated in the capacity building of rapid responders• Led disease prevention and control efforts• Strengthening disease surveillance• Ensured the publication of scientific outputs, technical reports, and manuscripts

Jan 2023 - Present

Adjunct Professor Of Public Health

Current

Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Adjunct Professor and commits to supporting research and postgraduate education

Mar 2022 - Present

Social Clinical Research Specialist

Greenville, North Carolina, United States

• Coordinated and scheduled activities of study visits as dictated by the schedule of events per protocol.• Ensured required data collection throughout trial visits utilizing case report forms/source documents and entering data into electronic data capture systems. Responds to data queries promptly• Ensured integrity of subject rights and welfare and followed Good Clinical Practice, regulations, and guidelines.• Provided support and technical assistance in the research trials conducted by the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. • Assisted with administrative and patient care activities required by the research studies.• Recruited study participants and performed patient testing as directed by the physician/Principal Investigator under the Food and Drug Administration, ECU Institutional Review Board, study sponsor, and principal investigator guidelines and regulations.• Case managed patients, documented history, scheduled testing, and maintained open communication with patients and physicians• Built and maintained strong relationships with Investigators and provided ongoing communication about trial status and participants.• Extracted required patient records from the Electronic Health Records and entered into research entering platforms.• Performed spirometry pulmonary function tests• Maintained required study records, educated patients, conducted clinical procedures, and interacted with study sponsor representatives (pharmaceutical companies, private foundations, NIH, etc.)

Sep 2022 - Jan 2023

Novel Coronavirus Response • Event Based Epi Analyst-Acodd (Africa Cdc)

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Provided technical support to the Emergency Operation Centres in Nigeria in the implementation of practices and policies guided by data to strengthen the COVID-19 outbreak response• Coordinated the recruitment, training, and deployment of 1200 Community Health Workers and 74 supervisors for contact tracing activities in Nigeria• Member of IPC Technical Working Group ensuring IPC on the continent• Member Case management Technical Working Group ensuring prompt detection and treatment of COVID-19-positive persons• Team Lead/ National Coordinator, Nigeria Africa CDC COVID-19 Rapid Response Team• Member of the COVID-19 Vaccination Community Engagement Team for Saving Lives and Livelihoods/ Master Card Foundation COVID-19 Vaccination Project supported country support plans, microplanning, and implementation of Saving Lives and Livelihoods/ Master Card Foundation COVID-19 Vaccination Project.• Contributed to various technical and scientific outputs• Ensured proper coordination between Nigeria and the Africa CDC West Africa Regional Collaboration Centre

Feb 2020 - 2022

Consultant Community Health Physician

Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Clinical consultationTrainers of resident doctors in Community MedicineResearchStrengthening primary health careLed community health programmesSupervised disease surveillance activitiesCoordinated outbreak responseOutbreak responseCOVID-19 surveillance team

Jul 2019 - Aug 2021

Lecturer

Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

• Taught core lectures for undergraduate medical students and postgraduate teaching o Global Health, o Public Health,o Epidemiology,o Research Methods• Undergraduate medical student project supervision• Postgraduate project supervision

Apr 2019 - Aug 2021

Consultant Community Health Physician

Federal Medical Centre Owo

Ondo State, Nigeria

• HIV/AIDS program management and Clinical care of People Living with HIV/AIDS (HIV/AIDS Clinician).• Capacity building of doctors, nurses, Community Health Officers, and Community Health Extension Workers to improve their performance in Community Health practice.• Facilitated training and workshops on Infectious diseases, and Non-communicable diseases• Provision of general support to researchers in developing manuscripts for publication, including literature searches, writing, manuscript formatting, and submission. • Initiating special studies, operations research, and analysis of existing and new data to address specific programmatic questions.• Technical reports writing after training, workshops, and debriefing sessions. • Consultation in family planning, immunization, and endemic disease clinic. • Teaching and training resident doctors in Community Health specialty subjects which include research methods, principles of Community Health practice, and clinical skills among others.• Organising periodic health outreach programs and periodic community sensitization (Lassa fever, Ebola Virus Disease, Hypertension, Diabetes, TB, Malaria, Leprosy, and Cancer prevention)• Epidemiologist managing the Lassa Fever outbreak• Committee membership: Health research ethics committee, Breast cancer awareness committee, Breastfeeding committee, Hospital infection control committee, and HIV program management committee Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State.

Jul 2013 - Mar 2019

Postdoctoral Associate

Served : A M Dogliotti College Of Medicine, University Of Liberia

•Provided support for pre-clinical, basic sciences medical education at AM Dogliotti College of Medicine in Monrovia. •Lectured courses in Community Medicine and Public Health, Disease Prevention and Control, Environmental Health Sciences, and Research Methodology. •Assessed student performance.•Introduced different pedagogical approaches into the classroom•Reviewed the curriculum review (Public Health).•Research (Talbert-Slagle K, Ajami I, Currey B, Galvao R, Hadush J, Li SS, Flowers JT, Ziah M, Amuh D, Rabb M, Ilesanmi OS, Allen N, Martin M, Miller M, Yaman A, Nuthulaganti T, Plyler C, Kumeh O, Sieka J, Ogbuagu O, Marsh R, Rastegar A, Sherman L, Adams Z, Benson A, Dahn B. Transforming medical education in Liberia through an international community of inquiry. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 Mar 8;3(3):e0001610. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001610. PMID: 36963025; PMCID: PMC10021565.)

Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

Field Coordinator

Monrovia, Liberia

Worked with Frontline and Intermediate FETP Resident Advisor, Ministry of Health, CDC, AFENET, and other partners to: - • Developed and implemented a training plan for the frontline and intermediate Field Epidemiology training for surveillance officers and other public health professionals in Liberia. • Reviewed and adapted the existing Field Epidemiology curriculum and training materials as may be required to suit the specific needs of Liberia. • Ensured the availability of all the required logistics for the didactics and field mentorship of selected participants. • Conducted the planned frontline and intermediate field epidemiology training for surveillance officers and other public health workers in the country. • Provided mentorship, coaching, and supervision for the trainees during the field placement periods to ensure the acquisition of key field epidemiology skills and competence • Participated in disease surveillance, and outbreak investigation together with the trained surveillance officers as a means to demonstrate best practices and enhance the skills and competencies of the trainees. • Assisted with the development of a database for all the FETP alumni in the country• Prepare regular and timely technical reports on program implementation in Liberia for submission to CDC, AFENET, MoH, and other partners.• Supported health system strengthening in Liberia• Participated in research capacity building of rapid responders and FETP residents• Led disease prevention and control efforts• Strengthen disease surveillance by training the disease surveillance officers• Led and ensured the publications of scientific outputs, technical reports, and manuscripts on Lassa Fever, Monkey pox, maternal health, and meningitis

Mar 2017 - Jan 2018

Medical Epidemiologist

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Provided guidance for data collection, reporting, and analysis of data from all sites under ASEOWA jurisdiction.• Strengthed epidemiological surveillance, focusing on immediate notification and reporting, keeping track of situations and trends at the source of the outbreak.• Provided regular feedback to all reporting units on disease trends and outbreak• Supported capacity building by organizing training for local staff, and monitoring training impact on the field.• Liaised with other international partners that worked on disease surveillance.

Dec 2014 - May 2015

Resident Doctor

Nigeria

• Clinical duties, consultation in hospital clinics, well-person clinics, infant welfare clinics, endemic disease clinics, Kola Daisi Foundation Centre for Community and Primary Care U C H, Ibadan and Idikan Community Outreach Centre. • Tutor in Community Health Practice: Teaching medical students, nursing students, midwifery students, and school of hygiene students during Ibarapa Community Postings and revision for final year MBBS students. • Course facilitator Diploma Programme in Community Health for Community Health Officers, University College Hospital delivered lectures on the Nigerian Health System from 2011-2013.• Participated in the operations of the departmental data clinic providing support to clients on study design issues, methodological issues, and statistical analyses as requested using software such as SPSS and Epi info. • Facilitated Clinical Epidemiology and Operations Research (CEOR) Course in the Department of Community Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan from 2011-2013.• State Technical Facilitator of Immunization activities in different Local Government Areas of Oyo State, Nigeria.• Supported outbreak response activities with the State Epidemiologist in Oyo State.• Supported and participated in update courses for the West Africa College of Physicians and the National Postgraduate Medical College.• Wrote manuscripts for publication and other scientific documents.

Apr 2009 - Jun 2013

Medical Officer

Department Of Primary Health Care, Okpe Local Government Area, Delta State

Delta State, Nigeria

Patient Care and ManagementDiagnosis and TreatmentHealth Education and CounselingPatient EducationCommunity OutreachCoordination and CollaborationInterdisciplinary CollaborationAdministrative ResponsibilitiesHealth Program Planning

Sep 2006 - Aug 2007
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Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi education

Global Health Policy And Management (M.S.), Health Economics And Analytics Concentration (M.S.)

The Master of Science in Global Health Policy and Management (MS GHPM) degree is an accelerated, nine-month program focused on health.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Public Health

Central University Of Nicaragua

Activities and Societies: Research work Prevalence of Hypertension and its associated risk factors among HIV positive adults.

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Field Epidemiology Practice

University Of Ibadan

Activities and Societies: Research Factors associated with default among adults on Ante retroviral therapy in Ondo State, Nigeria. (MPH.

Fwacp: Fellow West African College Of Physician, Community Health, Fellow West African College Of Physicians

University College Hospital, Ibadan

Activities and Societies: Research Household health care expenditure in rural and urban communities of Oyo State. Submitted in partial.

Master Of Science - Msc, Epidemiology And Medical Statistics, Phd Grade

Activities and Societies: Research Project Hospital Length of Stay and Direct Cost of Care of surgical patients at University College.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Research Project Equity of care: a comparison of National Health Insurance Scheme enrolees and fee-paying.

Bachelor Of Medicine, Bachelor Of Surgery - Mbbs

Activities and Societies: UNDERGRADUATE (RESEARCH PROJECT) Knowledge and attitude of undergraduates residing at Agbo-Oba, Ilorin towards.

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Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi works for Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).

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Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi is listed as MD, MBA, MSc, MPH, FETP, MScGH, PhD, FWACP(CH)🔹West Africa Regional Programme Lead @ Africa CDC🔹Global Health 🔹Program Management🔹PHC 🔹Health Workforce Dev.🔹Community Physician🔹Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).

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Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi is based in Greenville, North Carolina, United States while working with Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).

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Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi has worked for Africa Centres For Disease Control And Prevention (Africa Cdc), Lead City University, East Carolina University, University College Hospital, Ibadan, and University Of Ibadan.

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Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi's colleagues at Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) include Addishiwot Alemu, Samson Olorunsogo Rufus. Mhm, Mdpp Netherlands, Dsw, Phd Candidate., Towela Mgemezulu, Dr. Olivia Nakwafila, and Dr. Judith Kose - Otieno.

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Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi holds Global Health Policy And Management (M.S.), Health Economics And Analytics Concentration (M.S.) from Brandeis University.

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