Nigeria

Nigeria

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Fellow working

Nigeria

Empowering catalytic communities of emerging leaders to advance fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies.

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Nigeria

Adekemi Kikelomo Adeniyan
Founder and executive director, Dentalcare Foundation
Leading oral health advocacy and breaking down barriers to oral health for underserved communities to ensure equitable access for all in Nigeria.

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Chukwuanugo Ogbuagu
Chief medical officer and specialist public health physician/senior lecturer, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital
Creating global awareness of brain health and evidence-based research. Deploying cognitive assessment tools for use in primary health care facilities in lower- and middle-income countries to aid in dementia screening, diagnosis and demystification.

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Doyin Ogunyemi
Senior lecturer, Department of Community Health and Primary Care, University of Lagos
Teaching and researching healthy aging, vulnerable populations, older people's health, health systems, and implementation science to improve global brain health.

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Funmi Akindejoye
Public health specialist
Researching environmental risk factors for brain health and planetary health, focusing on Alzheimer’s disease, arts and health interventions, urban design mental health awareness and research.

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Hyeladzira D. Garnvwa
Senior health financing officer, National Primary Health Care Development Agency
Promoting high quality and equitable access, and the delivery of primary health care through developing strategic actions and using evidence to shape national policy.

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Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri
Psychiatrist-in-chief, Pinnacle Medical Services
A leading voice in Nigeria on mental health and wellness.

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Muhammad Saddiq Ahmad
Founder and chief executive officer, Rural Health Mission Nigeria
Focusing on eliminating barriers to quality health care access in hard-to-reach and underserved communities in Nigeria.

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Rufus Akinyemi
Deputy director, Centre for Genomic and Precision Medicine, University of Ibadon; senior research fellow, Neuroscience and Ageing Research Unit
Nurturing leaders in Africa for collaborative work to improve brain health. Clinical, research and advocacy work focusing on vascular and degenerative brain disorders.

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Stephanie Nwaoroni Akinwoya
Principal education officer, Education District 1, Lagos
Working with the government and nongovernmental organizations in the area of education to ensure that every child in Nigeria, irrespective of status or location, has access to quality education.

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Valentine Ucheagwu
Lecturer and researcher, Psychology Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka
Identifying affordable diagnostic markers for predicting the early onset of dementia in resource poor settings.

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Programs

Health Equity U.S. + Global
Social and Economic Equity
Equity in Brain Health
Equity in Brain Health
Equity in Brain Health
Equity in Brain Health
Health Equity U.S. + Global
Health Equity U.S. + Global
Equity in Brain Health
Health Equity U.S. + Global
Health Equity Southeast Asia
Social & Economic Equity
Health Equity  South Africa
Health Equity U.S & Global
Social Equity
Racial Equity
Equity in Brain Health
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