| Board Member Profile | |
|---|---|
| full_name | Dr. Emelda Chukwu |
| qualifications | PhD (Medical Microbiology, University of Lagos), MSc (Medical Microbiology, UNILAG), BSc (Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Nigeria Nsukka) |
| initials | EC |
| position | Head, Center for Infectious Disease Research & Senior Research Fellow |
| department | Center for Infectious Disease Research |
| institution | Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) |
| city | Lagos |
| country | Nigeria |
| board_type | editorial_board |
| board_role | Academic Editor |
| journal | RSYN Journal |
| subject_areas | Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health |
| research_areas | Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Resistance, One-Health, Metagenomics, Bioinformatics, HIV |
| biography | Dr. Emelda Chukwu is Head of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Senior Research Fellow at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Lagos. She holds a PhD in Medical Microbiology from the University of Lagos and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine (2019-2022). She is principal investigator of the AMR research group at NIMR. |
| education | PhD — Medical Microbiology, University of Lagos | BSc — Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Nigeria Nsukka | Postdoc — Emory University School of Medicine, 2019-2022 |