Executive

He liaises with our experienced board to manage the organization and provide strategic leadership and vision. He leads APIN’s collaborative efforts with our stakeholders and partners from Nigerian and American universities, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), international & local research institutions including the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), and all levels of government.

He received his medical degree from the University of Ibadan in 1982 and became a member of the West African College of Physicians (Community Medicine) in 1997. He has been a Fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Public Health since 1999, and of the West African College of Physicians (in Community Medicine) since 2012.

Prof. Prosper has over 39 years of experience in clinical practice, Epidemiology of Communicable and Non-communicable diseases, Public Health Policy and Planning, and Global Health. In the course of his rich career, he has managed several multi-million dollar projects and has been an investigator on NIH and PEPFAR-funded projects. He has worked as a Consultant Public Physician for Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State. He has also worked with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as the State Advisor for Delta State, and as a National Reproductive Health Advisor. Up until 2004 before he joined APIN, he was a Research Associate with the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA. In 2019, he was appointed as a visiting scientist to HSPH, a position he holds to date.