Odette Kibu

Coordinate regional activities for the Health Promotion Alliance in Cameroon.

Teach public health related courses at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Public Health and Hygiene.

Conducted research, policy analysis, and proposed policies; monitored and evaluated project implementation. Coordinated the Nkafu Policy Institute with a team of 20 staff and led the COVID-19 taskforce.

Conducted research on the impact of COVID-19 on Civil Society Organisations, including data collection and analysis.

Provided professional volunteer services at METABIOTA in Douala, Cameroon.

Studied and carried out laboratory tests in the different units of the laboratory including hematology, clinical biochemistry, microbiology, parasitology, and histopathology.

Participated in diagnosis, specimen collection, and carrying out laboratory tests.

Studied basic laboratory procedures in the different laboratory units.

Carried out implementation research, linkage and retention to care and treatment of HIV patients, monitoring and evaluation, data collection and entry, and designed research protocols and concept notes.

Research Fellow at D-SINE Africa, University of Buea, from April 2022 to present.

Ph.D. in Public Health from the University of Buea, Faculty of Health Sciences, from November 2015 to July 2020.

Master of Science in Chemical Pathology from the University of Buea, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, from October 2012 to July 2015.

Grade: Second Class Honors (Upper Division)

Bachelor of Biochemistry with Second Class Honors (Upper Division) from the University of Buea, Cameroon, from October 2008 to July 2011.

General Certificate of Education Advanced Level with 5 subjects including Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Mathematics, and Further Mathematics.

General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level with 11 subjects including Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Mathematics, and English.