Patrick Ayodeji Akinyemi

Profile

A professional public health physician with over a decade of experience in the field of clinical practice, community health services, management of public health programs, public policy, and administrative management.

National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria

Assistant Registrar 

2022 – To Date

Responsibilities and Achievements

Training of doctors undergoing postgraduate training. 

Conduction of both clinical and community-based health and social research. 

Accreditation of tertiary institutions for postgraduate medical training,

Designing and Coordination of health education program for staff and host community

Conduction of examinations for the award of fellowship in various medical subspecialties.

Coordination of health education and health screening programme for staff of the college and host community.

National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme

Zonal Consultant (Southwest Nigeria)

January 2023

National Tuberculosis Epidemiology Review and Analysis

National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme 

Consultant (Osun State)

December 2022

Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis Assessment 

African Research Group for Oncology 

Project/Research Manager

2020–2022

Responsibilities and Achievements

• Planning and implementation of cancer-related programs and projects with a focus on prevention and early diagnosis. 
• Lead the development and design of a comprehensive survey on cancer-related projects.
• Provision of leadership, management, coordination, safeguarding, and technical expertise for the conceptualization, designing, planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of projects and programs.
• Provision of substantive strategies and fundraising opportunities to expand the organisation’s programmatic scope and coverage in non-infectious and infectious diseases to include cross-cutting issues like gender, diversities, and intersectionality.
• Lead the adoption and integration of community-based research in cancer-related studies.
• Lead in building and strengthening the capacities of country teams in research, project strategies, approaches, monitoring, learning, and evaluation of projects and programs.
• Coordination and provision of technical leadership in proposal writing and training of country teams in the development of technical proposals. 
• Development of a detailed work plan for each project with clear identification of the main and secondary activities, time sequence, responsibilities, and resources needed to successfully implement each intervention.
• Successful management of numerous grants including NIH Grant, and grants from the Thompson Foundation, Prevent Cancer Foundation, and Oak Foundation

Ipas Nigeria

Consultant 

2018 - 2019

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Project.   

Mentoring services to private healthcare providers and patent medicine vendors on safe abortion practices, post-abortion care, and initiation of contraceptives in adolescents.

World Health Organization

Surveyor 

2018 – 2019

Lot-Q Assessment Survey in several National Immunization Days Plus Programme and Outbreak Responses.

Academy for Health Development (AHEAD), Ile Ife, Osun State

Consultant (Benue State)

2017 – 2018

State Supervisor in two national tuberculosis surveys:

 - National Tuberculosis Quality of Care Survey

- National Tuberculosis Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) Survey       

World Health Organization

National Independent Monitor for Atakumosa East Local Government Osun State.

2017

Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital 

Resident Doctor

2014–2021

• Provision of primary care for locally endemic diseases and other diseases of public health importance like Tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS; outbreak responses during epidemics like Lassa Fever, Cholera, COVID-19, and Monkey Pox. 
• Planning, implementation, and evaluation of various public health programmes like immunization, family planning, and screening services; 
• Monitoring and evaluation of public health projects and policies
• Development of IEC and visibility materials for capacity development, sensitization, and communication on public health education, community health-related diseases and management, and project management.
• Provision of initiatives on global health security that involves clinical and community management of zoonotic diseases.
• Lead in data analysis and data management, and development of project indicators; 
• Teaching and facilitation of workshops in research, project management, clinic epidemiology, and other public/community health-related issues. 

Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital - Community Health Officers Training Programme

Tutor

2017 - 2020

Training of Community Health Extension Workers in clinic epidemiology, research methodology, and basic clinical practices.

State Specialist Hospital, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State

Medical Officer/ Coordinator of Adult and Paediatric Antiretroviral Therapy Unit. (ART) 

2011 - 2014

Provision of primary care for locally endemic diseases and coordination of outbreak responses. 

Provision of HIV and Tuberculosis treatment services to children and adults, including PMTCT. 

Provision of Reproductive Health Services like family planning; antenatal, delivery, and postnatal services.

Data management, data analysis, and routine report writing for programme donors.

Federal Medical Center, Yola Adamawa State

National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)

2010 - 2011

Provision of primary care and emergency care services. Involvement in public health intervention programs organized by the Community Development Service (CDS) group

Federal Medical Center, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State

Internship

2009 – 2010

Provision of primary care and emergency care services. Active involvement in the monthly medical outreach of the hospital. Active involvement in the weekly departmental seminars and monthly morbidity and mortality review meetings.

National Postgraduate Medical College                                        2014 – 2021

Fellowship in Public Health and Community Medicine

Training in the provision of primary care for patients, epidemic control, and management of disease outbreaks like cholera, Lassa fever, Measles, poliomyelitis, COVID-19, and other related diseases of public importance. 

University of Central Nicaragua                                                     2015 – 2019

Ph.D. in Public Health

Outstanding grade (A), with a GPA of 82.06. 

Quantic School of Business and Technology, Washington USA

Master of Business Administration                                                     2022 – 2023

University of Central Nicaragua                                                      2012 – 2014

Master of Public Health (MPH)

Excellent Grade (B) with a GPA of 79

National Open University of Nigeria                                              2012 – 2015

Postgraduate Diploma in HIV/AIDS Education and Management

University of Ilorin, Kwara State                                                    2002 – 2009

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

Methodist Comprehensive High School, Aaye Ekiti                    1992 – 1998

West African Secondary School Certificate (WASSCE)

St Michael’s Anglican Primary School, Ifaki Ekiti                     1986 – 1992

Primary School Certificate 

Other Qualifications and Certificates

University of Washington                                                                            2021 

Certificate in Project Management 

Harvard Medical School                                                                            2020              

Certificate of Achievement in Genetics

National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria                                 2018               

Health Resources Management

Population and Reproductive Health Program, 

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife                                                        2016

Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Health Programmes                                                             

Institute of Public Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife                2014