Amina Abubakar mataimakiyar farfesa ce a fannin ilimin halin dan Adam da kuma Kiwon Lafiyar Jama’a a Jami’ar Pwani. Ita abokiyar bincike ce a Cibiyar Nazarin Kiwon Lafiya ta Kenya . Binciken nata ya yi la’akari da ci gaban da aka samu na ci gaban yaran da ke fama da cutar HIV, rashin abinci mai gina jiki da zazzabin cizon sauro. Ita abokiyar girmamawa ce a Jami'ar Oxford. Abubakar ya yi karatun digiri a jami’ar Moi, sannan ya karanci ilimin halayyar dan adam a jami’ar Kenyatta . Ta kammala digirinta na uku a jami’ar Tilburg a shekara ta 2008. Binciken nata ya duba abubuwan da suka haifar da hadari da juriya da jarirai a Yankin Saharar Afirka . Ta kasance abokiyar karatun digiri a Jami'ar Utrecht da Cibiyar Nazarin Kiwon Lafiya ta Kenya. A shekara ta 2014 Abubakar ya shiga Jami'ar Lancaster a matsayin Marie Curie Fellow . Tana rike da Sashen Nazarin Likitanci na Kula da Ci Gaban Afirka na Shugabannin Binciken Afirka. Ta ƙaddamar da dabaru don ganowa, sa ido da kuma gyara yaran da ke cikin haɗari.