professional_certifications nationality fields workplaces article_title name
fellow the royal society of medicine , fellow of the american of board of tropical medicine , fellow of the society for american healthcare epidemiology of america , fellow of the new york college academy of sciences of epidemiology , fellow of american , and nigerian epidemiology and infectious diseases yale university and southern connecticut state university john nwangwu
 john tochukwu nwangwu
john nwangwu

john tochukwu nwangwu is a public health doctor with expertise in infections diseases and epidemiology , a consultant at the world health organization and a professor at both yale university and southern connecticut state university -lrb- scsu -rrb- .
at yale university he holds the position of clinical professor of infectious diseases and epidemiology .
while at scsu he holds the position of professor of epidemiology and global health .
globally , nwangwu serves the population by providing his expertise in infectious diseases and epidemiology to the various governments of the world through the world health organization thus saving lives .
he is seen in the pbs nova documentary `` ebola : the plague fighters '' , wherein the 1995 outbreak of ebola in kikwit , zaire , is investigated .
more recently , since march 2013 through july 2014 , nwangwu consulted for the world health organization in the same disease as in 1995 , ebola virus disease .
nwangwu traveled to guinea , sierra leone , and liberia three times since the onset of the epidemic which later turned into a pandemic .
nwangwu has been featured in several interviews regarding his experience with the pandemic .
nwangwu contributes in many ways to the community in the united states of america ; this includes serving in many organizations as a member of board of trustees .
most current organizations includes board of elders and board of missions at black rock congregational church in fairfield , board of trustees of medsend , board of trustees of overseas ministries study center , board of trustees faithcare inc. , board of trustees of kateri medical services inc. , and board of trustees of fanafi worldwide .
for the past 16 years , nwangwu leads teams of medical providers to travel to nigeria to provide comprehensive care to thousands during his personal vacation time , he offers these medical services as a way to serve those from his country of birth in the form of community services .
nwangwu has numerous publications .
a sample of the earlier publications includes publications in the journal of clinical toxicology consultant , and the connecticut review .
more recent publications appear in emerging infectious diseases , annals of epidemiology , and eastern cooperative oncology group .
professional certifications fellow of american college of epidemiology fellow of the royal society of medicine fellow of the american board of tropical medicine fellow of the society for healthcare epidemiology of america fellow of the new york academy of sciences
