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Olugbenga O.

Obasanjo A public health professional with real world and didactic leadership experience in developing and delivering healthcare business models. A unique exposure to healthcare practice and delivery in clinical settings, in the academic setting, as a private entrepreneur and all three tiers of government, in the United States of America and in Africa Address: Email: Contact phone: Born: 7818 Cedar Branch Drive, Gainesville Virginia 20155 USA oobasan2@jhu.edu, oobasanj@yahoo.com, olugbenga.o.obasanjo.mil@mail.mil +1 347 254 0188 November 20, 1971; US Citizen

EDUCATION Date Discipline 2013 Medical Services Management 1999 1996 1994 Infectious Disease Epidemiology Epidemiology Medicine and Surgery

Degree MBA Ph. D MPH MBBS

Institution Johns Hopkins School of Business Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University University of Ibadan

MEDICAL LICENSURE 2010 Virginia, United States of America 2002 1995 Indiana, United States of America Nigeria

MEDICAL RESIDENCY TRAINING 2000 2001 Preventive Medicine 1998 1999 Internal Medicine

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Greater Baltimore Medical Center

Resident

Intern

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION 2012 Certified Medical Review Officer by the Medical Review Officer Certification Council 2012 2011 2010 2003 American College of Health Executives Board of Governors Examination Diploma Certificate in Business of Medicine by the Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business Board Certification in Public Health by the National Board of Public Health Examiners Board Certification in Preventive Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING 2001 2002 Harvard School of Public Health

Research Associate

Worked with the AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) project of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop and deliver health policy and programs to control and prevent HIV infection in Nigeria Help the National AIDS control program to identify and set priorities for HIV control Identify public and private stakeholders in HIV control and organize for a to enable interaction and development of skill sets to improve their delivery capacity Help identify social determinants of transmission of HIV in Nigeria Perform laboratory analyses to help monitor the impact of control measures undertaken by APIN and other stake holders 1996 1999 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Assistant Worked on an NIH funded grant on the geographical determinants of tuberculosis in Baltimore city Accessed all the data used to analyze significant part of the grant from the records of the Baltimore city Health Department Cleaned and analyzed the data and eventually developed the material into a PhD thesis Developed the results of the for publication Was involved in teaching of students and in helping to develop masters theses and in writing NIH funded grants

EMPLOYMENT 2011- Date Prince William County, Virginia Department of Health

Public Health Physician

Physician in charge of the tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases, travel and refugee clinics for the county health department and the county free clinic 2010-Date Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Maryland School of Public Health Adjunct Assistant Professor

Organize, taught and graded the Introduction to Infectious Disease Epidemiology class in the school 2010-date 2009-2011 Medical officer in the commissioned corps of the United States Army Reserves Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA) ORISE Fellow

Monitor epidemiological trends of food safety in the United States Monitored and analyzed data from the CAERS database, a passive database of reported food adverse events in the United States Monitored and advised on all reported food outbreaks in the United States; participated in Incidence Management Groups of national outbreak investigations Developed new methods of surveillance and identifying epidemiological trends in food safety issues. Part of Salmonella enteritidis workgroup, wrote the summary of illness between 2000 and 2010 Wrote a Medscape summary on Food-borne illness for healthcare practitioners Daily review of adverse event reports for unusual ingredients in a product leading to an adverse event or any unusual adverse event associated with a product. 2004- 2009 Health AIDS Support Services Chief Executive

Designed, developed and ran a healthcare delivery business in Nigeria Developed health communication intervention programs for private companies and government at 3 tiers in Nigeria Involved in procurement and supplies of pharmaceutical and medical equipment to public and private institution s in Nigeria Carried out health tourism programs for individuals and a contractor to 3 state governments in Nigeria 2003- 2004 State House Clinic, Abuja, Nigeria Staff Physician

Responsible for treating staff of the State House (equivalent of the White House) and other workers of the Federal government of Nigeria 1996 1997 Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Epidemiologist

Responsible for monitoring the different databases maintained by the department. Was involved in the evolving Maryland electronic reporting and surveillance system (MERSS) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/LEADERSHIP 2012 American Association of Public Health Physicians Member, Board of Trustees 1999 2002 Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Alumni Assoc Vice President Africa

Corresponding with alumni in Africa and maintain a network of African alumni. Identify resources for improving health outcomes in Africa using alumni skills and assets. Increase interest and enrollment in the school among Africans 1996 2001 Johns Hopkins Hospital Investigative Epidemiologist

Served as a member of a team selected to investigate and analyze disease outbreaks in the hospital by the Hospital epidemiologist HONORS 2012 2010 1996 1996

Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine Deans List, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Convocation speaker, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

MEMBERSHIPS American College of Preventive Medicine American College of Healthcare Executives American College of Physician Executives Virginia Public Health Association American Association of Public Health Physicians The Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association PAST ACTIVITIES (1999-2009) Director of Health Aids Support Services Director of Damtol Nigeria Health Tourism Limited Director of Zerock Construction Nigeria Limited Director of Linetrale oil trading company limited (Nigerian partner of PETROSA) Director of Global haulage Resources Limited Director of Vantage Assurance Ltd, Insurance brokers Director of Trinity Biotech, manufacturers of HIV test kits in Nigeria The Alumni Advisory Council of the Johns Hopkins University (1999-2002)

PUBLICATIONS/ABSTRACTS Obasanjo OO, Shields T, Coggin W, Chaisson RE, Glass GE. The Impact of Directly Observed Therapy for Tuberculosis on Loss to Follow up in Baltimore City. International Journal of Business and Social Science 3(2) 51-55 (2012) Obasanjo OO. (October 2011). Dietary supplements and the clinical encounter. Medscape Public Health and Prevention. Retrieved from http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/751979 Obasanjo OO. (August 2010). Food-borne Illness Primer for Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals: A Review. Medscape Public Health and Prevention. Retrieved from http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/726313 Obasanjo OO, Kumwenda M. Factors Relating to Attrition in a Cohort Study of HIV in Malawi. East Afr. Med. J. 86(8) 399-408 (2009) Sierra B, Alegre R, Prez AB, Garcia G, Sturn-Ramirez K, Obasanjo O, Aguirre E, Alvarez M, Rodriguez-Roche R, Valds L, Kanki P, Guzmn MG. HLA-A, -B, -C, and -DRB1 allele frequencies in Cuban individuals with antecedents of dengue 2 disease: advantages of the Cuban population for HLA studies of dengue virus infection. Hum Immunol. 68(6):531-40 (2007) Health AIDS Support Services. A Survey report on Baseline Needs assessment on Health Services in Kebbi State: Project of Kebbi State Action Committee on AIDS (KEBSACA). June 2006. Available on www.hass-ng.com Health AIDS Support Services. Baseline Survey on Reproductive Health Related Perceptions and Behavior among MTN Workforce in Nigeria: Report on Main Findings. January 2005. Available on www.hass-ng.com Ranjan, A., Tarigopula, L., Obasanjo, OO, Obah, E. Effectiveness of a Clinical Pathway in the Management of Congestive Heart Failure. South Med J. 96(7): 661-3 (2003) Obasanjo, O., Wu, P., Conlon, M., Karanfil, L., Pryor, P., Moler, G., Anhalt, G., Chaisson, R., Perl, T. An Outbreak of Scabies in a Teaching Hospital: Lessons learned. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 22:13-18 (2001) Lyke, K., Obasanjo, O., Williams, M., OBrien, M., Chotani, R., Perl, T. Ventriculitus complicating use of intraventricular catheters in adult neurosurgical patients. Clinical Infect Dis 33(12) 2028-33 (2001) Golub, J., Cronin, W., Obasanjo, O., Coggin, W., Moore, K., Pope, D., Thompson, D., Sterling, T., Harrington, S., Bishai, W., Chaisson, R. Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis through casual contact with an infectious case. Arch Intern Med 161(18) 2254-8 (2001) Obasanjo, O., Perl, T. Cost-benefit and effectiveness of nosocomial surveillance methods. Curr Clinc Top Infect Dis 21 391-406 (2001)

Rao, S., Mookerjee, A., Obasanjo, O., Chaisson, R. Errors in Treatment of Tuberculosis in Baltimore. Chest 117:734-737 (2000) Celentano, D., Vlahov, D., Cohn, S., Shadle, V., Obasanjo, O., l. Moore, R. Self-Reported Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection among Injection Drug Users. JAMA 280(6) 544-6 (1998)

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