Professor
- MBBS (Ilorin), PgCert Epid (Liverpool), MPH (Liverpool), FWACP
ob.babatunde@uniport.edu.ng
+2348033104723
Clinical Sciences
Preventive and Social Medicine
Lecturer in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Research Methodology, and Reproductive Health; Undergraduate and Graduate Research Coordinator; and Rural Posting Coordinator (Assistant)
Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases, in particular STIs, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Diabetes, Hypertension and Stroke; Adolescent Health; Maternal & Child Health; and Advanced Epidemiological Techniques
"1 Co-Principal Investigator/Project Manager/Epidemiologist: Baseline Status of Human Health & Health Infrastructure in the Niger Delta Region, January 1998-June 1999 –commissioned by Niger Delta Environmental Survey (NDES) Ltd/GTE
2 Co-Principal Investigator/Project Manager/Epidemiologist: Baseline Study on Status of Women in SPDC-East Operational Area, July 2000–March 2001 –commissioned by Shell Petroleum Development Company, Port Harcourt [ref: RCE-DEVG]
3 Principal Investigator/Team Leader/Public Health Specialist: Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of Major Trunk-line Replacement Project, Greater Port Harcourt Swamp Line (GPHSL), November 2003 - July 2004 –commissioned by Shell Petroleum Development Company, Port Harcourt [ref: MDE-OHN]
4 Principal Investigator/Team Leader/Public Health Specialist: Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of Major Trunk-line Replacement Project, Trans-Niger Pipeline (TNP), November 2003-July 2004 –commissioned by Shell Petroleum Development Company, Port Harcourt [ref: MDE-OHN]
5 Co-Principal Investigator/Project Management Team Member: Reducing HIV/AIDS among Youths and Support and Care for People Living With HIV/AIDS and their Relatives, December 2004-November 2005 – a $100,000 World Bank HAF2 grant by National Action Committee on AIDS (NACA), Nigeria
6 Project Manager: Linked Network of Adolescent Reproductive Health Services & Programmes in Port Harcourt, October 2001-April 2005 –a $150,000 grant by John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (USA)
7 Project Manager: “GET-A-GRIP” HIV/AIDS Radio FM Magazine aired on Radio Rivers, June 2002-December 2003 –a grant by John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (USA) jointly administered with the Nigerian Chapter of the African Radio Drama Association (ARDA)
8 Project Co-ordinator: HIV/AIDS Massive Awareness Campaign (MARC), November-December 2003 –a $5,000 grant by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Enugu
9 Principal Investigator/Team Leader/Epidemiologist: Study of Maternal Health Status and Service Provision in Rivers State, August 2005-February 2006 –a $30,000 World Bank Health Systems Development Project II grant by The Rivers State Ministry of Health
10 Principal Investigator/Project Manager/Team Leader: Needs Assessment Survey in Six Pilot Schools in Gbaran-Ekpetiama LGA, Bayels State, May-July 2006 –a consultancy by Community Health Services, Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria Limited, Port Harcourt
11 Project Manager/Senior Consultant: Ibani-Se HIV/AIDS Initiative – a 2-year (May 2008 –April 2010). Specialist services for a community HIV/AIDS intervention by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company, Bonny
12 Sub-Recipient/Project Manager: USAID Enhancing Nigeria Capacity for AIDS Prevention (ENCAP) project, 2011-2014 – a subaward grant administered by Family Health International Inc. (FHI360), USA
13 Project Manager: ‘’Building Partnership for Integrated Programmes on Sexuality Education and Reproductive Health Services among Out-Of-School Youths in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria’’– a 2-year $150,000 grant of Ford Foundation (West Africa), July 2011–June 2013.
14 Co-Investigator/Project Manager: collaborative project of the University of Toronto, Canada and the University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt. October 2007–July 2012 –a Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) grant administered by the Association of Universities and Colleges in Canada (AUCC) - $1,000,000 CAD
15 Co-Applicant: Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (ADF) - Enhancing Research Capacity Development and Evidence for Improved MNCH through Interdisciplinary Collaborations in Public Health and Nursing Care. May-July 2016 - $30,000
16 Co-Applicant: Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (ADF) - Building interdisciplinary leadership capacity to improve maternal, newborn and child health in Nigeria, November-December 2014 - $30,000
17 Co-Principal Investigator, Port Harcourt, Nigeria Site: collaborative project of the University of Ottawa, Canada, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, U.S.A., and the University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt. Project title: Infant Feeding among Black women living with HIV: A Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) - 2016-2019 –grant by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). - $450,000 CAD
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