Research Interests
- My current research interests include: building sustainable neurosurgical systems in LMICs, exploring public health aspects of neurosurgery, addressing disparities in neuro-oncological care, assessing the capacity for neurosurgical care, training, and research in Nigeria, global neurosurgery partnerships mapping and sustainability, neuro-cognitive deficits following pediatric TBI, and gene-environment interactions in development of neural tube defects.
Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research
Bass Connections Project Grant ·
2024
- 2025
PI/Project Team Lead ·
Awarded by: Duke University Bass Connections
· $30,000.00
Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Endowment Fund ·
January 2023
- December 2024
PI ·
Awarded by: Duke University
· $5,000.00
Bass Connections Project Grant ·
2023
- 2024
PI/Project Team Lead ·
Awarded by: Duke University Bass Connections
· $25,000.00
Collaborative Project Courses Faculty Fellows Program ·
2022
- 2023
Awarded by: Duke University Bass Connections
· $5,000.00
Bass Connections Project Grant ·
2022
- 2023
PI/Project Team Lead ·
Awarded by: Duke University Bass Connections
· $25,000.00
Bass Connections Project Grant ·
2024
- 2025
PI/Project Team Lead ·
Awarded by: Duke University Bass Connections
· $30,000.00
Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Endowment Fund ·
January 2023
- December 2024
PI ·
Awarded by: Duke University
· $5,000.00
Bass Connections Project Grant ·
2023
- 2024
PI/Project Team Lead ·
Awarded by: Duke University Bass Connections
· $25,000.00
Collaborative Project Courses Faculty Fellows Program ·
2022
- 2023
Awarded by: Duke University Bass Connections
· $5,000.00
Bass Connections Project Grant ·
2022
- 2023
PI/Project Team Lead ·
Awarded by: Duke University Bass Connections
· $25,000.00
Academic Research Grant ·
2020
- 2021
Awarded by: Sawtooth Software Inc.
A software access grant to develop a discrete choice experiment for assessing clinician's perceptions on the use of a near-infrared spectroscopy device as a decision-support tool in traumatic brain injury management in Uganda.
Global Health Fellow ·
2020
- 2021
Awarded by: Duke Global Policy Program in Geneva
Graduate Award for Research and Training ·
2020
- 2021
Awarded by: Duke University Center for International & Global Studies (DUCIGS)
An award to facilitate international research in Uganda.
Merit Scholarship Award ·
2019
- 2021
Awarded by: Duke Global Health Institute/Jack and Caroline Leslie Family Fellowship in Global Health
Partial tuition scholarship for the MSc. in Global Health degree.
Global Citizens Scholarship Award ·
2019
- 2020
Awarded by: MPOWER Finance
Partial tuition support for the MSc. in Global Health degree.