Elizabeth Obekpa, DrPH, MPH, B.Pharm., PMDPro

Experience

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  National Hospital, Abuja

  Jul 2009 - Jul 2010

  Intern Pharmacist

  • Conducted prescription screening, medication counseling on adherence and possible side effects, and dispensed medications.• Trained and mentored 5-10 pharmacy technicians on good pharmacy practices, patient medication counseling, prescription screening, medication dispensing, and reporting adverse side effects.• Monitored and reported adverse drug reactions.• Provided health information to patients and medical personnel, including doctors and nurses.

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  National Assembly clinic

  Oct 2010 - Aug 2013

  Post-Registration Hospital Pharmacist

  • Screened prescriptions, counseled patients on medication adherence and possible side effects, and dispensed medications.• Trained and mentored 20-30 pharmacy interns and technicians on good pharmacy practices, patient medication counseling, prescription screening, and medication dispensing.• Supervised the activities of the pharmacy interns and technicians while maintaining a healthy workflow.• Conducted pharmaceutical quality assurance via lab testing according to the WHO standards.• Monitored and reported adverse drug reactions.• Developed SOPs and job aids to guide pharmaceutical services, including prescription screening, and monitoring and reporting adverse side effects. Show less

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  Mayday Specialist Hospital

  Feb 2015 - Nov 2015

  Senior Pharmacist

  • Screened prescriptions, counseled patients on medication adherence and possible side effects, and dispensed medications.• Trained and mentored 5-10 pharmacy interns and technicians on good pharmacy practices, patient medication counseling, prescription screening, and medication dispensing.• Developed budgets, work plans, and duty rosters.• Supervised the activities of 5-10 pharmacy interns and technicians.• Monitored drug inventory in the pharmacy store.

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  Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria

  Dec 2015 - Oct 2018

  Strategic Information Associate

  • Conducted public health surveillance and detection, including collecting, analyzing, and managing public health and epidemiological data to identify and review public health problems, including the incidence and prevalence of HIV/TB in Nigeria, using hospital/healthcare data and active case findings.• Coordinated data collection and analysis operations and performed quality assurance to assess data quality by identifying data gaps, errors, anomalies, inconsistencies, and redundancies. • Served as an evaluation subject matter expert for CDC-funded HIV projects and programs.• Assisted in developing written plans for M&E, including the processes and protocols for accessing health information, collecting and analyzing data, and notifying the Nigeria CDC (NCDC) and the Local, State, and Federal ministries of health.• Reported the results and summarized M&E data to key stakeholders, including community-based, local, state, federal, and international funding organizations.• Supervised M&E and quality improvement activities and led teams of 20 S.I Assistants and M&E officers.• Developed SOPs and job aids to guide M&E activities at work and in implementing partner treatment facilities.• Developed excel templates to guide data collection, validation, analysis, and reporting. • Provided technical advice and assistance to program staff and implementing partners.• Assessed the training needs of 40-50 implementing partners and S.I assistants and provided ongoing training and tailored capacity building on data management, quality control, epidemiologic investigations, program monitoring, and reporting.• Built and maintained collaborative relationships with program subcontractors and implementing partners. • Represented the S.I unit and organization on committees, projects, funder-led meetings, and at the local and state levels. Show less

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  Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria

  Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Monitoring and Evaluation Intern

  • Developed an M&E plan for the Global Action Towards Epidemic control in Sub-national units in Nigeria (4GATES) program • Identified program goals and objectives.• Defined indicators to measure process and impact outcomes to track progress toward achieving program goals.• Developed the logic model and described the theories of change.• Identified M&E roles and responsibilities for M&E, research, and program staff.• Developed the scope of work and evaluation questions and design.• Developed data collection protocol and described data collection and analysis methods.• Defined timelines and created analysis and dissemination plans. Show less

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  The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health

  May 2021 - May 2023

  • Lead, plan, design, implement, and coordinate research and evaluation studies, including data collection, cleaning, and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data using statistical and visualization tools (ATLAS.ti, STATA, Excel, Tableau).• Plan, design, and test research instrumentation, including interview guides, surveys, and questionnaires.• Provide technical and organizational assistance related to M&E and data management.• Identify and analyze trends, patterns, and results using statistical data to identify programmatic issues and significant differences in program outcomes.• Determine the appropriate formats for research and M&E reports and coordinate the analysis, technical preparation, graphic design, and compilation of finished reports.• Make data-driven recommendations for quality improvement rooted in research and ongoing evaluation and performance measurement results to inform research community health programs.• Apply for study approval with UTHealth's Institutional Review Board (IRB) and maintain IRB documents. • Develop manuals of operations and procedures, study protocols, informed consent forms, and other study-related documents.• Execute study protocols and oversee the development of data standards to address privacy and data reliability concerns.• Conduct literature reviews to support grant & manuscript writing, research, & technical reports.• Generate technical reports, scientific publications for peer-reviewed journals, and presentations.• Assess the community partners’ and graduate assistants' training needs, and create and implement ongoing mentorship and training programs on M&E. Show less

  • Graduate Research Assistant/Project Coordinator

    Nov 2018 - May 2023

  • Graduate Assistant

    May 2021 - Aug 2021
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  New Mexico Department of Health

  Jun 2023 - Jan 2024

  Suicide Prevention Program Evaluator
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  The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health

  Jan 2024 - now

  Senior Research Associate