Fourth Meeting of the DS-I Africa Consortium
16 - 22 November 2024
The Ravenala Attitude Hotel, Mauritius

Ms Sophia Osawe - Facilitator/Moderator

Role of Data Streams In Informing Infection Dynamics in Africa (Project Manager/Coordinator)

Sophia Osawe is a Senior Manager at the International Research Center of Excellence (IRCE) of the Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria, and the Research Hub manager for INFORM Africa research hub. Sophia has over 15 years of experience in diagnostics, research, implementation science projects, and quality management systems. Sophia obtained her BSc (Hons) in Microbiology from the University of Jos, a postgraduate training program in Medical Laboratory Science with a specialization in Virology, a Master's in Public Health, a Master's in Business Administration and a last year PhD candidate of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Jos. She is a registered member of the Nigerian Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria. She has coordinated a number of observational studies (two large cohort studies) and clinical trials. Sophia was a study manager for the H3A-funded project BEAMING (PI: Prof Alash'le Abimiku). She additionally provides laboratory technical leadership for projects at IRCE including the SECURE Nigeria where she also led two SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence surveys in selected HIV-positive populations. She recently received funding from the Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology (PHA4GE https://pha4ge.org/) as the PI, to explore COVID-19 hesitancy in densely populated areas of Jos, Plateau state.