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Global health & int'l development specialist (ScD, MPH) seeks opportunity for applied work on Global South policy issues such as health systems strengthening, undernourishment, & health & human rights. Also interested in advocacy & in consulting/collaborating with national & int'l bodies. Likes physical movement (or a touch of travel) & social interaction; thinks on his feet. Adept at social media |
 Contact Toby Anekwe
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Area of Expertise: |
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Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
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Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS
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Human Rights, Law, Migration, Conflicts, Justice
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
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Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child
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Professional Experience: |
My career to date has involved quite a bit of academic research and program evaluation, as well as some teaching both at the undergraduate and graduate level.
For the next phase of my career, I am interested in transitioning away from academic research and into applied work in global health and international development such as at the policy level consulting with or working with national or international bodies, using data analysis to inform policymaking, or doing advocacy.
The following paragraphs provide more detail on my career to date.
After graduating with my MPH in 2005, I worked as an analyst at Housing Works, which is the largest community-based AIDS service organization in the United States and is dedicated to ending the twin crises of homelessness and AIDS. As an analyst, I evaluated Housing Works' housing program for people living with HIV. One special feature of this housing program is that it was tolerant of clients' potential drug use, as the program was based on a harm reduction model where the program meets clients "where they're at," rather than imposing rules about drug use that would lead to many clients becoming ineligible for housing and leave them at heightened risk of continued homelessness or housing instability and therefore also in worse health condition as a result. The results of our program evaluation suggested that the housing program was beneficial because it connected people living with HIV and homelessness or housing instability not only to stable housing but also to medical care, perhaps for a longer period of time than programs that do not use the harm reduction model (i.e., programs that condition client eligibility on clients' drug abstinence). My colleague presented our study at both an international AIDS conference and at a national conference on homelessness and HIV/AIDS.
As a graduate teaching assistant, I taught three courses--"Global Health Challenges: Complexities of Evidence-Based Policy" (undergraduate course), "Foundations of Global Health and Population" (graduate course), and "Introduction to Demographic Methods" (graduate course)--and, in the process, realized not only my passion but also my talent for teaching.
As a consultant to the World Bank, I conducted a statistical analysis of household survey data collected in Ukraine and wrote and submitted to the Bank a report on the utilization of and attitudes toward childhood vaccination in Ukraine.
And finally, in my current position as a US Dept. of Agriculture health economist focusing on dietary health, consumers' use of nutrition labeling, and the annual economic cost of foodborne illness in the United States, I have published a number of peer-reviewed reports and peer-reviewed journal articles on those topics.
Please see my CV and my LinkedIn page (www.linkedin.com/in/toby-anekwe-aaa2135) for details on all of the above and more.
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Education: |
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I received my AB in sociology and health policy from Harvard College; my MPH in social epidemiology from the Mailman School of Public Health (Columbia Univ.); and my Doctor of Science (ScD) in global health and population studies from Harvard School of Public Health, where I completed my dissertation on the impact of childhood vaccination on human capital outcomes in the Global South (these outcomes were children's anthropometry [physical growth] in India and children's educational attainment in rural South Africa).
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
I've peer-reviewed manuscripts for the academic journals Risk Analysis and Health Economics, as well as for the US Dept. of Agriculture Economic Research Service's internal peer-review body. I've also refereed presentation abstracts as a member of an abstract selection committee for the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association conference.
Achievements include:
2010: Honorable Mention, Harvard School of Public Health research poster competition
2009: Dissertation Research Grant (Harvard Univ. Committee on African Studies)
2009: Selected as an academic adviser for Harvard College undergraduates (served from 2009-10)
2008: IPUMS-International Research Award for Best Graduate Student Paper
2007: USDA Public Service Leader Scholarship
2003: Community Scholars Program (Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia Univ.)
2003: Phoenix Fellowship (Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia Univ.)
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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Years of Experience:
5-10 years |
Highest Qualification:
Doctorate |
Languages:
English, Spanish (limited working proficiency) |
Nationality:
United States
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LinkedIn Profile:
www.linkedin.com/in/toby-anekwe-aaa2135
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