Dr Ngozi Erondu
Associate Fellow, Global Health Programme
Biography
Dr Ngozi Erondu is an infectious disease epidemiologist and senior advisor in global health, bringing 20 years of experience supporting governments and organizations to strengthen systems and eliminate disease.
She has deep technical expertise in disease surveillance and has advised governments on health system investments to build stronger, more resilient systems. Her disease portfolio spans epidemic-prone diseases such as COVID-19, Ebola, and meningitis, as well as neglected tropical diseases and malaria. She currently serves as Technical Director at the Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE), Senior Scholar at Georgetown University’s O’Neill Institute, and Associate Fellow at Chatham House.
A trusted advisor to governments, multilateral agencies, and philanthropic organizations, she has helped shape strategies on integration, sustainable financing, and innovative mechanisms. Drawing on her experience working on the frontlines with communities as well as at national and regional levels, Ngozi is recognized as a public and trusted voice in global health. She has co-chaired global commissions, served on international boards, and built partnerships that mobilize political will and resources to drive transformative change in health equity and disease elimination.
Past experience
| 2021 - present | Senior Scholar, Global Health Policy & Politics Initiative, O’Neil Institute, Georgetown University |
| 2019-21 | Chief Executive Officer, Castlepines Medical Supply Foundation |
| 2018-19 | Senior Public Health Advisor and Interim Country Lead for Sierra Leone, Public Health England |
| 2016-18 | Assistant Professor in Health Information, Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| 2016 | Field Epidemiologist, Guinea Ebola Response Team, US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
| 2012-15 | Senior Epidemiologist, Public Health Practice, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 2013-14 | Research Fellow/Co-investigator,Evaluation of Chad meningococcal meningitis surveillance system, Department of Global Health and Development, LSHTM, London |
| 2012-14 | Technical Advisor, Development of International Health Regulations Costing Tool, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva |
| 2011 | Field Epidemiologist, STOP Team 36, Stop the Transmission of Polio Initiative, WHO-Kenya, Nairobi |
| 2008-11 | CDC Research Fellow, Environmental Health Investigations Branch, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California |
| 2009 | Project Coordinator/Evaluation Lead for Improving Disease surveillance during the Hajj Global Public Health Informatics Program, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 2008 | Policy Analyst, National Centre for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia |
