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Boston, MA

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December 30, 2012

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Ernest Ekong

Email: *********@********.***

Address: ** ****** ******

City: Dorchester

State: MA

Zip: 02121

Country: USA

Phone: 617-***-****

Skill Level: Senior

Salary Range: $120,000

Willing to Relocate

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ERNEST EKONG, MD, MPH, FACP

53 Quincy Street, Dorchester, 02121, MA.

Email: *********@********.*** Phones: +234-802-***-**** (cellular), +1-617-***-****

CAREER OBJECTIVE: To contribute professional application of sustainable developmental strategies towards the attainment of global health. To initiate, develop, direct and mentor an effective capacity building and technical, programmatic, and policy support to advance knowledge to the global health community.

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

* Strategic thinker and sensitive team player with practical experience in conflict resolution and working with marginalized groups in hard to reach environments.

* Ability to track program activities and targets against planned results, as well as ability to document developmental impacts and take steps to bridge the gaps. Great skills in motivating and working with other team members to maximize synergies between various programs and activities.

* Computer proficient: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Access, Microsoft PowerPoint & Epi Info, FileMaker Pro and SPSS.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Jul 2011-31 May 2012 Consultant clinical and administrative services to the Harvard University on PEPFAR and AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) programs, FMOH, NACA in Nigeria.

2008 -Jul 2011 Country Director. Harvard PEPFAR. Nigeria

2008 - May 2012Clinical Director. AIDS Prevention Initiative (APIN/PEPFAR). Nigeria

2004 - 2008 National Clinical Coordinator. The Harvard School of Public Health`s US President`s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Nigeria.

1997 - 2002 Core Consultant to WHO/UNICEF/FMOH/NPI on Maternal and Child Health

1998-2004 Principal Medical Officer/ Consultant Public Health Physician/ Research Clinician. Department of Medicine, Base Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.

1991 - 1998 Senior Medical Officer. Base Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.

1990 - 1991 Personal Physician/ Advisor on Health to Military Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.

1989 - 1990 Medical Officer Grade I. Guards Clinic, Dodan Barracks, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria.

1984 - 1989 Medical Officer Grade II.Military Reference Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria.

Other Experience

2006 - 2009 Member, Board of Directors AIDS Prevention Initiative Nigeria (APIN) Gte

2004- Present Director, Health Communication and Development Initiative(HCDI), Nigeria

2003 - Present Member, Board of Trustees, Nigerian Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS

2002 - 2004 HIV/AIDS Safety Officer: Nigerian Army Medical Corps.

2001 - 2002 Co-investigator in the Nigerian Federal Government Sponsored Accelerated Clinical Trial of 3 antiretroviral drugs in the treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS at the 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.

1996 - 2003 Principal Investigator/ Co-investigator to various HIV drug research projects/ programmes.

1999 - 2000 Member, National Monitoring Team, Epidemiological Surveillance and Bio-data development on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.

1997 - 2002 Core Consultant to WHO/UNICEF/FMOH/NPI on Maternal and Child Health,

1997 - 2001 Chairman, AIDS Control Committee, Nigerian Medical Association, Lagos, Nigeria

Immunization and vaccines in Nigeria.

MEMBERSHIPS

1999 - 2005 Member, National Monitoring Team, Epidemiological Surveillance and Bio-data development on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.

1997 - Present Member, Society of Occupational Health Physicians of Nigeria (SOHPON)

1999 - 2007 Assistant Secretary General, Task Force on AIDS Control in Africa

1999 - Present Member, International AIDS Society

1999 - Present Member, Advisory Committee of the Industry Liaison Forum (ILF) of the International AIDS Society

1999 - Present Member, steering committee of the Antiretroviral Treatment in Low-Income Countries Collaboration (ARTLINC)

2000 - 2006 Financial Secretary, Nigeria HIV/AIDS/STDs Research Network (NARN)

2001 - Present Member, Society of AIDS Control in Africa

2002 - Present Member, Board of Trustees of Nigeria HIV/AIDS/Vaccines and Microbicides Group

2003 - Present Member, American Public Health Association

2004 - Present Fellow, Royal Institute of Public Health (FRIPH), UK

2006 - Present Vice President, Nigeria HIV/AIDS/STDs Research Network (NARN)

2009 - Present Fellow, American College of Physicians (ACP)

LANGUAGES SPOKEN

* English: Excellent written and spoken.

* French: Moderate written and spoken

* Nigerian Languages: Ibo, Yoruba, Hausa, Ibibio, Efik

CITIZENSHIP: Nigerian; Permanent US Resident

EDUCATION

1982 Medicine & Surgery M. D. University of Lagos College of Medicine,

Lagos, Nigeria

1997 Public Health M. P. H. University of Lagos College of Medicine,

Lagos, Nigeria

1998 Infectious Diseases/AIDS Certificate Groupe Hospitalier, Pitie Salpetriere,

Paris, France

2002 Infectious Diseases/AIDS Certificate AACTG Training in North Western University,

Chicago, IL USA

2003 Infectious Diseases/AIDS Certificate EACS Training in HIV/AIDS,

Montpellier, France

2010 Applied Biostatistics Certificate Northwestern University AIDS International Training and Research Program (NU AITRP) - NIH/ Fogarty International Center, in IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria

2012 Epidemiology PhD (In view) Walden University, MD

2010 Quality Improvement/

Assurance Certificate National Quality Center, New York, USA. HealthQual/ APIN Training of Trainer Course on Quality Improvement

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Consultant/ Technical Resource Person, June 2012 to Date

Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), through NASCAP, Nigeria

Job Summary

Provision of Consultant clinical and administrative services and capacity building to FMOH and implementing partners involved in HIV/AIDS patient care. Give guidance on issues related to antiretroviral therapy decentralization, management of second and third line patients, and general updates on patient treatment.

Country Program Consultant, August 2011 to 31 May 2012

Harvard University

Job Summary:

Provide guidance to Harvard University and AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) programs on clinical, technical, financial and administrative services related to PEPFAR in Nigeria. Represent Harvard on FMOH, NACA, USG relations. Continue to guide APIN to source for other funding mechanisms and comply with donors regulations. Partake in closeout activities of Harvard in Nigeria. Provide regular report to Harvard and CDC.

I continued to perform all the duties I carried out as Country Director.

Country Director, March 2008-Jul 2011

Harvard PEPFAR, Nigeria

Job Summary:

As Country Director, I provided overall leadership and management of the project, with the goal of improving the care and treatment of adults and children in Nigeria. I was also responsible for ensuring that project objectives are met. I was responsible for being the primary liaison with CDC/US Government group and Harvard, and forging as well as building linkages with national and international organizations to influence national HIV/AIDs, Tuberculosis (Tb), other opportunistic infections, and Malaria policies, while representing the institution to key stakeholders and policy makers meetings. I also coordinated implementation of community-based health care programs including TB and Orphans and Vulnerable Children areas.

Clinical Director, January 2008- 31 May 2012

AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN/PEPFAR)

Job Summary:

Provide effective guidance to program clinical and site staff for successful administrative, financial and clinical management of HIV/AIDS/TB/Malaria in treatment and prevention. Partake in national support in care and support/Orphans and Vulnerable Children, decentralization of antiretroviral therapy, partaking in the meeting of the National ART Committee. Provide training to site coordinators and others in pharmacy, laboratory, data management, and counseling in HIV/AIDS, Tb, other opportunistic infections, and malaria.

I partook in stakeholders meetings to improve services at sites and states. I also acted as the link between the technical team in Nigeria and the team in Harvard. I was responsible for the coordination of the overall clinical services of the program. I represented Harvard and APIN on many task teams, including the National Antiretroviral Therapy Committee, the decentralization Committee, Antiretroviral drug resistance and the USG technical working groups.

National Clinical Coordinator 2004-2008

Harvard PEPFAR, Nigeria

Job Summary:

To direct and guide on clinical care of HIV-infected patients at over 40 clinical sites including teaching hospitals, research institutes, tertiary hospitals, secondary hospitals and primary care centers in Nigeria. In this role I built capacity and infrastructure at our collaborating sites to be able to provide, scale-up and sustain provision of antiretroviral treatment (ART), management of opportunistic infections, Tuberculosis and malaria to patients in need. I coordinated the developing of standardized protocols for clinical management, laboratory testing and pharmacy handling by the program. I was part of the team that responded to RFPs/RFAS.

Computerized data entry of clinical, laboratory and pharmacy records was also developed and implemented to allow for monitoring of the progress electronically at the sites. Clinical and laboratory protocols for ART provision and management which conformed to an optimized standard of care consistent with national and international standards were developed through my efforts. I was also able to give administrative oversight to the sites as well as supervise central administrative, finance and clinical staff.

Core Facilitator Immunization 1997- 2003

WHO/UNICEF/ Federal Ministry of Health (Nigerian National Program on Immunization)

Job Summary:

My roles included ensuring increased awareness and commitment from policy makers at all levels, including Federal, State and Local governments, to ensure support national specific and routine immunization. I supervised Central facilitators, state supervisors, local government immunization a staff, and district staff to enhance immunization coverage in the states of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Cross River State, Rivers, Niger, Delta, Edo, Sokoto, Kano and Plateau. I was able to be part of the team that developed advocacy plans by various stakeholder groups, and identified civil and public service, political, media, civil society, and other relevant sectors to advocate for the immunization program. In this role we were able to include immunization as a priority in on-going health and related government programs. This ensured increased allocation of resources for immunization at state and local government levels.

My role was also to strengthen partnerships committed to supporting and encouraging demand for immunization services.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2003 - Present Clinical Consultant, HIV/AIDS Clinical

Nigerian Institute for Medical Research

3/6/9 - Present Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Health

Institute of Community Health, University of Houston, USA.

2009 - 7/31/ 11 Research Associate, Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Harvard University, USA.

HONORS AND AWARDS

2003 - 2004 Listed in Marquis Who`s Who in Science and Engineering

March 2005 Centre For Health Education and Development Communication, Nigeria

June 2005 Association for the Study of the Liver, Nigeria

May 2006 Healthlink Award for Excellence, Nigeria

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2005 4th National Conference on HIV in Nigeria Member, Organizing Committee

2005 5th National Conference on HIV in Nigeria Member, Scientific Committee

2010 5th National Conference on HIV in Nigeria Co-Chair, Organizing Committee

2010 5th National Conference on HIV in Nigeria Co-Chair, Scientific Committee

PUBLICATIONS (SELECT)

1. Ekong, EE. Clinical Management, Monitoring and control of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria - The Nigerian Medical Journal, Jan-Jun Vol. 34. (1998)

2. Essien J., Meshack A., Ekong E., Williams M., Amos C., James T., Peters R., Ogungbade G., and Ross M. Effectiveness of a situationally-based HIV risk-reduction intervention for the Nigerian Uniformed Services on readiness to adopt condom use with casual partners, Counselling, Psychotherapy, and Health, 1(1), 19-30, July 2005.

3. M Ross, E James Essien, E Ekong, T Monique et al, Impact of a situationally focused individual HIV/STD risk reduction intervention on risk behaviour in a one year cohort of Nigerian Military personnel, Military Medicine 171, 7:000, 2006

4. Essien EJ, Ogungbade GO, Kamiru HN, Ekong E, Ward D and Holmes L, Jr. Emerging sociodemographic and lifestyle predictors of intention to use condom in human immunodeficiency virus intervention among uniformed services personnel. Military Medicine 2006;171:1027-34

5. Ross MW, Essien EJ, Ekong E, James TM, Amos C, Ogungbade GO, Williams ML. The impact of a situationally focused individual human immunodeficiency virus/sexually transmitted disease risk-reduction intervention on risk behavior in a 1-year cohort of Nigerian military personnel. Mil Med 2006;171:970-5

6. Essien EJ, Ogungbade GO, Ward D, Ekong E, Ross MW, Meshack A, Holmes L, Jr. Influence of educational status and other variables on human immunodeficiency virus risk perception among military personnel: a large cohort finding. Mil Med 2007;172:1177-81

7. Holmes L, Ogungbade G, Ward DD, Ross MW, Ekong E and Essien EJ. Epidemiologic and behavioral characterization of knowledge of condom use and modeling among military personnel. Afr J Reprod Health 2008;12:32-44

8. Ojesina AI, Chaplin B, Sankale JL, Murphy R, Idigbe E, Adewole I, Ekong E, Idoko J, Kanki PJ.. Interplay of reverse transcriptase inhibitor therapy and gag p6 diversity in HIV type 1 subtype G and CRF02_ AG. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2008;24:1167-74

9. Hawkins CA, Chaplin B, Idoko J, Ekong E, Adewole I, Gashau W, Murphy RL, Kanki P Clinical and genotypic findings in HIV-infected patients with the K65R mutation failing first-line antiretroviral therapy in Nigeria. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Oct 1;52(2):228-34.

10. Essien EJ, Ogungbade, GO, Kamiru HN, Ekong EE, Ward D, Holmes L, Emerging socio-demographic and lifestyle predictors of intention to use condom in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) intervention among Uniformed Services Personnel. Mil Med. 2006 October; 171(10): 1027-1034.

11. Essien, E. J., Monjok, E., Chen, H., Abughosh, S. Ekong, E., Peters, R. J., Holmes, L., Holstad, M. M., Mgbere, O. (2010). Correlates of HIV knowledge and Sexual risk behaviors among Female Military Personnel. Accepted for publication, AIDS and Behavior, epub ahead of print Apr 13, 2010. PMID: 20387111

12. Idoko, J., Meloni, S., Muazu, M., Nimzing, L., Badung, B., Hawkins, C., Sankale, J., Ekong, E., Murphy, R., Kanki, P., and Thio, C. Impact of Hepatitis B Virus Infection on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Response to Antiretroviral Therapy in Nigeria. CID 2009:49

TELEVISION AND NEWSPRINT CONTRIBUTION

2003 Africans Outdo U.S. Patients In Following AIDS Therapy. The New York Times,

Sept 04, 2003

REFERENCES

1. Prof John Idoko,

Director General,

NACA, Abuja, Nigeria.

Phone: +234-803-***-****

e-mail: ********@*****.***

2. Mr Mark Barnes

Senior Associate Provost,

University Research Compliance Officer,