Obiageli EuniceNnodu University of AbujaNigeria

Prof Nnodu is Professor of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Director, Centre of Excellence for Sickle Cell Disease Research and Training at University of Abuja (CESRTA), National Coordinator of the American Society of Hematology Consortium for Newborn Screening in Africa (CONSA), Nigerian Principal Investigator for SPARCO, Abuja Coordinator for SickleGenAfrica and Co-PI for the UK NIHR Patient centred management of sickle cell disease in Sub Saharan Africa and a UK Foreign Office Chevening Scholar. rShe has carried out many multi-institutional, multi-national research projects including a multilateral DFID DeLPHE Project. She serves as expert on technical committees on non-communicable diseases. Her assessment of the level of implementation of the WHO AFRO Strategy in SCD in sub-Saharan Africa highlighted the need for increased global funding for SCD. rShe Chairs the largest sickle cell disease network, the Sickle Cell Support Society of Nigeria and is a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Medicine.