Dr Adeniyi Aderoba

Adeniyi Aderoba graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Benin, Nigeria and has an MSc. in International Health and Tropical Medicine from the University of Oxford. Following postgraduate fellowships at the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria and the West African College of Surgeons, Adeniyi worked with the regional government in Nigeria leading a clinical department and has extensive experience conducting collaborative research and implementing public health projects. He was a 2017-18 Hubert Humphrey Fellow in Public Health Policy and Management at the Rollins School of Public health, Emory University; and his interest include health systems strengthening and policy research, especially in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health. A member of the MeVAcP team in the Maiden Lab from 2019-20, Adeniyi focused on the molecular epidemiology of Group B Streptococcus, which causes infectious morbidities in pregnant women and newborn.