Menu Close
The Conversation

Alex Ezeh

10

Articles

5

Comments
Dornsife Endowed Professor of Global Health, Drexel University

Dr. Ezeh is Dornsife Endowed Professor of Global Health at the Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University. Dr. Ezeh’s work focuses on urban health, population change, and models to strengthen knowledge-based institutions. Previously, he served as the founding Executive Director of the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) and guided APHRC to become one of Africa’s foremost regional research centers. Dr. Ezeh also initiated and directed the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa and the African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship programs. He serves on numerous international and non-profit boards, including the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ High-Level Advisory Board for Economic and Social Affairs. Dr. Ezeh has contributed to several Lancet Commissions and Co-Chaired the Guttmacher Lancet Commission on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. Dr. Ezeh received the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Royal Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s 2020 George Macdonald Medal; The World Academy of Sciences 2018 Prize for the Social Sciences; and he holds two Honorary Doctor of Science degrees from KCA University (Kenya) and University of Ibadan (Nigeria).

Experience

  • 2018–present
    Endowed Professor, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University
  • 2018–2018
    Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Center for Global Development
  • 2001–2017
    Executive Director, African Population and Health Research Center
  • 2008–2017
    Director, Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA)
  • 1998–2001
    Senior Fellow, Population Council/African Population and Health Research Center
  • 1996–1998
    Research Associate, ORC-Macro International, Inc.
  • 1993–1996
    Postdoctoral Fellow, DHS Program, ORC-Macro International, Inc.

Education

  • 1993 
    University of Pennsylvania, PhD
  • 1990 
    University of Pennsylvania, MA
  • 1988 
    University of Ibadan, Nigeria, MSc
  • 1985 
    Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria, BSc