Professor Uwemedimbuk Smart Ekanem
Senior Scientific & Public Health Advisor | Honorary Board MemberAbout Me
Professor Uwemedimbuk Smart
Ekanem is a distinguished public health physician, academic, and
clinical leader with decades of experience in community medicine, sexual and
reproductive health. She is a Professor of Community Medicine at the
University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, and currently serves as Dean
of the Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University
of Uyo. Additionally, she holds an Honorary Chief Consultant Public Health Physician
position at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), where she provides
strategic leadership in undergraduate and postgraduate clinical training.
Prof. Ekanem holds an MBBS from
the University of Calabar, an MPH from the University of Lagos, and is a Fellow
of the West African College of Physicians (Community Health). She received advanced
international training in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research through the Geneva
Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER), a WHO Collaborating
Centre, strengthening her expertise in research methodology, gender, maternal
and child health, and rights‑based public health programming.
A former Head of the
Department - Community Medicine at the University of Uyo. She led and
facilitated numerous trainings in IMCI, PMTCT, and women‑ and child‑friendly
health services, and contributed to the development of public health training
manuals. She also serves as Director of the Akwa Ibom State Cancer
Registry and is widely published in peer‑reviewed journals, with
research spanning reproductive health, non‑communicable diseases, cancer
epidemiology, and population health.
Prof. Ekanem brings her extensive
clinical, academic, and policy leadership expertise to Bridging-Health Int'l (BHI), where she serves as Senior Scientific & Public Health Advisor, guiding
evidence‑based program design, research, and health policy engagement. She also
serves as an Honorary Board Member, contributing strategic
governance insight to advance equitable outcomes for underserved communities.
Professor Uwemedimbuk Smart Ekanem is a distinguished public health physician, academic, and clinical leader with decades of experience in community medicine, sexual and reproductive health. She is a Professor of Community Medicine at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, and currently serves as Dean of the Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Uyo. Additionally, she holds an Honorary Chief Consultant Public Health Physician position at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), where she provides strategic leadership in undergraduate and postgraduate clinical training.
Prof. Ekanem holds an MBBS from the University of Calabar, an MPH from the University of Lagos, and is a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians (Community Health). She received advanced international training in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research through the Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER), a WHO Collaborating Centre, strengthening her expertise in research methodology, gender, maternal and child health, and rights‑based public health programming.
A former Head of the
Department - Community Medicine at the University of Uyo. She led and
facilitated numerous trainings in IMCI, PMTCT, and women‑ and child‑friendly
health services, and contributed to the development of public health training
manuals. She also serves as Director of the Akwa Ibom State Cancer
Registry and is widely published in peer‑reviewed journals, with
research spanning reproductive health, non‑communicable diseases, cancer
epidemiology, and population health.
Prof. Ekanem brings her extensive
clinical, academic, and policy leadership expertise to Bridging-Health Int'l (BHI), where she serves as Senior Scientific & Public Health Advisor, guiding
evidence‑based program design, research, and health policy engagement. She also
serves as an Honorary Board Member, contributing strategic
governance insight to advance equitable outcomes for underserved communities.