Professor Ibrahim Abubakar is the New Dean of the University College, London – UCL
Professor Ibrahim Abubakar, a world-leading scholar of infectious disease epidemiology is now the Dean of the University College, London – UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences. He brings in an extensive wealth of experience and skills in public health to his new role.
Professor Ibrahim Abubakar has contributed greatly to public health institutions in Nigeria including achieving results in the area of communicable disease in the country. He was also instrumental in the development of the United Kingdom’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Professor Ibrahim holds a Bachelor of Medicine degree from Ahmadu Bello University, a Master of Science degree from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, a DPH from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the University of East Anglia. He was elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2020.
A global scholar, his professional record spans over five years of outstanding leadership at the Institute for Global Health and extensive research in infectious disease epidemiology, migration and health.
Before his new role, Professor Ibrahim was Director of the UCL Institute for Global Health and runs a global health research programme that addresses major diseases affecting vulnerable groups. His work focuses on the epidemiology, prevention and treatment of infections such as tuberculosis, hepatitides, HIV and other common problems like antimicrobial resistance and vaccine-preventable diseases amongst the underserved population.
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Ibrahim has led the UCL Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, UCL-TB and was a senior investigator at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit. He was also head of TB at Public Health England. Before UCL, he was Professor in Health Protection at the Norwich Medical School.
Ibrahim Abubakar is the chair of Lancet Migration: global collaboration to advance migration health and the Welcome Trust Expert Review Group on Population Health. The professor also served as chair of the World Health Organization Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Tuberculosis until 2019.
Congratulations Ibrahim Abubakar.