About me
Emeka Iloegbu is a public health microbiologist and laboratory epidemiologist with over 15 years of experience specializing in Bacteriology, Virology, and Hematology. He is currently a third year Doctor of Public Health student at New York University School of Global Public Health.
Emeka's clinical laboratory and community health expertise includes significant contributions responding to health emergencies involving H1N1, MERS-CoV, Zika, Ebola, COVID-19, and Monkeypox (MPX). He is well-versed in quality interventions and utilization of laboratory diagnostics, having served as a Quality Management Officer at the New York City Department of Health Public Health Laboratory. He also managed the quality system workflows for the Department of Homeland Security BioWatch Select Agent Program.
In his academic appointments, Emeka serves as an Assistant Professor within the Department Biological Sciences at the City University of New York where he is currently training the next generation of laboratory scientists. He is the section leader in NYU’s Implementation Science (ISEE) Lab, where he leads research on HIV syndemics. He is currently a Research Translation Fellow for Market Access Africa where he focuses on strengthening health system capabilitieswithin in African countries affected by re-emerging infectious diseases.
Beyond his clinical laboratory and research contributions, Emeka is actively engaged in global public health policy. He is the founding member of the Global Health Policy Task Force for the World Federation of Public Health Associations, and serves as their United Nations representative in New York where he participates in high-level dialogues on pandemic preparedness, health system strengthening, anti-microbial resistance and human rights law.
