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Cyril Onwuelazu Uteh

Research Assistant (Horizon Scanning and Evidence Synthesis)

Background

Cyril Onwuelazu Uteh is a Microbiologist and a Public Health professional with over seven years of experience working in the field and public health laboratories as a: health educator, monitoring and evaluation officer, laboratory analyst, and non-profit coordinator. He holds professional experiences from the Global South & North and across the Trans-Atlantic.

Prior to joining the NIHR Innovation Observatory at Newcastle University, Cyril worked with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), and the Ministry of Health Oyo State in Nigeria. He currently consults for the Academy of Communication in Healthcare (ACH) as a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant.


Academic Qualifications:


Teaching Qualification:

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)


Professional Memberships:

  • Academy of Communication in Healthcare (ACH)
  • British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC)
  • European Public Health Association (EUPHA)
  • Faculty of Public Health (FPH)
  • Immunising Pregnant Women and Infants Network (IMPRINT)
  • The Health Equity Network
  • UK International Coronavirus Network (UK-ICN)


Honours and Awards:

  • Erasmus+ Erasmus Mundus Excellence Scholarship (Europubhealth+) from the European Union
  • Chevening Scholarship from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
  • Delta State Undergraduate Excellence Scholarship from the Delta State Government of Nigeria
  • Mandela Washington Fellowship from the United States Department of State
  • Don Lavoie Fellowship from the Mercatus Centre at George Mason University, United States
  • Travel and Participation Grant for the 2023 Youth Pre-Conference and the 3rd International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2023), Lusaka, Zambia
  • Travel and Participation Grant for the 2023 ENRICH Healthcare Communication Course (ENRICH 2023), Austin, Texas, United States
  • Travel and Participation Grant for the 2022 International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-12), Toronto, Canada
  • Travel and Participation Grant for the 2019 International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH 2019), San Diego, United States
  • Best Poster Award for the 2022 Europubhealth+ Poster Gallery at the EHESP School of Public Health, Rennes, France




About the NIHR Innovation Observatory

 

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The NIHR Innovation Observatory is a world leading health and care innovation scanning centre providing data-driven insights to foster innovation and equitable access to high quality care. We aim to transform health systems and improve population health by providing advanced data-driven insights that foster innovation and equitable access to high quality care. At the core of our work is the development of data-driven methods to identify, capture and synthesise intelligence on new health innovations. We develop and share cutting edge methods in horizon scanning, building capacity in the systems across the public, voluntary and industry sectors.

 

We deliver essential intelligence and insights about medicines and MedTech innovation to the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS England, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the NIHR, the UK Health Security Agency, the Department for Health and Social Care and industry - allowing these organisations to prepare for policies, regulation and frontline delivery for new, emerging and disruptive technologies.


Research

Cyril's research interests revolve around evidence synthesis, health technology assessment, public health surveillance, and health inequalities. He works with the NIHR Innovation Observatory monitoring health technologies and developing briefings to inform the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on emerging and re-emerging innovative health technologies to appraise.


Current research experience:

  • Co-supervising master's dissertation for MPH students
  • Co-supervising research project for the North East NIHR Methodology Internship Programme


His previous research experiences included:

  • Investigating the existing funding mechanisms for antimicrobial resistance research and development
  • Exploring the links between the level of antimicrobial usage in hospital wards, and the abundance of antimicrobial resistance genes in hospital sewages at the ward level
  • Assessing the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Escherichia coli clinical isolates against different brands of ceftriaxone available in Ibadan, Nigeria
  • Evaluating the occurrence of Salmonella and Vibrio species in frozen and thawed Mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) retailed in Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
  • Appraising immunisation coverage and childhood pneumonia deaths in Nigeria
  • Evaluating COVID-19 prevention and control measures in workplaces
Teaching

Graduate Teaching Assistant for the PHPS20010 Module at the University College Dublin, Ireland, during the 2020/2021 academic year:

  • Tutored undergraduate medical students in small groups on public health and biostatistics introductory courses
  • Examined and graded students' group presentations on selected public health emergency topics


Seminar Lead for Microbiology and Immunology for Health and Food Module (NUT1011) at Newcastle University:

  • Led small group seminar sessions for postgraduate students from the nutrition and dietetics programme
  • Examined and provided feedback on students' individual and group presentations on selected food and water pathogens and zoonotic diseases
Publications