Rosheedah Akanbi

About Me

I am an emerging Public Health Practitioner with a keen interest in the integration of equity in health systems. I am skilled in designing data collection tools and providing project research and technical support. Through a volunteer position, I intend to develop my analytical skills, learn how to drive evidence-based decision-making and gain insight into project cycles from design to evaluation.

Education

Master's in Public Health 2022

University of Maryland, College Park

B.S Public Health Science 2021

University of Maryland, College Park

Work & Experience

Research Assistant

World Federation of Public Health Associations

08/01/2023

Conducting literature reviews to propose a new non-discriminatory and equitable health financing classification system.

Research Assistant

ACE Strategy and Consults Ltd

07/25/2022 - 10/28/2022

Co-developed data collection tools to assess a state's readiness to provide comprehensive family planning services in Northeastern Nigeria.

Project Intern

CommonHealth ACTION

02/09/2022 - 06/03/2022

Conducted a retrospective evaluation of CommonHealth ACTION's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) strategy process and provided evidence-based recommendation to improve workflow and foster collaboration across the teams.

Skills

Project coordination
80%
Research
75%
Data management and analysis
60%
Technical writing
70%

Awards

Graduate Dean's Scholar 2022