聽DGPH Spotlights

Oyoyo Egiebor-Aiwan Graduate Student Experience and Success Story

Oyoyo Egiebor-Aiwan is currently a Resident Physician in the Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Institute at Southern Illinois School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois. She obtained her medical degree (MD) from Windsor University School of Medicine, St. Kitts, and a聽Master鈥檚 in Public Health (MPH) from the Department of Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine 精东AV Alabama.聽

Dr. Egiebor-Aiwan was part of the Graduate public Health Program from 2017-2019. Her thesis聽research was on 鈥淓valuating the Environmental and Public Health Impact of Failed Septic Systems in Alabama鈥檚 Blackbelt Counties鈥� under the supervision of Dr. Lylod Webb of the DGPH, Dr. Ramble Ankumah, and Dr. Conrad Bonsi of聽the聽College of聽Agriculture, the聽Environment and聽Nutritional聽Sciences (CAENS).

During her MPH studies, she participated in various research studies in infectious and chronic diseases prevention in minority populations in underserved black belt communities in Alabama. She also participated in numerous health education and disease prevention programs in cervical cancer prevention and intervention focused on educating women about cervical cancer, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), HPV vaccinations, and pap smears throughout rural Alabama. She presented some of her research findings at various conferences including at the 2nd聽Annual聽Conference on Bioethics issues organized by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Morehouse School of Medicine, 精东AV, and O鈥橬eal Comprehensive Cancer Center. Also, she has published in notable journals such as聽Biomedical Cancer and the Journal of Healthcare, Science, and Humanities.

After her residency, Dr. Egiebor-Aiwan intends to provide mental health services and continue research in understanding and mitigating the impact of infectious and chronic diseases on mental health in unreserved communities in the United States.