Kelly Elimian

Kelly Elimian

Postdoctoral researcher

About me

Postdoctoral Researcher in Global Child Health and Sustainable Development Goal in the Department of Global Public Health at Karolinska Institutet and Research Associate to the Nigeria CDC. Previously worked as a Research Fellow in the Institute for Global Health Development at Queen Margaret University in the UK and Research Coordinator at the Nigeria CDC.

Research description

Current research focuses on applying epidemiology and systems thinking to study cholera and COVID-19 in fragile settings in Nigeria. Other research interests include:

  • Lassa fever
  • Malaria
  • Pneumonia
  • Diagnostics
  • Sero-epidemiology

Research areas include Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Lebanon.

Teaching portfolio

Participation in teaching the following courses to MSc students:

  • Global Health
  • Research Methodology
  • Collecting and Organizing Epidemiological Data

Education

  • BSc (Hons) in Microbiology from the University of Benin, Nigeria
  • MSc in Medical Microbiology from the University of Benin, Nigeria
  • MSc in Applied Epidemiology from the University of Nottingham, UK
  • PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health from the University of Nottingham, UK