Mukhtar A. Ijaiya

Work/professional background:

Mukhtar is currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health at the Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, and serves as a graduate research assistant for the BRIDGE Research Lab. He holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria, and a Master of Science in Public Health from Birmingham City University in the UK. Before starting the PhD program, Mukhtar gained extensive global health experience through roles at The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program at ICF, Jhpiego, DevTech Systems, and FHI360.

Research interests:

HIV Prevention, Implementation and Dissemination Science, Digital Health

Projects worked on and currently working on in B.R.I.D.G.E:

STEP+cbNIMART, BRIDGE Collaborative Training Program.

Favorite thing about doing and being involved in research:

The opportunity to generate evidence that can inform and strengthen program implementation.