Trainees
Postdoctoral Fellows
Elvis Asangbeng Tanue, PhD
Dr. Tanue is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Public Health and Hygiene at the Faculty of Health Sciences in the University of Buea. He possesses over ten years of research experience in the fields of public health, data analysis, and implementation science. He has successfully managed several research projects for a wide range of agencies and has held research and statistical consultancy positions for international NGOs.
Serge Ngekeng, PhD
Serge Ngekeng has a PhD in public health from the Department of Public Health and Hygiene, University of Buea, where he currently serves as an associate lecturer. He is passionate about the improvement of health care delivery systems in Cameroon and Africa as a whole. As a STREaM fellow he is excited to participate in research and interventions that will reduce the burden of trauma in Cameroon.
PhD Fellows
Ukah Chrisantus
Ukah is a STREaM PhD fellow in the Department of Public Health and Hygiene of the University of Buea. He holds an MPH and a BSc Biochemistry degree from the University of Buea. Ukah is a CGCE A/L Chemistry examiner and has over 5 years of teaching experience and is also a quantitative data analyst. His research interests are in traumatic injury prevention and control and the use of mathematical and statistical models to predict injury outcomes.
Ngu Claudia
Ngu Claudia is a Doctoral STREaM fellow pursuing a PhD in Public Health at the Department of Public Health and Hygiene, University of Buea-Cameroon. She has a Professional Masters in Public Health and Hygiene. In early 2022, she worked on a WHO funded research project on mental health. As a STREaM fellow she is excited to participate in research and interventions that will reduce the burden of trauma and injury in Cameroon and become an astute researcher.
Chanceline Bilounga Ndongo
Dr. Chanceline Bilounga Ndongo, is a medical public health and occupational specialist. She received her Doctor of Medicine and her Public Health postgraduate at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Yaoundé and Medical Occupation Health postgraduate from the University of Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar. She is interested in occupational health trauma for her STREaM fellowship and will work to improve management and policies of a work-related trauma.
Vanessa Tabe MD, MPH
Vanessa is a Medical Doctor from the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Cameroon. She was awarded grants from the Pears Foundation Israel and McGill Global Child Health Program for pilot studies. She serves Cameroon’s Ministry of Health under the District Health Services in Limbe. Her interests include health systems strengthening via implementation research, healthy public policy, and community-oriented primary care to ensure equity in access to healthcare services.
MPH Fellows
Bechem Mbanda Eyisab
Bechem holds a BSc. in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Buea-Cameroon and a Post Graduate Diploma in Education/Philosophy from the Higher Teachers Training College of the University of Bamenda. She is passionate about coaching to create positive behavioral change regarding public health concerns. Bechem is excited to work with the STREaM Cameroon program to learn more about the burden of injury and contribute to its prevention and control in Cameroon.
Frida Nganje Embolo, MD
Frida is an MPH student at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea-Cameroon. She is a Cameroonian physician who received her medical degree from the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea. She is currently working as a general practitioner, HIV coordinator and Medical Adviser at the Kumba-town. Her research interests include neurotrauma and injury epidemiology in conflict affected areas.
Maffo Christelle Joviale
Maffo Christelle Joviale is a physician who obtained her Doctor of Medicine degree at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea. She presently working as a general practitioner at the Limbe Regional Hospital and is an MPH STREaM fellow. She is interested in Injury outcome and medical imaging.
Megietoh Anuahetseh
Megietoh Anuahetseh is currently a student in MPH Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea. she Graduated from the same faculty with a bachelor’s degree in nursing science. She is a clinical nurse at Solidarity Health foundation Buea and a home care nurse at Klarah Cameroon. She is passionate about nursing, research and aims to be a leading nurse researcher.
STREaM Cameroon is supported by the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number D43TW012186.