Professor of Parasitology and Epidemiology, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
Uwem Friday Ekpo is a Professor of Parasitology and Epidemiology at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria. He has a PhD and certificates in Bayesian Disease Mapping in Epidemiology, University of Basel, Switzerland and Epidemiological Methods. His research focus is on the epidemiology and control of neglected tropical diseases with special interest in schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminth.
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