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UNIOSUN Lecturer Selected for Harvard’s 2026 Global Health Fellowship

UNIOSUN Lecturer Selected for Harvard’s 2026 Global Health Fellowship

Dr Olabanji Ahmed Surakat, Acting Head of Animal and Environmental Biology at Osun State University (UNIOSUN), has been admitted into the 2026–2027 Takemi Fellowship in International Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Surakat is a public health parasitologist and entomologist whose work focuses on neglected tropical diseases and malaria. His research has supported onchocerciasis elimination programmes in Nigeria, Rwanda, Ghana, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Ethiopia. The remote fellowship will involve seminars, mentorship and collaboration with global health researchers, while allowing him to continue his teaching and research duties at UNIOSUN. The university said the opportunity could strengthen its international research links and public health capacity.

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jesse

What kinds of public health research do people hope this fellowship will help Dr Surakat advance at UNIOSUN afterward?

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julia

Will the fellowship outline specify which health priorities or research areas will be brought back to UNIOSUN?

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kunle

It is encouraging to see a UNIOSUN academic recognised for an international health fellowship, especially from the Animal and Environmental Biology department.

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zaza

Do we know what area of global health the fellowship will focus on?

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tolu

The selection is good news, but the bigger measure will be whether opportunities like this translate into stronger local research support.

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noah

UNIOSUN could share lessons from the fellowship through seminars or student sessions so the wider university community benefits.

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