Benjamin Oneil

About Benjamin Oneil

Senior Epidemiologist specializing in emerging infectious disease surveillance, preparedness, and outbreak response coordination · Health Program Manager with direct implementation experience leading multi-disciplinary teams in low resource development contexts · Public Health Advisor providing policy and program development support · Public Health Analyst focused on translating data into operational strategies and solutions. Expand for additional details: Ben works in the public health and international development fields. He brings expertise working in countries experiencing disease outbreak, famine and conflict. Ben has a track-record leading dynamic multi-disciplinary teams and a drive to ensure projects deliver meaningful impact. Ben has been working with the USAID Emerging Threats Division utilizing his epidemiology background to support outbreak responses and global health security policy and strategy development. Prior to this he worked on USAID’s COVID Vaccine Access Delivery Initiative coordinating over $200M in support of programming to increase access and uptake of vaccinations in Southern Africa. Ben served as Medical Outbreak Specialist of a humanitarian and disaster response organization, leading infectious disease preparedness, prevention and response programming. He supported disaster responses with Ebola in DRC, Hurricane Dorian in Bahamas, and COVID-19 in several countries. Prior to this position, he managed large DFID funded Health projects in Uganda and Liberia. Ben has worked as an Epidemiologist with state and local governments in the US. In 2021, he worked with the CDC Foundation to support new Emerging Infectious Disease Branch of the State of West Virginia Bureau for Public Health. In Shasta County, California, as the county Chronic Disease Epidemiologist, Ben was the lead writer of the Community Health Status Assessment which serves as a foundational document for the county’s accreditation and strategic vision.

Experience

1. Senior Global Health Security Advisor

   USAID

   Oct 2022 — Present

   As Sr. Global Health Security Advisor, I support the Outbreak Response Team within the USAID, Office of Infectious Diseases, Emerging Threats Division.

Education

• Johnson University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  2002 — 2006

• Nova Southeastern University

  Master of Public Health - MPH

  2009 — 2012

• University of North Florida

  Biology, General

  2006 — 2009