Godwin Orkeh

About Godwin Orkeh

Dr. Godwin ‘O. ORKEH, Jr. is a Physician, experienced Medical Director, Public Health Officer and Quality Improvement Officer, with an interest in International Health and Development. He has worked extensively in disaster relief and humanitarian assistance internationally, in the Middle-east and North African Region, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and in Latin America; where his work has focused on Public Health Assessments in a range of humanitarian crises (man-made or natural disasters), war and conflicts, population displacements, disaster preparedness and in the development of health systems.As Public Health Officer (PHO) he has served as the face of various organizations, and responsible for public health policy development and community health planning and as a subject matter expert, working closely with state and federal agencies, professionals and support staff, and other stakeholders. He has also played strategic and critical roles in collaborating with emergency management agencies, community health providers, foundations, committees, community-based organizations, and the community-at-large to set local public health priorities and policy and the Emergency Management Services Program, including ambulance capacity and other logistics. He is also involved with training exercises, emergency services planning, coordinating with and working with various emergency management professionals and associated agencies, identifying grant opportunities and oversight of other grant programs.As a fellow of the International Human Rights Consortium (20••••03), Dr. Godwin Orkeh traveled widely in Central America, researching rights to health and other socio-demographic and economic considerations affecting access to health. He has considerable experience in the field of health policy, disaster relief and humanitarian assistance in complex settings. He has been blessed with cross-cultural experiences and have had opportunities to tackle real-life, diverse professional challenges and have successfully designed or implemented programs in remote mountain top Himalayan communities, in dust-bowl desert terrain, Mayan indigenous villages, to conflict-affected populations in different regions of the world.He serves with specialized agencies of the United Nations and is active in the non-governmental & non-profit sector. He is retained as an emergency public health specialist in the Global Health Cluster of the World Health Organization. He is a proud Ralph Bunche International Medalist. He is a member of the military reserve in his home state of California.

Experience

1. Adjunct Faculty

   Assumption University

   Jan 2019 — Present

   Graduate Program in Health Advocacy, Department of Human Services & Rehabilitation StudiesPlan and develop graduate-level coursework to support the mission and objectives of the Department of Human Services and Rehabilitation Studies’ Graduate Program in Health Advocacy, where I teach a graduate class on medical and psycho-social aspects of chronic illness and disability that focuses on the practical constraints and various societal, physical and mental impacts that influence disabilities and chronic disorders.• Inform students of influential methodologies related to treatment, prevention and rehabilitation found commonly in human service environments.• Deliver an extensive review of strategic, adaptive methods that influence individual’s ability to manage chronic illness and disabilities for a higher quality of life and overall mental and physical functionality.

Education

• International Human Rights Consortium

  Fellowship, International Human Rights and Global Health Policy

  2002 — 2004

• University of Benin

  Medicine & Surgery

  1989 — 1996

• Touro University International / Global Education Institute

  International Public Policy

  2002 — 2002

• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Certificate, Health and Human Rights: Concepts, Implementation and Impact

  2014 — 2014

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Global Health Certificate, M & E Fundamentals

  2012

Skills

• Donor Relations
• Leadership
• Africa
• International Human Rights
• Nonprofits
• Organizational Development
• Emergency Management
• Technical Assistance
• Cultural Awareness
• International Health
• Program Evaluation
• Gender Mainstreaming
• Program Management
• International Development
• Healthcare Management
• Program Development
• Humanitarian Assistance
• Capacity Building
• Fundraising
• Public Health
• Community Health
• Grants
• Reproductive Health
• Civil Society
• Proposal Writing
• Epidemiology
• Training
• Ngos
• Systems Management
• Global Health
• Project Coordination
• Human Rights
• Humanitarian