Background
Nwangwu, John Tochukwu was born on April 16, 1952 in Ogidi, Anambra, Nigeria. Son of Sidney N. and Phoebe Nwangwu. came to the United States, 1973.
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John Tochukwu Nwangwu
Edit Profileepidemiologist public health educator
Education
Bachelor of Medicine, U. Nebraska, Omaha, 1979; Master in Public Health, Loma Linda U., 1981; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1988; postgraduate, Erasmus U., Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1991.
Career
Consultant, World Health Organization, 1982-1987;
instructor, Columbia University, New York City, 1983-1985;
instructor, St. Joseph's College Hospital, Brooklyn, 1986-1988;
assistant professor, State University of New York, 1988-1989;
chief epidemiologist, Kern County Health Department, Bakersfield, California, 1989-1990;
director epidemiology and data management, Kern County Health Department, Bakersfield, California, 1990;
associate professor public health, Connecticut State University, New Haven, 1991-1995;
professor public health, Connecticut State University, New Haven, since 1995. Visiting professor California State University, Bakersfield, 1990, Yale University, New Haven, 1992, Adjunct Professor epidemiology School Medicine, since 1995. Epidemiologist/research affiliate faculty Yale University School Medicine, since 1993.
Consultant Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, since 1995. Consultant to foreign countries, since 1982. Presenter in field; Adjunct Professor community medicine School Medicine U. Connecticut, since 1995.
Visiting professor Harvard School Public Health, 1998. Visiting scholar Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University, Boston. Consultant in infectious disease Veterans Administration Hospital., Rocky Hill, Connecticut, 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Royal Society Medicine, American College Epidemiology. Member APHA, International Epidemiological assosiation, New York Academy Sciences, Association Teachers Preventive Medicine.
Interests
Connections
Married Chioma Ugonwa Nwokolo, September 3, 1988. Children: Nmadinobi, Tobenna.
