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Jay Osi Samuels

Dr. Jay Osi Samuels is an international Health Development Expert and Medical Entrepreneur. He is the proponent of technoticianism as a political ideology and an abashed lover of Nigeria and a good governance advocate. Jay Samuels is a founding member and currently the Interim National Chairman of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN). He was born on January 3rd 1968 at the University College Hospital, (UCH) Ibadan to both parents from Fugar, Etsako Central Local Government area of Edo state. He had his primary school education at the St. Brigid’s Boys Primary School, Mokola, Ibadan after which he proceeded to his home town for his secondary education at the St. John’s College, Fugar. He had his A-Level studies at the Oduduwa College, Ile-Ife from where he proceeded to the University of Ibadan where he received his medical and surgical training, graduating with the MBBS degree in 1994. Dr. Samuels began his professional medical career as an intern at the Ahmadu Bello Univeristy Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) in Kaduna. His next stint was at the General Hospital, Lagos Island where he did the mandatory NYSC. He worked for a couple of years at the GH, Lagos as a medical officer before proceeding to the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) for his post-doctoral fellowship in Molecular Epidemiology under an award by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2001. As a recognition of his exceptional abilities, he was awarded a Fogarty International fellowship award of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for an MS in Epidemiology from HSPH in 2005. While recognizing opportunities offered by the US President’s Emergency Program on AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS in Africa and in Nigeria in particular, he returned to his native country in 2006 to join the Harvard PEPFAR program. Dr. Samuels is also an alumnus of the World Bank Training Institute and the Lagos School of Business. He has over 15 years’ experience managing and implementing HIV/AIDS program in Nigeria including over 10 years in management roles. He has extensive experience in managing collaborative programs with bilateral donors, Ministries of Health and International NGOS in healthcare delivery. Dr. Samuels focus is on health systems strengthening with particular interest in the design, development and management of clinical laboratories. He has been involved in the upgrade/development of more than 100 clinical laboratories in Nigeria. Dr. Samuels is also a medical entrepreneur and currently manages the pioneer Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetics Dermatological supply and distribution company in Nigeria with his amiable wife. They are blessed with a lovely daughter. He is fluent in English, Yoruba and Afemai.