Nnenna Nina Chigbo, PT, HHHF, MPH, MNSP, MISEI
Profile:
Nnenna Nina Chigbo is a graduate of Medical Rehabilitation (Physiotherapy) from the University of Nigeria and has a Masters Degree in Public Health from Imo State University. Nnenna designs exercise protocols for patients with deranged immune systems and manages patients in palliative care.
Interests:
- Oncology Rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation in HIV/AIDS
- Immune system disorders
- Exercise prescription in special populations.
Professional highlights:
- Guest researcher with the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD & TB Prevention Unit of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia (2011)
- National Vice President, Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (NSP) (2016- date)
- Education Director WCPT-International Physiotherapists in HIV/AIDS, Oncology, Hospice and Palliative Care. (2013-date).
- Protocol reviewer, Health Research Ethics Committee, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu.
Awards:
- 2019 - The inaugural ' Nnenna Chigbo' award of excellence in global education in Oncology, HIV/AIDS, Hospice and Palliative care.
- 2014 - Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy ‘Best Presenter’ Award recipient.
- 2010 - Awarded the prestigious Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship granted by the Fulbright Scholarship Board under the US Department of State which earned her a Global Health fellowship in Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
