Chibuamam Ilechukwu
Founder , Hypertension Africa
Chibuamam is a pharmacist and has a Masters Degree in Pharmacognosy, from the University of Ibadan. Armed with over a decade of work experience in the clinical, community practice and research fields of pharmacy, she more recently ventured into health technology and coaching. She founded Hypertension Africa in the last three years, a leading health coaching company that leverages lifestyle based medicine and technology methods, to help hypertensive patients achieve and maintain normalised blood pressures.Her work has impacted several hundreds of lives across Nigeria and Africa.
Hypertension Africa impact studies was presented at the Hypertension Canada World Congress 2021 and has since continued to increase reach and impact. Chibuamam is an author, speaker, YouTuber and has over 8,000 followers across various social media platforms. She continues to find practical ways of communicating scientific research findings to the "common man", thereby preventing "him" from becoming part of the statistics of the world's number one killer disease, hypertension, which claims at least 10 million lives every year.
Sessions
Many Worlds of Science Communicators by Communication and Public Relations Division (CPR), OIST
The importance of science communicators has long been recognized, as science is done for the benefit of society and must be developed with the understanding and support of society. The reason why communicators are necessary is that professional communicators can convey information more effectively and efficiently than scientists themselves can communicate to the general public by mediating between the two.
On the other hand, understanding of the work is not as widespread, and it can be said that professionals themselves do not have a complete picture of what kind of people do what kind of work and what kind of organisations they can develop their careers in.
The participants (registrants) for this forum include not only science communication practitioners, but also a number of doctoral students and early career scientists. This panel discussion demonstrates the possibilities for these people to continue to be involved in science communication, and to create an atmosphere in which everyone can work together to improve the status of science communicators. In the discussion, the speakers share their own career paths, daily tasks (past and current), challenges, future goals, and advice for those passionate about science communication.
Expected outcomes:
- Participants will understand the many possibilities of science communication in different environments and gain perspective on their own future careers.
- Participants will confirm the importance of science communicators and work together to enforce SciCom industry.