Michael thus developed a strong interest in both animals and the beauty of the savannah landscapes around his region. Michael Viyof Kuwong would follow his uncle to guide cattle and sheep on the mountains in his village in northwest Cameroon. Her view is that the zeal for development should be tempered by potential environmental impacts of all our activities and should not jeopardize ecosystem health for generations to come.ĭuring summer holidays, as young as six, Dr. She believes that global environmental issues must be addressed through global collective efforts. She is concerned about environmental issues, especially as they relate to planning, toxicology, pollution management, epidemiology, and ecosystem health as a whole. She is presently working on the influence of the environment on some zoonotic viral endemics in Nigeria. At her organization, she started an environmental friendly club and she also serves as a resource person on environmental issues. Envirovet inspired and challenged her to be a leader who will make a positive difference. She was able to draw comparisons with petroleum contamination in the Niger Delta region in Nigeria. One of the unforgettable experiences she had during the course of program was learning about management of petroleum pollution using the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as a case study. Through the training sessions she was able to identify several challenging global environmental issues. She attended the Envirovet Summer Institute in 2010, and found it to be both highly inspirational and informative. Ayoteju is also a Fellow of Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) and presently works as a Senior Research Officer at the National Universities Commission in Nigeria. She also has a Master of Public Health degree in Environmental Health and she is currently on a PhD program in environmental epidemiology from the same university. Ayoteju Ogun graduated from University of Ibadan with a DVM in 2004. She will help her community through research on the dynamics of ecotoxicology to achieve diagnoses and apply effective remediation.ĭr. She plans to devote her career to expanding essential knowledge on risk factors associated with environmental degradation in order to enable deliberate steps that improve ecosystem health and services. Iji came to appreciate important links among environmental health, wildlife and human health. Specifically, she is working on acid mine drainage contaminants with former Envirovet student and Co-Director, Dr. Her thesis project there focuses on aquatic pollution. Iji is enrolled in a PhD program in environmental toxicology in the Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. She is a member of faculty of the Federal College of Animal Health & Production Technology, in the Institute of Agriculture, Research and Training at the Moor Plantation in Apata, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Kemi Iji graduated with a DVM in 2001, and completed a Masters degree in Pharmacology in 2009, both at the University of Ibadan. Chuma continues in his responsibilities for animal health monitoring, disease control, immobilization, rescue, and translocation for five additional National Parks in the northern zone of Tanzania (Tarangire, Manyara, Arusha, Kilimanjaro, and Mkomazi).ĭr.
Chuma was transferred from Tarangire to Serengeti National Park, where he became Head Veterinarian. Shortly after completing the Envirovet Summer Institute, Dr. Chuma has worked as a wildlife veterinarian for Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA). From 2003 to 2008, he worked for the Tanzanian Government as a Veterinary Officer in the Morogoro and Kyela Districts, and as the District Veterinary Officer of Mvomero District. Since 2008, Dr. Idrissa Chuma graduated from Sokoine University of Agriculture with a BVM (equivalent to DVM) in 2002, and a MVM (in public health) in 2009.
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