Chisom Obi-Jeff, MSc

Chisom is a Global Health Researcher and Implementation Scientist with demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing interventions to improve health-seeking behavior, equity and outcomes. She is skilled in implementation research, qualitative data analysis, grounded theory, community-based participatory research approaches, community needs assessment, program evaluation, project management, stakeholder management, public speaking and writing. Research interests include implementation science to inform policy decisions and program strategies, immunization demand generation and addressing vaccine hesitancy using behavioral insights. She is currently working with her team to use the human-centered design approaches to co-design and co-disseminate targeted messages to improve the COVID-19 vaccine uptake among hesitant healthcare workers and eligible adults in Nigeria.

Resources:

Vaccine indicator and reminder band to improve demand for vaccination in Northern Nigeria: A qualitative evaluation of implementation outcomes

Designing an SMS reminder intervention to improve vaccination uptake in Northern Nigeria: a qualitative study 

Conspiracy theories and misinformation about COVID-19 in Nigeria: implications for vaccine demand generation communications