Jainaba Sey-Sawo (Ph.D.)

Dr. Jainaba Sey-Sawo is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department, Nursing and Reproductive Health, School of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of the Gambia (UTG). She is a nurse and reproductive health specialist. She is actively involved in teaching since 2006 and conducts research, supervises thesis, dissertations and mentors students and faculty members in both public and private institutions.

Dr Sey-Sawo obtained her Registered Nurse certificate at the Gambia College, her BSc at the UTG, MSc at the Taipei College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, and Ph.D. at the University of Benin, Nigeria. She was awarded the World Bank, African Center of Excellence (ACE) Ph.D. Scholarship in 2015 through the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology. She is currently doing MSc in Bioethics at the University Ghana, Ghana.

In addition, she is a Fellow to the West African Post Graduate College of Nursing – Community Health Faculty. Dr Sey-Sawo was a scholar at the Global Nurses Policy Institute Leadership training organized by the International Council of Nurse, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017. Also a Fellow to the Demographic and Health Survey 2022 Fellowship Program, USAID. Dr. Jainaba Sey-Sawo serves as a member to the Gambia Government/Medical Research Council Joint Ethics Committee. She is a Co-Principal Investigator to the grant “Strengthening Capacity in Health Research Ethics and Methodology InThe Gambia (#1R25TW011804-01A1)”, awarded by the National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center, USA 2022-2027. She has published in several peer---reviewed journals.