Biography

Nkechi M. Enwerem, Ph.D., RN, G.C.Min, is an associate professor in the Department of Nursing in the College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences at Howard University. The core courses she teaches are Advanced Pharmacology for the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) in the graduate program and Pharmacology and Health Assessment at the undergraduate level. Her educational background includes a BSc degree in pharmacology from the University of Bath England, MSc degree in medicinal chemistry from Loughborough University and Technology, BS degree in Nursing and MS Community/Public Health Nursing with Post graduate certificate in Health Education both from the University of Maryland, and PhD in Chemistry from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She did her post-doctoral training in the College of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry both in Howard University. She obtained a Graduate Certificate in Ministry (G.C.Min) from the Liberty University, Virginia and certificate courses in Human Centered Design (HCD), Implementation Science (IS), and Trauma Informed Care (TIC).

Enwerem’s research focus is addressing the impact of social determinants of health and chronic diseases (HIV) on the well-being of adolescent and adult women of diverse cultures including African-born immigrant women. Her other interest is to use different research approaches that partners with end-users in solving problems such as the use of Human Centered Design and Implementation Science to promote health equity and address drivers of health disparities among adolescent and the adult population. She used Human centered design in a 3-year, $4.5 million project funded by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services in the Office of Population Affairs (TP2AH000069, Co-PI and the lead investigator at Howard University on the school based services.), to address challenges Expectant and Parenting Adolescents face in finishing High School in Washington DC.

She also, used HCD, to develop a website that provides a resource information for the family. Enwerem received a funding from the Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs (MOLA), FY 2019 Latino Community Development Grant titled " Technological Capacity Building of Health Education and Screening of Adult Latino Immigrants Living in the District of Columbia"(2018-2019), a Howard University small business grant of $500.00 (five hundred dollars; PI) to help patent an innovative app on health information, and $10,000.00 (PI)from Capital Area Food Bank for community food distribution.

Enwerem leads the Women Ministry of “This Generation Ministries (TGM)” on Women Empowerment where women and adolescents, are educated on health, disease prevention, business, self-care etc. on a monthly basis. Her community health services are not only local and national, but global. She runs an annual TGM virtual Women International Conference (TGM WIC) where women who are subject matter experts are invited to speak on health-related fields. She is a board member of ‘Ohuhu Women Association international’ (OWAI). In this position she was responsible in analyzing and presenting a book report on the health data collected during a health mission to Nigeria.

Enwerem has over 40 articles in peer reviewed journal. She has authored three (3) books including SASH, (a Structured Approach in Solving a Human-related problem) for which she is the sole author.

She serves as a board member to some organizations, editorial board members in some journals, and a member of her professional organizations. She acted as an external reviewer for promotion for candidates for tenure and promotion. She won the President and Provost of Howard University award: "The Faculty Author Certificate in recognition of work published during 2010-2011."