Hammed Mogaji holds a First-Class Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences (Zoology), Masters and PhD in Parasitology & Epidemiology, all with Distinction. They currently work as; a lecturer at Federal University Oye-Ekiti, in Nigeria, a postdoctoral fellow in Epidemiology at Institute of Collective Health, Salvador, Brazil and a research support officer with MITOSATH. Their research interest revolves around neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), including mapping, exploration of socio-economic and ecological determinants of transmission, and understudying NTDs control programs to identify bottlenecks limiting them. Before joining the university, they served as a research scientist with the Spatial Parasitology and Health GIS group and a field officer on NTDs with MITOSATH. They actively participated in the implementation of NTDs control program involving training of health workers and drug distributors across several endemic communities in Nigeria over a period of 5 years. They have won a couple of research grants including the WHO/TDR postgraduate grant in Infectious diseases, TDR research capacity strengthening grant, RSTMH and ARNTD small grants. They have a very deep passion for Global Health, most especially in areas involving strengthening community awareness and participation in disease control program. They also won advocacy grants from Crown Prince Court of Abu-Dhabi, ACGH and ASTMH, and piloted outreach programs on Malaria, NTDs and COVID-19 in Ogun and Ekiti States, Nigeria between 2015 and 2021. Currently, they have over 55 articles in peer-reviewed journals with representations in local and international conferences in over 5 countries (USA, Ghana, Singapore, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Italy, Brazil) . They also review for over 10 reputable journals including PloS NTDs, PLoS ONE, Parasites and Vectors, BMC Public Health, Parasite Epidemiology and Control, Frontier’s in Public Health and Nigerian Journal of Parasitology to mention a few. They are also a member of some reputable societies including TDR Global, ASTMH, ASTMH, BSP, PPSN, iCHORDS, GSA, ASM and ARNTD. They were recently appointed as a Global Assessor of grants and events abstract for RSTMH in 2021, a member of the Conference Management Committee for PPSN in 2021, and a member of iCHORDS steering committee in 2022. In 2021, their idea titled the “T-BOM Model” was selected as one of the winning ideas in the TDR-Africa Global Contest to promote research mentorship globally. They also won the prestigious American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Young Investigators Award (First Tie Mention) in 2021.