Dr Oluoma Agiri is a Research Analyst at the One Health Trust (OHT) – a WHO Collaborating  Centre for antimicrobial resistance (AMR). She works on the Global Antibiotic Resistance  Partnership project, using research to advocate for the value of vaccines in reducing  antimicrobial use in low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia. She also provides  research support for the situational analysis of the Nigeria national action plan on AMR.  

Before joining OHT, Dr Agiri worked on the AMR School Program of Dr Ameyo Stella  Adadevoh (DRASA) Health Trust, where she educated youth in Lagos, Nigeria, on AMR,  infection prevention and control, and personal hygiene. She also led a comprehensive  awareness and vaccination campaign on rabies as a veterinarian at Vetlane Animal  Healthcare Limited Nigeria. 

Dr Agiri holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and a Master of Science in One Health: ecosystems, humans, and animals from the  Royal Veterinary College and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. 

Dr Agiri is a member of the One Health in Action Initiative working group on One Health  education. She was awarded a 2020 Commonwealth Shared Scholarship and was a 2020  Fellow of the One Health Advocacy and Mentorship program at One Health and  Development Initiative. 

She is passionate about improving global health through research and advocacy, particularly in One Health, AMR awareness and education, rabies and neglected zoonotic diseases, and strengthening animal health services in low- and middle-income countries.