Prof. Edima Ottoho, DrPH, MBA, MPH, PMP

Edima Ottoho is a strategy and operations leader with more than 15 years of experience solving complex organizational and health system challenges across the United States and emerging markets. Her experience spans digital transformation, operating model and process design, growth strategy, client delivery, and large scale program implementation for government, nonprofit, healthcare, and technology organizations.

She is Associate Professor of Practice in Public Health and Program Director of the B.S. in Public Health at Simmons University, where she leads program strategy and teaches global health, public health systems, and social determinants. She previously served as a Doctoral Fellow in Strategy and Operations at the Boston University Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health.

In Nigeria she worked as a Health Systems Analysis Specialist on the CDC funded PHIS3 project and as a Senior Project Manager at SeamHealth Innovations, managing a portfolio of digital health engagements including enterprise electronic health records, e-lab specimen referral systems, and a national cleft and surgery registry. Earlier she managed multi state operations for a USAID funded orphans and vulnerable children project.

She is completing a Doctor of Public Health degree, holds an MBA and an MPH, and is a certified Project Management Professional.