Dr Chrysanthus Chukwuma, Sr, Executive Director, Centre for Future-Oriented Studies, c/o 12 Mgbowo Street, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, West Africa

• My educational qualifications
• Other Educational Experiences
• Language proficiency in descending order
• Present & previous appointments/professional activities
• Membership of professional bodies, honours and awards
• Interests/Hobbies

My educational qualifications:

(1) Doctorate Degree (June 1995)- DSc(Faculty of Agriculture & Forestry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland)

• Major: Limnology & Environmental Protection
• Minor: Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology.
• Dissertation: Integrative Procedure for Environmental Impact Assessment, Planning and Management of Non-ferrous Metal Mining Operations in Nigeria.

(2) Doctorate Degree (April 1982) - PhD(Faculty of Health & Human Services, CPUniversity),

• Major: Health Services Administration
• Dissertation: Health Care Delivery System in the 23 Local Government Areas of Anambra State, Nigeria.

(3) Doctor en Medicina - DOCTOR OF MEDICINE (MD)(April 1984) (Facultidad de Medicina, Universidad Centro de Investigacion Formacion Asesona Social, UCIFAS Escuela de Medicina, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

(4) Master's Degree - MA (June 1991) (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland)

• Major: Public Administration/Political Science
• Thesis: Information/Communication Needs and Resources for Rural Development in Anambra State, Nigeria.

(5) Bachelor's Degree (August 1977) - AB (Faculty of Physical & Natural Sciences, Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama, USA)

• Biology/Chemistry

(6)Certificate(1992) - Environmental Protection Administration, Evon Metsaoppilaitos (Evo Forestry Institute), Evo, Finland

(7)Certificate (1991)- Problems in Contemporary International Law, Faculty of Law University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

(8)Higher School Certificate (HSC) (June 1974)-(College of Immaculate Conception "Enugu High School", Enugu, Enugu State (formerly East Central state), Nigeria)

Other Educational Experiences:

• (a)New Benin Public School, Benin City (1960/62), Edo State (formerly MidWest Region), Nigeria as "Sunday Chukwuma"
• (b)Sido Preparatory Day School(1962-65), Warri, Delta State (formerly MidWest Region), Nigeria as "Sunday Chukwuma"
• (c)Government College Ughelli(1966/67), Ughelli, Delta State (formerly MidWest Region), Nigeria as "Sunday Chukwuma"
• (d)THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR 1967-70
• (e) ND/HND (National Diploma/Higher National Diploma Admitted to Petroleum Training Institute, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria (1975)
• (f) LLB (Bachelor of Laws) External Degree Candidate University of London, London, England (1979/80)
• (g) DPA (Postgraduate Diploma Public Administration) External Degree Candidate University of London, London, England (1980/81)
• (h)School of Medical Laboratory Technology (1975/76), Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria
• (i)Postgraduate Biology (Msc Candidate)(1977/78), Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL, USA

• (j)Postgraduate Social Science & Administrative Studies (MPA Candidate)(Jan-Sep 1978),Auburn University Montgomery, Montgomery, AL, USA

• (k)Postgraduate Chemistry/Biochemistry (PhD Candidate)(1978-79),The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA

• (l)Postgraduate Biostatistics & Epidemiology (Dr Public Health Candidate)(1978/79),The University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• (m)Postgraduate Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (PhD Candidate)(Jan-Apr 1980), Medical College of Georgia (MCG), Augusta, Georgia, USA

• (n)Postgraduate Developmental Biology (PhD Candidate)(1980/82),Atlanta (Clark-Atlanta) University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Language proficiency in descending order:

• English>Spanish>Igbo>Portuguese>French>Finnish>Swedish

Present & previous appointments/professional activities:

• Executive Director: Centre for Future-Oriented Studies, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria (1996-Present Day)
• Part-time Research & Teaching Staff member: Dept of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland June 1 - November 30, 2008)
Duties: Global trend and incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children and young adults.
• Collaborative Researcher: Dept of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (April 2005 - September 30, 2005)
Duties: The impact of diabetes on premature aging - the association with telomere length and the environment.
• Collaborative Researcher: Dept. of Epidemiology & Health Promotion, Division of Chronic Diseases, Diabetes and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland (October 2002-2003) Duties: "Diabetes and its Complications"
• Collaborative Researcher: Dept. of Epidemiology & Health Promotion, Division of Chronic Diseases, Diabetes and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland (1997-2000)- Duties: "Diabetes & its complications"
• Researcher: Dept. of General Practice & Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (1996)- Duties: "Re(emerging) infectious diseases"
• Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Fellow: Dept. of Epidemiology & Health Promotion, Division of Chronic Diseases, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland (1989-1993) - Duties: "Diabetes & its complications"
• Researcher: THL International Affairs Unit (formerly International Development Collaboration "IDC"/Health & Development Co-operation "HEDEC"/National Research & Development Centre for Welfare & Health "STAKES", Helsinki, Finland (1993)- Duties: Country Study -EGYPT
• Visiting Senior Research Fellow: Dept. of Community Health, Preventive & Social Medicine, Linkoping University Hospital, Linkoping, Sweden (June 1988-August 1989)- Duties: "Implementation of Health for All by the Year 2000 in Anambra State, Nigeria"
• Researcher: Social Insurance Institution, Helsinki, Finland (1986-88)- Duties: Primary Health Care according to World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Dept. of Public Health Sciences/Health Care Administration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (August 1986- May 1988) - Duties: "Development of monitoring system for the evaluation of health for all by the Year 2000 in Anambra State, Nigeria"
• Researcher: Dept of Clinical Chemistry, Meilahti Hospital (YKS), Helsinki, Finland (Feb 1986 - July 1986) - Duties: "Nutritional values of lignans and phytoestrogens"
• Research Technician: Dept. of Biology, Atlanta (Clark-Atlanta) University, Atlanta, GA, USA 1980/81)
• Graduate Assistant: Dept. of Chemistry, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA (1978/79)- Duties: Laboratory instructor and teaching
• Volunteer - ACTION - Huntingdon College, Montgomery, Alabama, USA (1976-78)

Membership of professional bodies, honours and awards:

• Governorship Candidate & Party Leader Ebonyi State, Nigeria (New Nigeria People's Party - NNPP)for and during the 2007 elections, respectively.
• Selected WHO is WHO in Ebonyi Land, Nigeria (2006/2008)
• "Environmental Monitoring and Information System for Mineralised Areas* selected as one of the Top 10 entries from Result of Jury Evaluation for National Award for Best Practices In Improving the Living Environment 2002 Edition, Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Abuja, Nigeria (The only individual/organization thus selected from Ebonyi State, Nigeria).
• Selected as one of the 100 OUTSTANDING NIGERIANS inter alia the First Nigerian Expert in Environmental Impact Assessment" - The Source Vol. 1, No. 26, Oct. 6, 1997, Lagos, Nigeria (The only individual thus selected from Ebonyi State).

• The scientific review article [Environmental Lead Exposure in Africa] published by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Ambio - Journal of the Human Environment vol. 26, no. 6:399-403 listed as one of the paramount papers on the trace element/heavy metal, "LEAD" since 1997 to date.

• Single-authored and published 24 articles in scientific journals (written and submitted between 1993 and 1995) towards 1995 doctoral degree obtained at the University of Helsinki.
• Only individual or organization to have empirically organized, researched and published a strategy for an integrative environmental impact assessment, planning, and management
• "Strategy for an environmental impact assessment, planning, and management of non-ferrous metal mining operations in Nigeria. Environmental Conservation, 1994" only reference for Nigeria at the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Conference on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Nairobi for Nigeria in 1995
• AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE for the article "Latent constraints for improved environmental health management in non-industrialised countries. Env. Management & Hlth, 6(4):9-14, 1995" in 1997 by the Literati Club, MCB University Press, Bradford, United Kingdom.
• The NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: Elected Active Member (November 1994)
• MARQUIS WHO's WHO in SCIENCE and ENGINEERING 3rd & 4th eds, USA.
• Eminent Nigerian Personality in Scandinavia (ENPIS) - Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Stockholm, Sweden in 1993.
• Registered Consultant i/c African Development Bank (AfDB) Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire and selected multinational corporations in Europe and USA (in the 1990s)
• Swedish Institute Scholarship for Community Health, Social & Preventive Medicine (1988/89)
• Anambra State Government of Nigeria, Ministry of Education - Special Grant for Primary Health Care Research (1988).
• Federal Government of Nigeria, Ministry of Education, Lagos - Overseas Scholarship Award for Medical Laboratory Technology (1976)
• Anambra State Government of Nigeria, Ministry of Education - Overseas Scholarship Award for Medicine (1976-84)
• Anambra State Government of Nigeria, Ministry of Education - Overseas Doctorate Degree - PhD Scholarship for Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology (1977)
• My Mother paid for my primary, secondary, and undergraduate education in Nigeria from 1960-1975; and also paid for a year's tuition, room and board including flight ticket in 1975 to attend Alabama State University (ASU) in 1976; and my last quarter tuition, room and board for my graduation at ASU in 1977 as the Consulate-General of Nigeria, New York responded late to my Anambra State Government of Nigeria overseas scholarship award granted in 1976
• Izzikworo Community Scholarship, Ezza LGA, Nigeria (1973-76)
• Father Collin's Scolarship Award, Izzi High School, Abakaliki, Nigeria, 1971.
• Certification and Recognition of Doctor of Medicine Degree - Consejo de Educacion Superior (CONES), La Presidencia de la Republica, Santo Domingo de la Republica Dominicana (1985).
• Registration of Doctor of Medicine Qualification (1985) - Secretario de Estado de Salud Publica y Asistencia Social (Department of State for Public Health & Social Assistance), Santo Domingo de la Republica Dominicana
• Commendation from the International (Graduate) Students Office, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA (1978).
• Honour Roll & Dean's Commendation - Alabama State University, Montgomery, Al, USA (1976-77)

Interests/Hobbies

• God & Humanity, table tennis & other sports, singing, dancing, reading, movies, web-surfing, & everything good
• Silver Medalist Singles: University of Helsinki Open Table Tennis Championship 1992
• Gold Medalist Singles & Doubles: NORDIC (Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland) Universities Faculties of Agriculture Table Tennis Championship 1993