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Professor Ibrahim Abubakar is UCL's Vice-Provost (Health) and leads the Health Partnerships Team, providing senior academic leadership for UCL’s work with its health partners, in coordination with our eleven faculties.
Professor Abubakar is a world-leading scholar in the field of infectious disease epidemiology. He brings significant global health experience to the position. From key chairing roles for World Health Organisation, to leading Lancet Migration, his expertise and advocacy have directly shaped policy implementation, affecting the lives of millions of people internationally, particularly in relation to tuberculosis and Covid 19. He joined UCL in 2012 as Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and went on to become Director of the Institute of Global Health and Vice-Dean (International and External Engagement) in the Faculty of Population Health Sciences, before being appointed Dean of the Faculty in 2021. In 2023 he took on the additional role of Pro-Provost (Health) alongside his role as Dean.