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Dr

Gouvide Jean Gbaguidi

Research Fellow - Climate Change and Health

GM-Nutrition and Planetary Health

Orcid identifier0000-0002-9343-446X
  • Research Fellow - Climate Change and Health
    GM-Nutrition and Planetary Health
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Nutrition and Planetry Health, Fajara, Serrekunda, Gambia

BIO

Dr Gouvide is an interdisciplinary researcher in climate change, environmental health and infectious disease epidemiology, with a strong focus on malaria and other climate-sensitive vector-borne diseases in West Africa. He is experienced in mathematical modelling, geospatial analysis and data-driven decision support for public health interventions. Committed to the One Health approach, integrating human, animal and environmental health to strengthen climate-resilient disease control and health systems in low- and middle-income countries.

LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE APPOINTMENTS

  • Research Fellow
    MRC Unit the Gambia, Nutrition and Planetary Health, Banjul, The Gambia12 Oct 2025 - 12 Apr 2028

DEGREES

  • PhD in Climate Change and Public Health
    West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use, Accra, Ghana19 Aug 2021 - 27 Dec 2024
  • MPH in Ecohydrology
    University of, Abomey-Calavi, Benin6 Feb 2017 - 31 Oct 2018
  • MSc in Biology
    University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin2 Feb 2015 - 28 Oct 2016
  • BSc in Biology
    University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin25 Feb 2011 - 31 Oct 2014

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Expert in Epidemiology and Epidemiological Data Science
    Applied Epidemiology, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, and Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine2 Jun 2025 - 19 Dec 2025
    Professional Training in Epidemiology and Epidemiological Data Science (live and self-guided): Comprehensive professional training programme covering core and applied topics in epidemiology and infectious disease analytics, including general epidemiology, epidemiological theory, statistics and probability for infectious diseases, R programming, outbreak analytics, forecasting, scenario analysis, and compartmental models
  • Expert in Africa Climate and Health Data
    Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data6 Jan 2025 - 30 May 2025
    Participating in the Training Session Africa Climate and Health Data Capacity using R and Python
  • Expert in mathematical modelling Applied to malaria
    University Iba Der Thiam, Thies, Senegal3 Jun 2024 - 28 Sep 2024
    Training in capacity-building program on the mathematical modelling of malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa, using the "Epidemiological Model of Diseases (EMOD) " mathematical model from Institute of Disease Modeling (IDM) at Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Iba Der Thiam University of Thies, Senegal.
  • Expert in Plastic Waste and the Basel Convention
    UN Climate Change Learning Partnership (UN CC:Learn), United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Basel Convention Secretariat.4 Jul 2022 - 31 Aug 2022
    Training on Plastic Waste and the Basel Convention
  • Expert in Climate Change
    UN Climate Change Learning Partnership (UN CC:Learn), United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)6 Jun 2022 - 31 Aug 2022
    Training on Climate Change: From Learning to Action
  • Expert in Climate change negotiation and Health
    UN Climate Change Learn (UNCC: Learn), United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)6 Jun 2022 - 29 Aug 2022
  • Expert in Human Health and climate change
    UN Climate Change Learn (UNCC: Learn), United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), World Health Organization (WHO); info@unccelearn.org4 Jul 2022 - 29 Jul 2022
  • Expert in Implementing Successful Water Supply and Sanitation Utility Reform
    The World Bank Group1 Aug 2022 - 28 Oct 2022
  • Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management
    West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use, Accra, Ghana6 Dec 2021 - 30 Jun 2022
    Six(06) months of intensive courses on « Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management » in the frame of the Doctorate Research Program Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management at WASCAL-Lomé (University of Lomé)
  • English proficiency
    University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana4 Oct 2021 - 28 Jan 2022
  • Vocational training in English
    BT Institute1 May 2018 - 29 Jun 2018

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • French
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

REGIONS & COUNTRIES

  • Gambia
  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Germany
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Senegal
  • Togo

TOPICS & DISCIPLINES