Chigbo, Nnenna Nina

Nnenna Nina Chigbo, is a graduate of Medical Rehabilitation (Physiotherapy) from the University of Nigeria and has a Masters Degree in Public Health from Imo State University.  In 2010, she was awarded the prestigious Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship granted by the Fulbright Scholarship Board under the US Department of State which earned her a Global Health fellowship in Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

She served as a guest researcher with the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD & TB Prevention Unit of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. She is currently serving as the National Vice President, Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (NSP) and the Education Director WCPT-International Physiotherapists in HIV/AIDS, Oncology, Hospice and Palliative Care.

She is the Chief Physiotherapist at the Exercise Immunology Unit of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu where she designs exercise protocols for people with deranged immune systems. She manages her patients from diagnosis to palliative care helping to control pain and other distressing symptoms. She has served as a resource person to many organizations, presented in numerous international conferences and has recent publications in the areas of Medical Law and Ethics, Rehabilitation in HIV/AIDS, Cancer and Palliative Care.