Oct 2023- Present
Research Assistant: The Nexus of Poverty, Place, Race, and Bureaucracy in Child Welfare; A
Multi-Method, Multi-Level Examination of Child Welfare Investigation in the United States.
Principal Investigator: Melanie Nadon,Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice, The University of Chicago Responsibilities: support the review and coding of qualitative interviews using the Dadoose software
Sept 2022- Present
Doctoral Research Assistant: Health Systems Reform and Decentralization in Honduras
Principal Investigator: Alan Zarychta, Ph.D. Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice, The University of Chicago Responsibilities: participate in ongoing research in Honduras to analyze and co-write an article on the Assessment of Community Participation in Primary Healthcare Planning and Management in Honduras
2020-2022
Graduate Research Assistant: Center for Global Health-UCGH, The University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, USA
Responsibilities: Designed and conducted Community health needs assessment in Ghana (The Ashanti and Central Regions) and Nigeria (Ondo and Ekiti state), using mixed methods to identify critical health needs in rural and hard-to-reach communities in West Africa. Findings from the research contribute to learnings on community health, and as program improvement resources for UCGH local and international affiliates. Conducted a 6-year Kiphart Foundation/Center for Global Health Ghana Project Impact assessment to document the impact of their community intervention projects such as water and sanitation, primary health facilities support, community school computer laboratory installations, and school farm support projects in Ghana and Nigeria.
2021
Summer Research Fellowship: International Rescue Committee– IRC
Responsibilities: Designed a problem-driven iteration protocol to evaluate the PDIA process in Northern Nigeria and a Political Economy Analysis adoption strategy for implementing a multiyear program to improve maternal and newborn healthcare delivery in conflict/emergency settings in five countries of Somalia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Niger, and Cameroon.
2020-2021
Graduate Research Assistant: Advancing Health Equity- leading Care, Payment, and Systems Transformation (AHE)
Responsibilities: Conducted a case study on how the AHE Delaware team uses a health equity approach to improve access to care for the black pediatric population in Delaware.
Imo, C. U. (2022). Participatory Governance: How Nigeria Can Achieve Development Through Citizens Participation in Policymaking. A Journal of Social Inclusion and Educational Advancement, 420.
Other Publications and Briefs
Imo, C. U, Adejoh, A & Osunkwo, M (2018). Important Role Community Informant Plays in Integrated Disease Surveillance in Nigeria. Afribary. https://afribary.com/works/important-role-community-informant-plays-in- integrated-disease-surveillance-in-nigeria
Imo, C. U. (2021). Women’s Mental Health: The Impact of Covid-19 and the Need for Immediate Action. (Policy Brief 5). University of Chicago Center for Global Health. Retrieved from https://cgh.uchicago.edu/cgh-blog
Imo, C. U. (2020). How Data Can Save Someone’s Mother, Partner, Friend or Child. Packaging Evidence for Health Systems Strengthening. Options. Retrieved from https://mamaye.org/blog/how-data-can-save-someones-mother- partner-friend-or-child.
Chinasa U Imo is an accomplished development and global health policy strategist. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. Her interests lie in utilizing political economy analysis and participatory approaches to examine and formulate policies and programs that strengthen public health systems, enhance governance, foster social accountability, and advance access to quality healthcare. Her primary focus encompasses underserved populations in low-resourced, hard-to-reach, volatile settings.