Jonas Nguh

Dr. Nguh is a global health scholar and practitioner. His scope of practice has been in maternal, newborn, and child health programs, immunization, family planning and reproductive health, nutrition, health systems strengthening, water/sanitation/hygiene, malaria, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and pediatric HIV care and treatment in Sub-Saharan countries and low-resource countries. Dr. Nguh has taught and worked in more than 20 Sub-Saharan countries. Dr. Nguh is a distinguished faculty with professorships in six international universities. He teaches primarily in Public Health and Nursing programs, where he chairs DNP students.
Dr. Nguh has held various senior executive leadership roles in both nursing and public health academic programs. Presently, he is the Chair of the State Advisory Council on Health & Wellness, a multidisciplinary body that provides strategic guidance, policy recommendations, and collaborative leadership to improve population health outcomes within the state. He is also the Past President of the Maryland Public Health Association and the past Policy Chair of the Men’s Health Caucus of the American Public Health Association. Before this, he served as the Executive Dean of the School of Health Professions at the University of Providence in Montana. Dr. Nguh holds a PhD in Public Health, a Master of Science in Nursing, a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. He also holds several certifications, including Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the National Academy of Practice, and is board-certified as a Nurse Executive, Advanced by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Dr. Nguh is a multi-award winner with over 18 awards for public health, community service, leadership, and volunteerism. Awards include Faculty Excellence and Presidential Excellence Award from Walden University (2024), Outstanding Mentor Award from the DNP'S of Color (2024), Health Equity Award from the Daisy Foundation (2023), Outstanding Mentor Award from the American Association of Men in Nursing (2012), Senior Executive Career Award from the Maryland Association of Healthcare Executives (2017), Star Nurses Award from the Washington Post/ANA (2020). He is a two-time recipient of the Lillian Wald Award, first from the National League of Nursing in 2015 and second from the American Public Health Association in 2019. Other awards include the Social Impact Award from the British Council USA in 2018; this award recognizes individuals who have made significant and sustained contributions to improving the lives of others. Social Change Award from Walden University in 2018 and Certified Nurses Award from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2018 in the category of Nurse Executive; an award that recognizes professional practice, education, research, and service in the areas of innovation, collaboration, leadership, and professional risk taking, and patient-centered care. In 2015, he was honored with the Outstanding Mentor Award from the Maryland Nurses Association, and in 2012, he was one of six nurses nationally to receive the Nurse of the Year Award from Nurse.com.
Dr. Nguh is the founder and Executive Director of the African Vaccine Alliance, a 501C(3) NGO that focuses on improving vaccine equity for children in Sub-Saharan Africa. Today, this organization has vaccinated 2.5 million children across 7 countries in Africa.
Dr. Nguh's leadership roles in professional associations include service as a past Governing Councilor for the Health Education & Health Promotion section of the American Public Health Association, and Board member of the American Association of Men in Nursing. Currently, he serves as an editorial board member for the Association of University Programs in Health Administration/Health Administration Press, the International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management, the International Journal of Management in Education, and the Nurse Education in Practice journal.

Education

PhD, Walden University

Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, American College of Healthcare Executives

Awards / Honors

Lillian Wald Humanitarian Award, National League of Nursing, 2015

Publications

Nguh, J. (2013). Have Maryland local health departments effectively put in place information technology relevant to emergency preparedness?. Journal of Emergency Management