Dr. Julius S.M. Gilayeneh, Sr. is a Liberian Medical Doctor and public health practitioner with training, experience, and expertise in tropical medicine, infectious diseases epidemiology, international health, and epidemic preparedness and response.
Dr. Gilayeneh obtained his Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from the A. M. Dogliotti College of Medicine, University of Liberia. He also holds a Master of Science degree in International Health and Tropical Medicine from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, where his research explored how clinical evidence
generated from the 2014 West African Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic informed policies on treatment.
He is former Deputy Program Manager for the National Malaria Control Program of the Ministry of Health of Liberia and former Head for Epidemic Preparedness and Response at the National Public Health Institute of Liberia. In the latter role, he successfully led response to several outbreaks of Lassa fever and Measles and other disease outbreaks (e.g. Yellow Fever and Pertussis), and supported response to other public health emergencies such as floods, landslides, and chemical spills.
Dr. Gilayeneh is currently the Deputy Director General for Technical Services and Chief Scientist at the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) where he is responsible to provide technical oversight and supervision over Liberia’s Disease Surveillance and Emergency Preparedness and Response Systems, Laboratory diagnosis and Quality Standards at the National Public Health Reference Laboratory, Public Health Workforce Capacity Building, as well as Environmental and Occupational Health activities. He also supervises and oversees in-country Public Health and Medical Bio-Medical Research collaborations and activities. Dr. Gilayeneh is Principal Investigator for the PANGenS research project and other ongoing research projects.
He can be contacted at dr.gilayeneh@gmail.com or julius.giayeneh@nphil.gov.lr .