Bioethics

Dr. Chitu Womehoma Princewill is a Deputy Director and the Head of Bioethics Unit at the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Abuja, Nigeria. Dr. Chitu Womehoma Princewill is a native of Rundele in Emohua Local Government (EMOLGA) Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. She is the Vice President of the Ethics Technical Working Group of the West African Integrated Vector Management Programme for the eradication of malaria in the West African Region. She is the International Anglophone Rapporteur for the African Regional Bioethics Programme. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Biochemistry from the Anambra State University of Technology (Now Nnamdi Azikiwe University), Anambra State, Nigeria. She holds a Master’s Degree Level Certificate in Biosafety from the Institute for Gene Ecology, University of Tromso, Norway. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Bioethics from the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, sponsored by the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH), Forgaty International Center and the National Human Genome Research. She holds a Doctorate Degree in Biomedical Ethics from the Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Switzerland.