Cheluchi is the founder and executive director of Centre for health ethics, law and development (CHELD), an organisation that provides a holistic approach to health law and policy developments in Nigeria.
She holds a doctorate degree in law, specialising in Health Law, Ethics, and Policy from Dalhousie University, Canada. She has a First Class degree in law from the University of Nigeria. Cheluchi has practised law in a top law firm in Nigeria, developed policy and regulation within government, conducted research in health law, ethics and policy, and helped draft health legislation and regulations, and consulted for different international development organisations.
Most recently, she has taught Health Law and Policy at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University. Cheluchi is involved in several health promotion activities, including serving on the board of Sharing in Health, an organisation that is established to provide medical literature freely online to medical students in developing countries.
She is a member of several professional bodies, including the Nigerian Bar Association and the World Association of Medical Law. She has presented at various national and international forums and before diverse audiences, including young people and persons in different professions. Her research on health law and policy has been published in reputable journals in Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and New Zealand.
She has won numerous awards, scholarships, and fellowships, including the Killam Scholarship, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fellowship in Health Law, Ethics, and Policy, the Justice Olujide Somolu Prize for Civil Procedure at the Nigerian Law School and the Faculty Prize for the Best Graduating Student at the University of Nigeria
Cheluchi recently won Best International Fiction prize for her book 'Son of the House' at the just concluded Sharjah International Book Fair.
Sources: cheld dot org, dal dot ca, okadabooks. Photo: nbaconference dot com
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