Maryam Muhammad

Maryam Muhammad

Executive Director of National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI) Vom

Dr Muhammed is currently the Executive Director of National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI) Vom, the National Veterinary Laboratory, Regional Centre for Zoonoses and Transboundary Animal Diseases and Nigeria’s animal vaccine manufacturing Centre.

Maryam Muhammad is regarded as one of Nigeria's leading “Women In Science” and a research expert in bacteriology, food microbiology, molecular epidemiology and policy development and implementation. She is passionate about driving research and development of vaccines for Africa's livestock industry, while building stronger distribution networks to ensure accessibility of vaccines to rural farmers. Maryam has nearly 4 decades of experience leading research projects, and providing academic supervision for graduate and post-graduate students. She provides administrative and technical leadership on national technical working groups on disease prevention and control strategies; designs and develops research concepts and programs targeted at securing public health and improving livelihoods. She has authored over 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications.