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Joan Koroma

General Info

Professional Track

  • Science

Country

Sierra Leone

Areas of Expertise

  1. Health Sciences and Technology
  2. Engineering and Science, Pharmaceutical
  3. Chemistry

Professional Interests

  1. Maternal and child health, water sanitation and hygiene, health promotion and prevention of non-communicable diseases
  2. Access to essential medicines and vaccines, drug design and nano-molecular technology
  3. Quality assurance and quality control systems in pharmaceutical production

Age

28

The Top Three Things I Would Like to Learn or Experience During my Mentorship

  1. Understand how technology can be applied in everyday healthcare delivery to increase efficiency and accessibility.
  2. Acquire practical skills and tools in project management, leadership, teamwork and mentoring, which I can put to use when I return to my home country.
  3. Experience the intellectual diversity that TechWomen affords, meet experienced mentors and peers from diverse technical and professional backgrounds, and build a lifelong professional network.

Additional Technical Skills

Monitoring and evaluation; experience with clinical trials

What are three adjectives that best describe you in the work place?

  1. Result-oriented
  2. Self-confident
  3. Energetic

What impact will your mentorship have on your career and professional path?

My professional career objectives are two-fold. Firstly, I hope to contribute to the improvement of maternal and child healthcare in Sierra Leone by working with organizations and initiatives in that sector. Secondly, I want to promote the availability of effective pharmaceutical services and care by establishing a client-focused pharmaceutical enterprise that will provide essential resources, products, and information. TechWomen will expose me to new technologies, new ideas, skills, and other resources that I can apply on my return to shape my professional pathway. The networking opportunities TechWomen provides will connect me to many peers and mentors and serve as a rich learning experience.

After participating in the TechWomen program, how will you leverage your mentorship experience to make an impact in your home country?

On my return to Sierra Leone from the TechWomen program, I plan to establish a community-based STEM learning and mentorship project for girls in the country. This project will establish centers that will provide facilities for out-of-school learning, technology skills training and talent discovery and development for girls, especially those from otherwise underprivileged backgrounds. The project will also involve collaboration with schools to provide career development sessions to help create positive changes in girls’ perceptions of STEM careers. My personal TechWomen experience and my connections through the TechWomen network will help make this vision a reality.

Work History

Years of Full-time Work Experience

2

Primary Professional Focus

  • Bio or medical technology
  • Educational technology
  • Scientist and researcher

Current/Most Recent Job

  • Title and Company: Pharmacist, Ministry of Health and Sanitation
  • Direct Reports: Pharmacy technicians, intern pharmacy professionals
  • Type:
  • Location: Freetown, Western area, Sierra Leone
  • Dates: August 1, 2018 –
  • Responsibilities:

    Facilitation, coordination, and supervision of tasks associated with the pharmaceutical supply chain cycle; collaboration with other health personnel to develop guidelines, formulary and standard operating procedures for medicines use; review of patient medication for appropriateness and safety, and promotion of rational use of medicines and antimicrobial stewardship; identifying and reporting adverse drug reactions and medication errors

Job #2

  • Title and Company: Community Pharmacist, Citiglobe Pharmacy Limited
  • Type: Full-time
  • Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • Dates: March 1, 2017 – January 1, 2018
  • Responsibilities:

    Dispensed prescriptions; entered data into treatment and dispensing registers; managed inventory; developed pharmaceutical care plans and systems for detecting and reporting adverse drug reactions

Job #3

  • Title and Company: Independent Monitor, World Health Organization (in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation - Sierra Leone)
  • Type: Full-time
  • Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • Dates: July 1, 2015 – November 1, 2016
  • Responsibilities:

    Monitored over twenty (20) communities in the Western Area Urban and Rural districts of Freetown during maternal and child health weeks, and measles and polio vaccinations for under-fives campaigns; conducted day-to-day monitoring and reporting of immunization exercises; identifed gaps and implemented appropriate strategies to address them; coordinated with District Health Management Teams (DHMT) and all district health system stakeholders and community stakeholders to ensure adequate coverage during campaigns

Education History

Highest Level of Education Completed

Master's

Institution #1

  • Institution: Southern Medical University
  • Degree Awarded: Master's
  • Major: Public Health
  • Minor:
  • Location: Guangzhou, China
  • Completion Date: July 1, 2020

Institution #2

  • Institution: College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone
  • Degree Awarded: Bachelor's
  • Major: Pharmacy
  • Minor:
  • Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • Completion Date: December 1, 2016

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