Israel Agaku

Biography:

Dr. Agaku Israel is an adjunct clinical professor at the University of California in San Francisco. For close to a decade, he served as a senior scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He completed his dental training at the University of Ibadan, and his dental public health residency at the U.S. National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. He holds a master’s degree in public health from Harvard University and two PhDs: one in Epidemiology and the other in Health Systems. Dr. Agaku is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Tobacco Induced Diseases. He has authored over 160 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and has also served as an associate editor for the U.S. Surgeon General’s Report. Dr Agaku is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Public Health. An expert in data science and artificial intelligence, Dr. Agaku is the founder, CEO, and Chief Scientific Officer of Chisquares, a startup focused on building cutting-edge scientific tools.