Dr Braimoh Bello is an epidemiologist, biostatistician and monitoring and evaluation specialist who serves as Technical Lead and Training Director at CESAR. He is also an Honorary Lecturer in the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of the Witwatersrand School of Public Health.
With more than 20 years of professional experience, Dr Bello has led numerous high-impact research, evaluation, strategic information and capacity-building projects across Africa. He has provided technical leadership and consultancy services to national governments, universities, public institutions, WHO, UNAIDS, the Global Fund, UNFPA, and other international development partners.
Among his notable assignments, Dr Bello served as one of four international evaluation specialists on the independent evaluation of DFID's Adolescent Girls Empowerment Programme in Zambia, and as Research Quality Manager on a DFID-supported health evaluation in Pakistan. In 2025, he led the training of more than 200 representatives from 119 community-based organisations on Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Learning and Accountability (MERLA) for UNFPA.
Dr Bello has authored more than 90 publications, including 21 peer-reviewed scientific papers and over 70 technical reports, and has delivered more than 50 conference presentations across Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas.
He holds an Honours degree and a Master's degree in Microbiology from the University of Benin (Nigeria), a Master of Science in Medicine (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) from the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), and a PhD from Utrecht University (the Netherlands). He has also completed advanced professional training at the University of London, Harvard University and the University of Oxford.
