Dr CC Obuaku-Igwe is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology. She teaches at both UG and PG levels anchoring the department’s sociology of health, career counselling and mentoring at undergraduate level. Other courses in her teaching portfolio include, Research methods, and Advanced Social theory at postgraduate level. She is the founder of IndimaYethu mentoring program and currently on the editorial board of First Thinking review. As a sociologist, her overarching research interest is in the field of sociology of health and development with focus on Health policy and health systems.She has published on access to quality and affordable essential medicines in Nigeria and inequalities in healthcare in South Africa. Her Research explicates health and capacity development in Africa, focusing on economic growth, political and social change. Chinwe has published with African Sociological Review, a publication of CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa)