Ngozi Nwebonyi holds a Master’s degree in Public health from Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Portugal, and a Bachelor in Medical Laboratory Science from the Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Ebonyi State University, Nigeria. Her research interests include public and patient involvement, health data governance and public engagement in data-intensive research for personalized medicine. She has conference and journal publications based on her MSc thesis. She also participated as a Master student researcher in the DATAGov project, a mixed methods project that focuses on public and patients’ involvement in health data governance. Ngozi is a member of Scientific Committee at Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto (ISPUP). She also volunteers as a health communication officer at Kachem Young Initiatives (KYI), a transnational charitable non-governmental organisation which advocates for inclusivity, equality, and access in the education sector in Africa