Onyekachukwu (Onyeka) Anikamadu, MPH, CPH is a third-year Ph.D. student in Public Health Sciences at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. She is an NIH F31 predoctoral fellow whose research focuses on increasing HPV vaccination uptake among young girls and women in Nigeria. Onyeka holds a Master of Public Health degree with a dual concentration in Maternal and Child Health and Global Health from the College for Public Health and Social Justice at Saint Louis University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Health and Human Physiology from the University of Iowa. Onyeka’s research interests center on community participatory research and implementation science, fields that allow her to work collaboratively with communities to create impactful, sustainable solutions. Her fervor lies in maternal and child health, particularly maternal mortality, a critical issue she is determined to address through culturally sensitive and evidence-based interventions. Driven by a vision for a brighter and healthier future, Onyeka aspires to empower women and children in Nigeria by championing access to life-saving health interventions and amplifying the voices of those often left unheard.