Abdul Abdullah, Mph
About Abdul Abdullah, Mph
Abdul Abdullah, MPH, is a Global Trial Manager at Bristol Myers Squibb and the CEO of Afrochella Festival. He has extensive experience in clinical research and project management, having worked at Syneos Health Clinical Solutions and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Current Position at Bristol Myers Squibb
Abdul Abdullah currently works as a Global Trial Manager at Bristol Myers Squibb. In this role, he oversees activities associated with interim analyses, database snapshots, and final Clinical Study Reports. He is responsible for vendor management to ensure that key deliverables are met and potential scope creep is identified. Abdul also assists with resource management and team member transitions by collaborating with Resource Managers. Additionally, he creates and maintains the Trial Master File Management (TMF) Plan to ensure quality, completeness, and inspection readiness, and coordinates and monitors study deliverables across internal functional departments and vendors.
Professional Background
Abdul Abdullah has accumulated extensive experience in clinical research and project management. He worked at Syneos Health Clinical Solutions as a Global Clinical Trials Manager from 2019 to 2022 in the United States. Prior to that, he held several positions at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, including Clinical Research Project Manager from 2017 to 2019, Research Project Coordinator from 2013 to 2017, and Research Study Assistant I and II between 2011 and 2013 in the Greater New York City Area. He also worked as an intern at Albert Einstein College of Medicine for five months in 2011.
Leadership Role at Afrochella Festival
Abdul Abdullah serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the Afrochella Festival, now known as AfroFuture Festival, in Greater Accra, Ghana. He founded the festival with the aim of highlighting and elevating talent from Africa and boosting tourism within Ghana and Africa. AfroFuture Festival has gained significant media attention and has been featured on major outlets such as BBC, CNN, Essence, Vogue, and GQ.
Educational Background
Abdul Abdullah holds a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) in Community Health and Preventive Medicine from Hunter College, where he studied from 2014 to 2016. He also holds dual degrees in Psychology and Biology from Syracuse University, where he achieved a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Psychology and studied from 2006 to 2010.
Early Career and Experience
Abdul Abdullah's early career includes work as a Syracuse University Ambulance worker from 2007 to 2010. He gained initial clinical research experience at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where he served in various roles including Research Study Assistant I and II, and Research Project Coordinator. This laid the foundation for his later roles in clinical trials and project management.