About Emarin
Mission
Enable organizations to prevent, detect, prioritize, understand and respond to health threats faster, through integrated intelligence, technology and field operations.
Vision
Become the world's leading operating system for epidemic intelligence and health resilience.
Philosophy
The future of epidemic intelligence is not more information. It is better decisions.
Definition
A next generation epidemic intelligence and operational response company that transforms verified outbreak information into actionable operational intelligence.
We do not
Replace existing intelligence systems.
We do
Operationalize them.
Competitive advantage
The advantage is integration: seven disciplines most organizations keep in separate silos, combined into a single operational capability.
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Population level judgment on what actually changes outcomes.
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Diagnostics and quality systems that make evidence trustworthy.
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Formal methods for turning evidence into practice.
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Ground truth gathered where transmission happens.
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Prediction and prioritization at operational speed.
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Deployment, coordination and after action learning.
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Climate, mobility and urban dynamics as drivers of risk.
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The integration layer where all seven become a decision.
Founder & Principal Investigator
46°11'47.6"N 6°08'32.9"E
Geneva
Attending the 79th World Health Assembly
Founder
Founder & Principal Investigator, Emarin
Dr. Emeka Arinze Iloegbu is a field laboratory epidemiologist, operational researcher, biosecurity specialist, and global health leader. He maintains active licensure and certification as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist specializing in diagnostic microbiology and hematology. His career spans more than fifteen years across clinical medicine, public health, academia, international organizations, government, and frontline field operations.
Academically trained at New York University, the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and the University of Hartford, he works at the intersection of laboratory science, epidemiology, health systems, epidemic intelligence, and global health policy. His professional experience spans leading academic medical centers and public health laboratory settings in New York City, and he currently holds faculty appointments at the City University of New York and the New York University School of Global Public Health.
He serves as the New York United Nations Focal Point for the World Federation of Public Health Associations and leads scientific work within its Global Health Policy Task Force. His field and research activities span the United States, sub-Saharan Africa, and other international settings, integrating laboratory systems, disease surveillance, multimodal field investigation, and operational research.
Across these experiences he has developed a distinctive focus: transforming fragmented scientific, laboratory, field, and contextual information into intelligence that can guide action before, during, and after public health emergencies. That focus is the foundation of Emarin and of Applied Epidemic Intelligence as an interdisciplinary approach.
Full biography, publication list and speaking history available on request.
Request the full biographyThroughout his career, Dr. Iloegbu observed the same challenge repeatedly. Global surveillance systems have become exceptionally effective at detecting and verifying outbreaks. Yet after an alert is issued, governments and organizations are still left asking critical operational questions:
Emarin was founded to bridge that gap. Rather than producing another surveillance platform, Emarin transforms verified epidemic intelligence into operational intelligence utilizing a Multi-modal Field Epidemic Intelligence method, helping organizations prioritize action, strengthen local response capacity, and make evidence-informed decisions faster.
Unlike many organizations working solely in epidemiology, modeling, or consulting, Dr. Iloegbu's approach has been shaped by firsthand experience across every level of the health system. He has worked in hospital laboratories diagnosing patients, public health laboratories responding to emergencies, international policy discussions at the United Nations, operational research, university classrooms training future health professionals, and field investigations supporting frontline facilities in resource constrained settings.
This unique combination allows him to connect global strategy with local implementation, ensuring that recommendations are both scientifically rigorous and operationally practical.
Today, Dr. Iloegbu leads Emarin's vision of creating a next generation epidemic intelligence and operational response organization. His long term vision is to combine agent based modeling, compartmental modeling with mobility covariates, uncertainty quantification, multi-modal data integration, laboratory science, community based intelligence, field epidemiology, and operational research into a unified platform.
That platform must also contend with the modern information environment, where misinformation spreads faster than pathogens and can undermine an otherwise sound response.
The goal is to enable governments, health systems, humanitarian organizations, and private sector partners to move beyond simply understanding outbreaks toward making faster, smarter, and more effective operational decisions.
"Information alone does not save lives. Decisions do. The future of epidemic intelligence is not producing more reports, it is helping people know what to do next."
Dr. Emeka Arinze Iloegbu
People & teams
Emarin brings together individuals and teams who connect field epidemiology, laboratory science, technology, and operational response. Our people and team profiles will be shared soon.
Individuals
Profiles of the investigators, scientists, operators, and builders contributing to our mission.
Coming soon
Teams
An overview of the specialist teams and collaborative networks moving epidemic intelligence into action.
Coming soon
Field epidemiology
Investigators and response coordinators embedded where outbreaks unfold.
Laboratory science
Diagnostics, quality systems and specimen networks that make intelligence actionable.
Data & AI engineering
Engineers and scientists turning signal into decision support under real constraints.
Operational research
Specialists who translate evidence into programs that work in complex settings.
Global health operations
Operators who bridge ministries, agencies and frontline facilities.
Partners & advisors
A network of collaborators across public health, policy, technology and academia.
Media
Podcast interviews, news articles, institutional profiles, and event appearances featuring Dr. Iloegbu and Emarin's work.
Dr. Emeka Arinze Iloegbu convenes a Science Summit New York City 2026 session at the UN General Assembly. The session introduces Applied Epidemic Intelligence as an operational framework that connects community health systems, laboratory networks, environmental observations, and validated epidemic reports into coordinated decision-making.
Date & time
September 24, 2026
11:00 AM ET · Virtual
Registration link will be shared shortly. Request an invitation to receive updates.
Speakers
Additional speakers will be announced as the session approaches.
Convener and speaker
Founder of EmarinFounder and convener of the session
Dr. Emeka Arinze Iloegbu is the Founder of Emarin and the convener of this Science Summit session. A biosecurity specialist and licensed Clinical Laboratory Scientist, his work connects frontline outbreak response, laboratory systems, and the operational practice of Applied Epidemic Intelligence.
Read the full profile
Invited speaker
Medical field epidemiologist and immunization specialist
Dr. Tambe Elvis Akem is a medical field epidemiologist and immunization specialist with expertise in outbreak response, immunization, surveillance, and operational epidemiology. He has led and supported responses to Ebola and other public health emergencies in complex and humanitarian settings across Africa and beyond, with particular experience in translating surveillance, immunization, and laboratory data into operational decision making.
His recent work has focused on the 2026 Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including research, outbreak intelligence frameworks, and real time epidemiological dashboards. He is the founder of the Immunization for Resilience Newsletter & Research Group, an initiative focused on immunization, outbreak intelligence, health system resilience, and applied public health research.
Invited speaker
Biostatistician and independent biostatistics consultant
Tahira Abu is a Nigerian American biostatistician and independent biostatistics consultant. She holds an M.S. in Biostatistics from New York University, where her research focused on sociodemographic disparities and examining how variation in attitudes, knowledge, and awareness relates to disease presentation and health outcomes in underserved populations.
She has analyzed large scale datasets from organizations including HealthRight International, GIDEON, and the World Bank, applying methods such as logistic regression and mixed effects models to translate complex findings into actionable evidence. Tahira is committed to using data analysis to guide interventions that reduce health disparities and advance health equity in underserved communities.
Invited speaker
Biomedical scientist and public health specialist
Cynthia Banda Kasonde is a biomedical scientist and public health specialist with over eight years of experience at the intersection of laboratory diagnostics, quality systems, disease surveillance, and public health. She serves as a Senior Quality Assurance Officer at the Churches Health Association of Zambia Laboratory, where she leads and supports the integration of quality across diverse diagnostic and surveillance based practices.
Her expertise spans routine and molecular diagnostics, external quality assessment, proficiency testing, malaria, HIV, tuberculosis, HPV, antimicrobial resistance surveillance, drug resistance investigations, and wastewater surveillance. She has led initiatives to strengthen diagnostic quality across decentralized testing networks, including her country's first national malaria proficiency testing programmes, and is a certified Quality Management Systems mentor, systems auditor, and technical assessor for ISO 15189 medical laboratories. A passionate advocate for diagnostics as the foundation of public health, she champions greater investment in resilient, accessible, quality assured diagnostic systems and contributes to efforts that raise the visibility of diagnostics through her engagement with Roche and (RED).
Live from the field briefing
Special sessionMedical Laboratory Technologist, Emarin Zambia field team
Danny Chilobe is a Medical Laboratory Technologist and a member of Emarin's Zambia field team based in Kabwe. His experience includes arbovirus surveillance, dengue screening, HIV recency testing, PCR workflows, biological sample processing, laboratory quality control, biosafety, and health data documentation using DHIS2.
At the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Danny supported an arbovirus surveillance study that combined laboratory testing with field activities, including mosquito trapping and participant sampling in households and communities. He previously served as a PCR laboratory intern with the USAID DISCOVER Health Project in Kabwe and holds a Diploma in Biomedical Sciences from Chikankata College of Biomedical Sciences, where he is now pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Zambia. During this session, he will deliver a live briefing from the field, sharing direct observations and local insight from Emarin's community health activities.
Media inquiries
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Evolution
Origins
Years of frontline field experience across multiple continents shaped the founding intuition: intelligence without action fails patients.
Foundations
Deep laboratory systems and diagnostics expertise established the technical rigor at the core of Emarin's work.
Methodology
Formal training and delivery experience in translating evidence into operational programs at national scale.
Global reach
Cross-border surveillance, outbreak response and capacity building across multiple regions.
Today
A single operational fabric uniting intelligence, science, technology and field practice in service of decisive response.
In the field
Geneva, Switzerland
Arrived in Geneva to participate in the 79th World Health Assembly.
46°11'47.6"N 6°08'32.9"E
Geneva
Continuing engagement with global health partners and multilateral institutions.
