Dr. Raphael Akangbe (PhD)

Experience & Activities

Dr. Raphael Akangbe (PhD) is a multidisciplinary Digital Health, Health Informatics, Data Protection, Data Governance, Cybersecurity, and Health Data Analytics expert with over two decades of experience spanning healthcare, academia, digital transformation, research, policy, and professional practice.

He holds a PhD in Digital Health & Health Informatics, alongside qualifications in Health Information Management, Health Informatics & Information Management, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, and Certified Data Protection practice. His expertise lies at the intersection of healthcare, technology, data, governance, privacy, security, and innovation, with a strong focus on leveraging emerging technologies to strengthen healthcare systems and improve health outcomes.

His technical and professional interests encompass Digital Health Transformation, Electronic Medical/Health Records (EMR/EHR), Telemedicine, Health Information Systems, Health Data Governance, Data Privacy and Protection, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Health Data Analytics, Interoperability, Health Information Exchange, Digital Health Architecture, and emerging health technologies. He is particularly interested in standards and frameworks that enable secure, interoperable, patient-centred, and data-driven healthcare ecosystems, including HL7 FHIR, DICOM, SMART Guidelines, ICD, SNOMED CT, and modern data governance principles.

As a researcher and academic, Dr. Akangbe has contributed to research, publications, professional training, and knowledge development in digital health and health informatics. His research interests include digital health governance, health information systems, telemedicine, health data analytics, interoperability, privacy-preserving health technologies, artificial intelligence in healthcare, traditional medicine digitisation, and data-driven health system strengthening.

He is also actively involved in professional and industry initiatives, and a digital health initiative focused on advancing innovation, capacity building, professional knowledge exchange, and responsible technology adoption across the healthcare ecosystem. Through its webinar and knowledge-sharing activities, he promotes dialogue around digital health, EMR/EHR, cybersecurity, data protection, artificial intelligence, blockchain, health informatics, and emerging technologies.

Dr. Akangbe combines strategic leadership, technical expertise, regulatory understanding, research capability, and practical healthcare experience to bridge the gap between technology and healthcare delivery. His overarching professional mission is to advance secure, ethical, interoperable, intelligent, and data-driven health systems that place patients, privacy, equity, innovation, and measurable health outcomes at the centre of digital transformation.

He is available for international research collaborations, digital health consultancy, health informatics projects, data protection and governance advisory services, cybersecurity and privacy programmes, health data analytics, academic collaborations, professional training, keynote speaking, and strategic digital health initiatives.