Andrew Zamani

Andrew E. Zamani is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and a MASHAV Scholar. He is  a John Hopkins University Trained Behavioral Science Academic Mentor. Widely described as quintessential, Prof. Zamani has spent over four decades of his work-life in clinical practice, initially at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital, Jos and later on at the  University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada. Professor Zamani is a transformational leader, one who has expanded the fortunes of Psychology through constructive engagement with government and private sectors. He is Fellow of the Nigerian Psychological Association, Association of Practicing Psychologists of Nigeria and the Nigerian Association of Clinical Psychologists.

 A three- time President of the Nigerian Psychological Association, Prof. Zamani has also served as the Chairman of it’s League of Fellows. .  He is the current President-Elect of the Pan-African Psychology Union, Executive Council Member of the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry. He is a two-times Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences; Nasarawa State University, Keffi; Immediate Past Director, Quality Assurance and the current Director, Institute of Governance & Development Studies at the same University. 

So far he has led the Institute to  develop partnerships on training and capacity building with  the Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution, Nigerian Army College of Logistics, Tukura Buratai Research Center, Public Service Institute of Nigeria and the Pan-African Institute of Development West Africa among others.  These partnerships have made his Institute the flagship academic Centre of the University. 

 He is Editor in Chief of Ife Psychologia, Gender and Behavior, African and Journal of Applied Psychology. He is on the Editorial Board of African Journal of Drug & Substance Abuse, Central Nigerian Journal of Psychology, Nigerian Journal of Basic & Applied Psychology and African Journal of Psychological Assessment. 

Professor Zamani is the Board Chairman of Mandate Health Empowerment Initiative:Gbagyi Indigenous People Empowerment Initiative, Community Health and Environmental Research Initiative and the Association of Practicing Psychologists of Nigeria. 

His research interests are culture & mental health , psychological interventions, health systems policy analysis, leadership & corporate governance, substance abuse, security & peace studies and development studies.