Paul Ngangula

Paul Ngangula is a global health researcher who turns evidence into action. He led an implementation study in Tanzania evaluating a telehealth counseling intervention for suicide prevention and HIV care engagement, translating findings into an operational framework for integrating digital mental health within resource-limited health systems. The work received the Duke University Dean’s Research Award and is informing service delivery improvements and policy dialogue on mental health and HIV care integration.

As founder of a nonprofit in Zambia, Paul designs community-rooted programs that strengthen youth mental health and reduce teenage pregnancy and child marriage — building partnerships, designing interventions, and guiding monitoring, evaluation, and learning to drive continuous improvement. He also served as a Project Manager at the Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research, coordinating a cross-national research team, ensuring implementation fidelity and data quality, and moving studies from protocol to dissemination.

Across roles, Paul focuses on health policy, implementation, and intervention scale-up — turning rigorous evidence into clear, usable guidance that strengthens delivery systems. His work emphasizes adoption and sustainment: workflow optimization, task-shifting, digital integration, and development of implementation frameworks that frontline teams can deploy.

Grounded in his Global Health studies at Duke University and shaped by experiences across Africa, China, and the United States, Paul brings a global perspective to local challenges. He is committed to advancing equity-centered implementation science to ensure that interventions proven to be effective and lifesaving achieve uptake, coverage, and sustained impact in the populations that need them most.

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