Dr. Cordelia N. Okoye, R.N., MPH, Ph.D.

Dr. Cordelia Okoye is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Forensic Sciences at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. She is a registered nurse, certified midwife, and a Public Health Specialist. She is the President and CEO of Lincoln Health Consultants, a private firm that provides educational seminar and recruits health-care professionals for various institutions nationwide. She is the Program Director of Cordell Healthcare Staffing agency that recruits nurses and health care personnel for hospitals and other health care facilities. She is a founding member of the Board of Directors of Nebraska Institute of Forensic Sciences, Inc.

She received her registered nurse training at the University of Lagos teaching hospital, Lagos, Nigeria and obtained her certification in midwifery in England, U.K. She obtained her BA in Business Administration at Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri, the Master's of Public Health (MPH) degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, and her PhD in Health Services / Community Health from Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is a member of the American College of Legal Medicine and International Association of Legal Nurse Consultants.