Felix Ocom is a Deputy Manager of the National Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, Ministry of Health, Uganda, and a member of COVID-19 Incident Management Team. He is a national trainer for the Uganda National Rapid Response Teams for public health emergencies, and Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response.

Felix Ocom has participated in the development, implementation, and evaluation of national public health emergency preparedness and response strategies, in line with International Health Regulations (2005).

Felix Ocom has worked with WHO (2016-2020) as a consultant epidemiologist, US CDC (2008-2012) as a public health specialist (HIV Biomedical Prevention), and in various positions in the public health sector in the Government of Uganda.

Felix Ocom’s interests include public health emergency management and building resilient systems for public health emergency preparedness and response at community levels.