About Northern Caribbean University
Northern Caribbean University is the oldest private tertiary institution in Jamaica. Northern Caribbean University (NCU) is a private, liberal-arts institution, located in Jamaica, that is owned and operated by the Jamaica Union Conference and the Atlantic Caribbean Union Mission of Seventh-day Adventists (comprising the territories the Bahamas, Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands). With its main campus only 2 miles south of the town of Mandeville, in Manchester, and three regional campuses situated in Kingston, Montego Bay and St. Ann, this university offers a number of professional, pre-professional and vocational programmes in a spiritually wholesome and aesthetically pleasing atmosphere.
NCU operates in harmony with the beliefs, practices and educational philosophy of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. As such, it encourages students to relate their academic pursuits to their understanding of the Christian faith. It emphasizes the development of a sound Christian character and seeks to maintain an atmosphere, which fosters in its students, commitment and growth in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Thus, faith and learning combine to prepare students for practical Christian usefulness.
Founded in 1907 it achieved senior college status in the late 1950’s when it began to offer the Bachelor’s degree in Theology and was known as West Indies College. Since then, baccalaureate programmes in some twenty other disciplines have been added. The college was granted university status in 1999 by the Jamaican Government and the school became Northern Caribbean University. Presently the university offers over seventy degree programmes, (several of which are graduate programmes) in the sciences, business and education.
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Northern Caribbean University CCI Director – Dr. Lincoln P. Edwards
Northern Caribbean University is represented on the CCI Board of Directors Dr. Lincoln P. Edwards, DDS, PhD.
Professor Lincoln Edwards serves as President of Northern Caribbean University (NCU) in Mandeville Jamaica. He is a graduate of the University of the West Indies (UWI), and Loma Linda University (LLU) and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry (Special), a PhD in Pharmacology, and a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree.
Professor Edwards currently serves on three American Dental Association Test Construction Committees and is Chair of the American Dental Education Association section on Oral Diagnosis and Oral Medicine. He has previously served as an Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine, and an Associate Professor in the School of Dentistry at Loma Linda University. Dr. Edwards has also served as an Associate Professor at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, School of Dentistry in Houston.
Professor Edwards is a long standing member of the Network of Minority Health Research Investigators (NMRI) and served as Chair of the 15 th Anniversary Planning Committee. The NMRI serves as an advisory body to the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). He is a member of several editorial and accreditation-readiness boards. Dr. Edwards has an established career in the sciences and has won several national awards including the NIDDK Basic Science Poster Award and Oral Presentation Award. He is the first person to have won this award twice.
His life and work has impacted many across the globe. He has spearheaded several dental missions in the United States and Jamaica and has over the past six years helped hundreds of individuals to access free dental services in the parishes of Kingston, St. Catherine, Clarendon and Manchester.
Professor Edwards is a published researcher in the area of diabetes and hypertension with over fifty peer reviewed papers and abstracts and has obtained two National Institutes of Health grants in the United States of America. Amidst his hectic professional and philanthropic schedule, he still finds the time to work for the Lord and is an experienced Lay Preacher and has served in various capacities within the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Professor Edwards is married to Sandra Taylor, and together they have three children, Alex, Ross- Andre and Alexa. When he is not spending time with family or doing research on how to improve the health and wellbeing of others, he enjoys a friendly game of soccer.