Dr Lawong holds a PhD in Economics, Certificate in Health Economics and Certificate in Management in Health.
He is a lecturer in the Department of Economics at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria since 2005 and a Health Economics lecturer and Researcher; Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (NFELTP).
He has worked as a Health Economist on Economics of Onchocerciasis Disease on the CDIT study.
Dr Lawong currently oversees the health economics component of the COUNTDOWN implementation research project on Neglected Tropical Diseases in Nigeria based in Ogun and Kaduna States