Braide was born in
Cross River State in 1946, and attended
St Anne's School Ibadan for her secondary school education. She studied
zoology at the
University of Ife before obtaining her master's degree in
parasitology (1973), and doctorate degree in
epidemiology,
Cornell University, New York (1978). She holds a Certificate in
Epidemiological Methods from
Southampton University (British Council Course). She is a fellow and co-founder, Nigerian Society of Parasitology; Fellow, Salzburg Seminar Session 319; fellow (president designate) Nigerian Academy of Science Earlier in her career, Braide taught in Community Secondary School, Ugep, from 1966 to 1968, before transferring to College of Education, Port Harcourt (1973), and later moved to
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where she lectured between 1973 and 1976. In 1978, she was appointed officer and researcher (pioneer) in charge of the
Onchocerciasis Control Unit of the Nigerian Institute for
Trypanosomiasis Research, Kaduna until 1979. Braide has worked at the
University of Calabar since 1979. She was promoted to be a professor in 1991. Braide's research interests focuses on disease control particularly operational research, impact assessment of interventions, rapid assessment methods in mapping diseases and community initiatives in disease control. Between 1988 and 1998, Braide was Zonal Facilitator (South East), Nigerian Guinea worm Eradication Programme, and later joined the World Health Organisation / Federal Government of Nigeria Guinea Worm Eradication Certification Committee until 2013 when Nigeria was certified guinea worm free. She was a member of the TDR/APOC team that developed RAPLOA, a rapid assessment tool for determining prevalence of Loa loa for quick identification of communities in areas co-endemic for onchocerciasis and
loaisis that are at high risk of severe adverse reactions to
Ivermectin treatment. In 2001, Braide was a member of WHO/APOC Technical Consultative Committee (TCC), and in 2003, she assumed the chairmanship position of the committee until 2006. Between 2003 and 2006, Braide served as a member on committee of
Mectizan Expert. From 2007 to 2018, she served as member (Alternate Chairman) of National Steering Committee, Nigerian Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme. In 2018, Braide was appointed Chairman, Technical Advisory Committee, Cross River State Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme. She was a member of the Board of Trustees of Sightsavers for eight years and was the chair of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) (the 4 year Sightsavers)
DFID funded NTD UNITED project that ended in 2019. Braide is chairman of the board of trustees for
The Leprosy Mission Nigeria. She was the pioneer
Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Lafia (2011 - 2016) and Vice-Chancellor Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH), Calabar (2004 - 2009). She is also one of the board members of Nigeria's foremost non-governmental organization,
Society for Family Health, Nigeria. Braide is a recipient of Jimmy/Roslynn Carter Award for outstanding dedication and achievement in the eradication of guinea worm in Nigeria. In 2000, she received Cross River State 2000 Millennium Award. ==Awards==