Ayim strongly believes that understanding the cultural values of a community is the first inevitable step to successfully educating for health.  His dissertation entitled, “A Comparison of Health Education Perceptions Between the Chamba and Widikum Ethnic Groups in the Northwest Province of Cameroon, 1993” is the first step towards understanding the cultural values of the 250 ethnic groups in Cameroon.

     He was admitted into Indiana University Bloomington in 1984 where he graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Public Health Administration in 1987, and a Masters of Public Health with emphasis in Community Health Education in 1989. Thereafter, he was admitted into Texas A&M University for the doctoral program in 1990 where he graduated in 1993 with a Ph. D. in Health Education.  He is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) in the USA.  Furthermore, he is a grant writer and publisher of many scholarly articles in national and International Journals of Health Education.

     Upon completion of the doctoral program, Ayim was employed by Grambling State University of Louisiana as an Assistant Professor of Health Education where he was charged with the responsibility of developing a minor curriculum in Health Education in the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (HPER). He is also a graduate faculty in the Department.

     Ayim is an active member of many professional organizations at local, national, and international levels.  He is a member of the State, Regional, and National Association for the Advancement of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD); International Union of Health Education (IUHE); Global Health Council(GHC); American Association for Health Education (AAHE); Eta Sigma Gamma (ESG), a national Health Science Honorary; the American Public Health Association (APHA), Association of Professional Health Educators of Louisiana (APHELA), National Association of African American Studies (NAAS).  He was designated School Health Education Advocate (SHEA) for Grambling State University by the American Association for Health Education in 1995.

     Furthermore, Ayim has made presentations at State, Regional, and national levels of AAHPERD.  He has written and published articles in the State and International Journals of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.  His career objectives are to: teach health education content and process in an Institution of Higher Learning and write grants for external funding; conduct extensive health education-related research in Cameroon and/or in other developing countries of Africa; work with the World Health Organization Regional Office in Africa or with any International or Regional Health Education Institute for Africa; and to write and publish professional articles and textbooks for the enhancement of health education and the control of infectious diseases in developing countries.

     Finally, Ayim provides leadership in the health education profession, academia, and society.  He is the Executive Director of Minority Health Promotion Initiative, a Community-Based NonProfit Organization addressing the health needs of African Americans and the Medically Underserved population.  He has served and chaired departmental committees as well as University Subcommittees at Grambling State University.  He served as Vice-President of the Association for Professional Health Educators of the State of Louisiana (APHELA); Chair of the Louisiana Chapter of the National Association of African American Studies (NAAAS); Executive President of the Northwest Provincial Academy of Cameroon (NWPA); Deputy Commissioner of the Gulf South Soccer Conference(GSSC) comprising of eight Institutions of Higher Learning in Louisiana; Volunteer Soccer Coach for the Grambling State University Recreational Soccer Team; and member of Lions International service-oriented civic organization.