IkeOluwapo O. Ajayi | |
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| Born | |
| Citizenship | Nigeria |
| Education | University of Ibadan 2000, 2006 University of Western Ontario 1994 |
| Alma mater | University of Ibadan |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Employer | University of Ibadan |
| Title | Director, Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training University of Ibadan |
| Awards | The Nigerian Prize for Science |
Ikeoluwapo Olayinka Ajayi is a Nigerian epidemiologist and professor of Epidemiology and Bio Statistics at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. Her research focuses on communicable and non-communicable diseases, including malaria, hypertension, obesity, and cancers of the cervix and breast. [1]
Ajayi earned her MB;BS from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and obtained a Master of Clinical Science (M.Cl.Sc) in Clinical Science (Family Medicine) from the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, in 1994. She later received a Master of Public Health (MPH) in 2000 and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology in 2006, both from the University of Ibadan. [2] [3]
She currently serves as a Lecturer and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, and also, the Director of the Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training University of Ibadan. [3] [4] [5]
Communicable diseases (particularly malaria) [5]
Non-communicable diseases (hypertension, obesity, cervical and breast cancer)
In 2017 Ajayi was awarded the Nigerian Prize for Science by NLNG. [6] [7] In 2020, she was elected Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences. [8]
Ajayi, I.O., & Bamgboye, E.A. (2017). Epidemiology of Trauma. In Manual of Emergency and Essential Surgical Care in Sub-Saharan Africa (E.O. Olapade-Olaopa et al., Eds.), pp. 161–172. WHO-supported publication. [2]
Ajayi, I.O. (1998). Breast and cervical cancer screening among family physicians – An indicator of health promotion and disease prevention activities of family physicians in Nigeria. Proceedings of the International Conference on Curriculum Review in Family Medicine in West Africa, pp. 76–80. ISSN 1119-9377. [9]
Adedire, E.B. et al. (2015). Descriptive Characterization of Cholera Epidemic Caused by Breakdown of Public Pipe Borne Water Supply—Egbeda, Oyo State Nigeria, September 2013. International Journal of Epidemiology, 44(Suppl 1): i153.
Ajayi, I.O. & Adewole, I.F. (1998). Determinants of utilization of cervical cancer screening facility in a low socio-economic setting in Nigeria. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 18(2), 154–158.
Ajayi, I.O., Falade, C.O., Bamgboye, E.A., Oduola, A.M.J., & Kale, O.O. (2008). Assessment of a treatment guideline to improve home management of malaria in children in rural southwest Nigeria. Malaria Journal, 7(24). doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-24.
Thomas, J.O., Herrero, R., Omigbodun, A.A., Ajayi, I.O., et al. (2004). Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus infection in women in Ibadan, Nigeria: A population-based study. British Journal of Cancer, 90, 638–645.
Ajayi, I.O., Browne, E.N., Garshong, B., et al. (2008). Feasibility and acceptability of artemisinin-based combination therapy for the home management of malaria in four African sites. Malaria Journal, 7(6).
Ogunbode, A.M., Ladipo, M.M.A., Ajayi, I.O., et al. (2010). Prevalence of obesity among women attending a Nigerian primary care clinic. Tropical Journal of Health Science, 17(1), 59–65.