Oyewale Tomori Last updated August 19, 2025 Life and career Tomori was born in Ilesa ,Osun State,Nigeria on 3 February 1946. He received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from Ahmadu Bello University ,Zaria as well as a Doctorate degree ,Ph.D in virology from the University of Ibadan ,Oyo State ,Nigeria where he was appointed professor of virology in 1981,the same year he received the United States Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service Certificate for contributions to Lassa fever research. [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] Three years (1984) after his appointment as a professor of virology,he was appointed the head of the Department of Virology. At the University of Ibadan Tomori's research focuses on viral infections including Ebola hemorrhagic fever , [ 9] yellow fever and Lassa fever . [ 10] He served as the Regional Virologist for the World Health Organization Africa Region (1994–2004) before he was appointed as the first vice chancellor of Redeemer's University ,Ogun State,Nigeria,a tenure that ended in 2011. [ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
Awards and fellowships He is a recipient of several awards and fellow of many international academic organizations,including:
Selected works His highest-cited works are: [ 27]
The reemergence of Ebola hemorrhagic fever,Democratic Republic of the Congo,1995 [ 28] Yellow fever:a decade of reemergence [ 29] Review of cases of nosocomial Lassa fever in Nigeria:the high price of poor medical practice [ 30] The revised global yellow fever risk map and recommendations for vaccination,2010:consensus of the Informal WHO Working Group on Geographic Risk for Yellow [ 31] Monoclonal antibodies to lymphocytic choriomeningitis and pichinde viruses:generation,characterization,and cross-reactivity with other arenaviruses [ 32] References ↑ "PROFESSOR OYEWALE TOMORI" . Nigerian Young Academy. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-26 . ↑ Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to .. . National Research Council . 2008. p. 98. ISBN 978-0309128186 ↑ Jide Osuntokun (September 19, 2013). "Redeemer's University's 5th Convocation" . The Nation Online Nigeria. Retrieved 2019-09-16 . ↑ Biodun Oyeleye (September 18, 2014). "Ebola: Time to reactivate surveillance for infections, says virologist" . New Telegraph . Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-26 . ↑ "Tomori Elected Chair of West Africa National Academy of Sciences" . The Nation . April 2024. ↑ "Oyewale Tomori" . Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists . ↑ Akintayo Eribake (July 30, 2014). "Ebola: Nigeria is not out of the woods yet — Prof. Tomori" . Vanguard News . Retrieved 2019-09-16 . ↑ "What can Nigeria's Ebola experience teach the world?" . The Guardian . October 7, 2014. Retrieved 2019-09-16 . ↑ Kupferschmidt, Kai (2014). "Nigerian virologist delivers scathing analysis of Africa's response to Ebola" . Retrieved May 30, 2020 . ↑ "Tomori's appraisal of Nigerian scientists" . The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper . May 23, 2013. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-26 . ↑ "Committee Biographies". Committee Biographies - Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin - NCBI Bookshelf ↑ "WHO - Professor Oyewale Tomori" . World Health Organization. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved 2019-09-16 . ↑ Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) (September 1, 2010). "Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals" . WHO . Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2020 . ↑ "GPEI-Expert Spotlight" . Retrieved 2025-06-15 . ↑ Ojigbo, Solomon (2021-04-21). "Oyewale Tomori – Champion of Nigerian Polio Eradication Programme" . Pharmanewsonline . Retrieved 2025-06-15 . ↑ "My role in Nigeria's journey to polio-free status-Prof. Tomori" . Healthwise . 2020-08-25. Retrieved 2025-06-15 . ↑ "Oyewale Tomori" . The Conversation . 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2025-06-15 . ↑ www.premiumtimesng.com https://www.premiumtimesng.com/health/health-interviews/274730-interview-why-nigeria-cannot-start-producing-vaccines-now-professor-of-virology.html . Retrieved 2025-06-19 . ↑ "Tomori takes over as Nigerian Academy of Science president" . Daily Independent, Nigerian Newspaper . Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-26 . ↑ Ojoma, Ojoma (2017). "Prof Tomori joins US Academy of Medicine" . ↑ "Prof Oyewale Tomori: Multiple-Award-Winning Professor Of Virology | The Abusites" . 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2025-06-15 . ↑ "Prof. Tomori advocates for One Health Workforce" . University of Nigeria. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-26 . ↑ Ojigbo, Solomon (2021-04-21). "Oyewale Tomori – Champion of Nigerian Polio Eradication Programme" . Pharmanewsonline . Retrieved 2025-06-15 . ↑ Ojigbo, Solomon (2021-04-21). "Oyewale Tomori – Champion of Nigerian Polio Eradication Programme" . Pharmanewsonline . Retrieved 2025-06-15 . ↑ "National Academy of Medicine Elects 79 New Members | National Academy of Medicine" . nam.edu . October 17, 2016. Retrieved 2019-09-16 . ↑ "Fellows of ASTMH (FASTMH)" . Retrieved 2019-09-16 . ↑ publons.com profile ↑ Khan, Ali S.; Tshioko, F. Kweteminga; Heymann, David L.; Le Guenno, Bernard; Nabeth, Pierre; Kerstiëns, Barbara; Fleerackers, Yon; Kilmarx, Peter H.; Rodier, Guenael R.; Nkuku, Okumi; Rollin, Pierre E. (1999-02-01). "The Reemergence of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995" . The Journal of Infectious Diseases . 179 (Supplement_1): S76 – S86 . doi : 10.1086/514306 . ISSN 0022-1899 . PMID 9988168 . ↑ Robertson, Susan E.; Hull, B. P.; Tomori, O.; Bele, O.; LeDuc, J. W.; Esteves, K. (1996). "Yellow Fever: a decade of reemergence". JAMA . 276 (14): 1157– 62. doi :10.1001/jama.1996.03540140045025 . ISSN 0098-7484 . PMID 8827969 . ↑ Fisher-Hoch, S P; Tomori, O; Nasidi, A; Perez-Oronoz, G I; Fakile, Y; Hutwagner, L; McCormick, J B (1995-09-30). "Review of cases of nosocomial Lassa fever in Nigeria: the high price of poor medical practice" . BMJ . 311 (7009): 857– 859. doi :10.1136/bmj.311.7009.857 . ISSN 0959-8138 . PMC 2550858 . PMID 7580496 . ↑ Jentes, Emily S; Poumerol, Gilles; Gershman, Mark D; Hill, David R; Lemarchand, Johan; Lewis, Rosamund F; Staples, J Erin; Tomori, Oyewale; Wilder-Smith, Annelies; Monath, Thomas P (2011). "The revised global yellow fever risk map and recommendations for vaccination, 2010: consensus of the Informal WHO Working Group on Geographic Risk for Yellow Fever". The Lancet Infectious Diseases . 11 (8): 622– 632. doi :10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70147-5 . PMID 21798462 . ↑ Buchmeier, Michael J.; Lewicki, Hanna A.; Tomori, Oyewale; Oldstone, Michael B.A. (1981). "Monoclonal antibodies to lymphocytic choriomeningitis and pichinde viruses: Generation, characterization, and cross-reactivity with other arenaviruses". Virology . 113 (1): 73– 85. doi :10.1016/0042-6822(81)90137-9 . PMID 6267791 .
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