TITLE (PROF/DR/): DR.

NAME: IORHEN EPHRAIM AKASE

POSITION: SENIOR LECTURER                                         SPECIALISATION: INFECTIOUS DISEASES

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with Bachelor’s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)

Personal Statement

I have sub-specialty training in infectious diseases and immunology, having obtained a master’s degree and post-graduate fellowship in immunology and infectious diseases (ID) respectively. I am currently undergoing a PhD degree in immunology. I also have leadership experience in research, and I have served as a co-investigator and principal investigator for number of clinical trials. I led the COVID-19 response team in my hospital, during which time we were involved in several national and international research collaborations. I have been part of many collaborative research endeavors, both national and international. I am a co-investigator of the collaborative study between Northwestern University and College of Medicine, University of Lagos on the neurologic manifestations of Long COVID in Nigeria.

  Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

·         2021 – 2023                Chairman, Epidemic Response Committee, Nigerian Infectious Diseases Society.

·         2019 –  Present           Board Member, Pan-African Mycology Working Group of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM)

·         2018 –  2021                Secretary, Sepsis sub-committee of the Nigerian Infectious Diseases Society.

·         2017 – Present            Consultant and unit head, Infectious Diseases Unit, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos.

·         2017 – Present            Member, Medical Mycology Society of Nigeria.

·         2016 – Present            Member, Nigerian Infection Control Association.

·         2014 – Present            Member, Nigerian Infectious Diseases Society.

  Selected Most Recent Publications  /Contributions to Knowledge (five (5) maximum)

1. Akase IE, Agabi OP, Ojo OO, Anyanwu RA, Awodumila S, Ayilara S, Ede OJ, Ghajiga P, Kalejaiye O, Nwanmah C, Nwaokorie F, Ogbenna A, Olajide M, Perez-Giraldo GS, Orban ZS, Jimenez M, Koralnik IJ, Okubadejo NU (2024). A systematic analysis of neurologic manifestations of Long COVID in Nigeria. J Neurovirol. 2024 Oct 24.
2. Oghide, O., Olusegun-Joseph, A. D., Akintan. P.E., Osuagwu, C.O., Opawoye, A., Akinsola, C. M., Akase, I. E. (2024). Physician’s knowledge, approach, and perceived barriers to the diagnosis and management of sepsis in a public tertiary hospital in Lagos, Nigeria: A cross-sectional study. J. Clin. Sci., 21(1), 20-25.
3. Wander, K., Ogunleye, O. O., Nwagu, E. N., Unigwe, U. S., Odo, A. N., Chukwubike, C. M., Omilabu, S. A., Salu, O. B., Owolabi, B. S., Osikomaiya, B. I., Ebede, S. O., Bowale, A., Olaitan, A. O., Chukwu, C. U., Ndiokwelu, C. O., Edu-Alamba, C., Azubuike, C., Odubiyi, O. A., Hassan, Y. A., Oloniniyi, N., Muyiwa, K. A., Abiola, R.R., Saliu, A., Fadipe, O.O., Anyanwu, R. A., Orenolu, M. R., Abdullah, M. A., Ishaya, O. D., Agulefo, C. J., Akase, I. E, Gauck, M. E., Huang, Z., Chen, M. H., Okoror, T. A.,  Fujita, M. (2024). Iron nutrition and COVID-19 among Nigerian healthcare workers. Evolution, medicine, and public health, 12(1), 287–297.
4. Onu, J. U., Akase, I.E, Ohaka, J., & Kida, I. M. (2024). Barriers and enablers of post-COVID-19 acute care follow-up in Nigeria from service providers’ perspective: a nominal group technique. BMC health services research, 24(1), 549.
5. Akase, I. E., Akujobi, H. C., Oghide, O., Olusegun-Joseph, A. D., Agbarakwe, C. A., & Opawoye, A. (2023). Utility and impact of early diagnostic assessment of sepsis on mortality in an emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. Niger. Postgrad. Med. J., 30(1), 70-74.

Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive, five (5) maximum)

i.      Prof. Igor Koralnik, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

ii.     Prof. John Eikelboom, McMaster University, Canada.

iii.    Prof. Sean Wasserman, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

iv.   Prof. Ganiyu Olatunbosun Arinola, UI Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.