{"id":2084,"date":"2025-06-02T14:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clinical.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=2084"},"modified":"2025-06-02T14:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:12:10","slug":"iorhen-ephraim-akase","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clinical.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=2084","title":{"rendered":"IORHEN EPHRAIM AKASE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2084\" class=\"elementor elementor-2084\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ccac964 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ccac964\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-821f8f6\" data-id=\"821f8f6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c73954 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c73954\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.12.1 - 02-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; border-top-width: initial; border-right-width: initial; border-left-width: initial; border-style: none none solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-color: black;\"><span style=\"color:black\">TITLE\n(PROF\/DR\/): <b>DR.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size:16.0pt;color:black\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; border-top-width: initial; border-right-width: initial; border-left-width: initial; border-style: none none solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-color: black;\"><span style=\"color:black\">NAME: <b>IORHEN\nEPHRAIM AKASE<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size:16.0pt;color:black\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; border-top-width: initial; border-right-width: initial; border-left-width: initial; border-style: none none solid; padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-color: black;\"><span style=\"color:black\">POSITION:<\/span>\n<b>SENIOR LECTURER&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/b>SPECIALISATION<b>:\nINFECTIOUS DISEASES<\/b><span style=\"font-size:16.0pt;color:black\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; border-width: initial; border-style: none; padding-top: 1pt;\"><span style=\"color:black\">EDUCATION\/TRAINING <i>(Begin with Bachelor\u2019s degree or other initial professional education,\nsuch as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if\napplicable. Add\/delete rows as necessary.)<\/i><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"722\" style=\"border-width: initial; border-style: none;\">\n <thead>\n  <tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;page-break-inside:avoid\">\n   <td width=\"348\" style=\"width: 261pt; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-top-color: black; border-right-color: black; border-bottom-color: black; border-left: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt;\">\n   <p align=\"center\" style=\"border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><span style=\"color:black\">INSTITUTION AND LOCATION<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n   <\/td>\n   <td width=\"96\" style=\"width: 1in; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-top-color: black; border-right-color: black; border-bottom-color: black; border-left: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt;\">\n   <p align=\"center\" style=\"border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><span style=\"color:black\">DEGREE<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n   <p align=\"center\" style=\"border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><i><span style=\"color:black\">(if\n   applicable)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n   <p style=\"border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n   <\/td>\n   <td width=\"106\" style=\"width: 1.1in; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-top-color: black; border-right-color: black; border-bottom-color: black; border-left: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt;\">\n   <p align=\"center\" style=\"border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><span style=\"color:black\">Completion Date<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n   <p align=\"center\" style=\"border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><span style=\"color:black\">MM\/YYYY<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n   <p style=\"border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n   <\/td>\n   <td width=\"173\" style=\"width: 1.8in; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt;\">\n   <p align=\"center\" style=\"border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><span style=\"color:black\">FIELD OF STUDY<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n   <p style=\"border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n   <\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:1;page-break-inside:avoid;height:19.75pt\">\n  <td width=\"348\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 261pt; border-top: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><span lang=\"IT\">Ahmadu\n  Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna.<span style=\"color:black\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n  <td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 1in; border-top: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\">M.B.B.S<span style=\"color:black\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n  <td width=\"106\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 1.1in; border-top: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\">12\/2005<span style=\"color:black\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n  <td width=\"173\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 1.8in; border-width: initial; border-style: none; border-color: initial; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\">Medicine &amp; Surgery<span style=\"color:black\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:2;page-break-inside:avoid;height:19.75pt\">\n  <td width=\"348\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 261pt; border-top: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p style=\"margin-top:1.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\n  1.0pt;margin-left:0in;tab-stops:13.5pt\">West African College of Physicians<span style=\"color:black\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n  <td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 1in; border-top: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\">FWACP<span style=\"color:black\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n  <td width=\"106\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 1.1in; border-top: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\">11\/2016<span style=\"color:black\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n  <td width=\"173\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 1.8in; border-width: initial; border-style: none; border-color: initial; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\">Infectious Diseases &amp; Immunology<span style=\"color:black\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:3;page-break-inside:avoid;height:19.75pt\">\n  <td width=\"348\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 261pt; border-top: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p style=\"margin-top:1.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\n  1.0pt;margin-left:0in;tab-stops:13.5pt\"><span lang=\"IT\">Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna.<span style=\"color:black\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n  <td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 1in; border-top: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\">M.Sc.<span style=\"color:black\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n  <td width=\"106\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 1.1in; border-top: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\">01\/2017<span style=\"color:black\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n  <td width=\"173\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 1.8in; border-width: initial; border-style: none; border-color: initial; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\">Immunology<span style=\"color:black\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:4;page-break-inside:avoid;height:19.75pt\">\n  <td width=\"348\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 261pt; border-top: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n  <td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 1in; border-top: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n  <td width=\"106\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 1.1in; border-top: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n  <td width=\"173\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 1.8in; border-width: initial; border-style: none; border-color: initial; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:5;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;page-break-inside:avoid;\n  height:19.75pt\">\n  <td width=\"348\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 261pt; border-top: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n  <td width=\"96\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 1in; border-top: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n  <td width=\"106\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 1.1in; border-top: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n  <td width=\"173\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 1.8in; border-width: initial; border-style: none; border-color: initial; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 19.75pt;\">\n  <p style=\"margin: 1pt 0in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><p><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p><p style=\"border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><b><span style=\"color:black\">Personal\nStatement<\/span><\/b><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\">I have sub-specialty training in infectious diseases and\nimmunology, having obtained a master\u2019s degree and post-graduate fellowship in\nimmunology and infectious diseases (ID) respectively. I am currently undergoing\na PhD degree in immunology. I also have leadership experience in research, and\nI have served as a co-investigator and principal investigator for number of\nclinical trials. I led the COVID-19 response team in my hospital, during which\ntime we were involved in several national and international research collaborations.\nI have been part of many collaborative research endeavors, both national and\ninternational. I am a co-investigator of the collaborative study between\nNorthwestern University and College of Medicine, University of Lagos on the\nneurologic manifestations of Long COVID in Nigeria.<\/p><p style=\"border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><b style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;Positions,\nScientific Appointments, and Honours<\/span><\/b><\/p><p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:\nSymbol\">\u00b7<span style=\"font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->2021 \u2013 2023&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chairman,\nEpidemic Response Committee, Nigerian Infectious Diseases Society.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p><p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:\nSymbol\">\u00b7<span style=\"font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->2019 &#8211;&nbsp; Present\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Board Member, Pan-African\nMycology Working Group of the International Society for Human and Animal\nMycology (ISHAM)<o:p><\/o:p><\/p><p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:\nSymbol\">\u00b7<span style=\"font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->2018 &#8211;&nbsp; 2021&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Secretary, Sepsis sub-committee\nof the Nigerian Infectious Diseases Society.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p><p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:\nSymbol\">\u00b7<span style=\"font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->2017 &#8211;  Present&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consultant and unit head, Infectious\nDiseases Unit, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p><p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:\nSymbol\">\u00b7<span style=\"font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->2017 &#8211;  Present&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Member, Medical Mycology Society of\nNigeria.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p><p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:\nSymbol\">\u00b7<span style=\"font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->2016 &#8211;  Present&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Member, Nigerian Infection Control\nAssociation.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p><p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:\nSymbol;color:black\">\u00b7<span style=\"font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/span><\/span><!--[endif]-->2014 &#8211;  Present&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Member, Nigerian Infectious Diseases\nSociety.<span style=\"color:black\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p style=\"border-width: initial; border-style: none;\"><b><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><b style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;Selected\nMost Recent Publications&nbsp; \/Contributions\nto Knowledge (five <\/span>(5) maximum)<\/b><\/p><ol style=\"margin-top:0in\" start=\"1\" type=\"1\">\n <li>Akase IE, Agabi OP, Ojo\n     OO, Anyanwu RA, Awodumila S, Ayilara S, Ede OJ, Ghajiga P, Kalejaiye O,\n     Nwanmah C, Nwaokorie F, Ogbenna A, Olajide M, Perez-Giraldo GS, Orban ZS,\n     Jimenez M, Koralnik IJ, Okubadejo NU (2024). A systematic analysis of\n     neurologic manifestations of Long COVID in Nigeria. J Neurovirol. 2024 Oct\n     24. <o:p><\/o:p><\/li>\n <li>Oghide, O.,\n     Olusegun-Joseph, A. D., Akintan. P.E., Osuagwu, C.O., Opawoye, A.,\n     Akinsola, C. M., Akase, I. E. (2024). Physician\u2019s knowledge, approach, and\n     perceived barriers to the diagnosis and management of sepsis in a public\n     tertiary hospital in Lagos, Nigeria: A cross-sectional study. J. Clin.\n     Sci., 21(1), 20-25.<o:p><\/o:p><\/li>\n <li>Wander, K., Ogunleye, O.\n     O., Nwagu, E. N., Unigwe, U. S., Odo, A. N., Chukwubike, C. M., Omilabu,\n     S. A., Salu, O. B., Owolabi, B. S., Osikomaiya, B. I., Ebede, S. O.,\n     Bowale, A., Olaitan, A. O., Chukwu, C. U., Ndiokwelu, C. O., Edu-Alamba,\n     C., Azubuike, C., Odubiyi, O. A., Hassan, Y. A., Oloniniyi, N., Muyiwa, K.\n     A., Abiola, R.R., Saliu, A., Fadipe, O.O., Anyanwu, R. A., Orenolu, M. R.,\n     Abdullah, M. A., Ishaya, O. D., Agulefo, C. J., Akase, I. E, Gauck, M. E.,\n     Huang, Z., Chen, M. H., Okoror, T. A.,&nbsp;\n     Fujita, M. (2024). Iron nutrition and COVID-19 among Nigerian\n     healthcare workers. Evolution, medicine, and public health, 12(1),\n     287\u2013297. <o:p><\/o:p><\/li>\n <li>Onu, J. U., Akase, I.E,\n     Ohaka, J., &amp; Kida, I. M. (2024). Barriers and enablers of\n     post-COVID-19 acute care follow-up in Nigeria from service providers&#8217;\n     perspective: a nominal group technique. BMC health services research,\n     24(1), 549. <o:p><\/o:p><\/li>\n <li>Akase, I. E., Akujobi, H.\n     C., Oghide, O., Olusegun-Joseph, A. D., Agbarakwe, C. A., &amp; Opawoye,\n     A. (2023). Utility and impact of early diagnostic assessment of sepsis on\n     mortality in an emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Lagos,\n     Nigeria. Niger. Postgrad. Med. J., 30(1), 70-74.<o:p><\/o:p><\/li>\n<\/ol><p style=\"margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\n12.0pt;margin-left:.5in\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p><p><b>Collaborators\/\nNetworks (International inclusive, five (5) maximum)<\/b><\/p><p style=\"text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2\"><!--[if !supportLists]-->i.<span style=\"font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/span><!--[endif]-->Prof. Igor Koralnik, Northwestern University, Chicago,\nUSA<o:p><\/o:p><\/p><p style=\"text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2\"><!--[if !supportLists]-->ii.<span style=\"font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/span><!--[endif]-->Prof. John Eikelboom, McMaster University, Canada.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p><p style=\"text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2\"><!--[if !supportLists]-->iii.<span style=\"font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/span><!--[endif]-->Prof. Sean Wasserman, University of Cape Town, South\nAfrica.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p><p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/p><p style=\"text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"IT\">iv.<span style=\"font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span lang=\"IT\">Prof. Ganiyu Olatunbosun Arinola, UI\nIbadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TITLE (PROF\/DR\/): DR. 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