Prof. Oyinlola O ODUYEBO
Faculty

A lecturer in the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos since 1998, teaching Medical Microbiology to medical students, postgraduate students, nurses and midwives. Also a Honorary consultant to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, helping to manage the hospital laboratory, investigating and managing healthcare associated infections and training resident doctors.
Research interests have been in the area of antibiotic stewardship, antimicrobial resistance and healthcare associated infections.
The results of her research have helped to educate healthcare workers on rational antibiotic use and importance of adequate infection control practices.
Currently, chairman of the antimicrobial stewardship program and also of the infection control program of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital.
A member of the AMR technical working group in Nigeria.
In collaboration with the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and the Infection Control Africa Network, she led the development of the a 3-week Futurelearn MOOC training “antimicrobial stewardship for Africa”.
She is the National coordinator of the National Antimicrobial stewardship working group in Nigeria, an arm of the Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Society of Nigeria (CLIMIDSON).
She has 74 publications in national and international journals.

Academic Area
Education
  • MBBS (1986)
  • M.Sc. Medical Microbiology (1995)
  • FWACP (Lab med, 1998)
  • FMCPath (1998)
  • MD (2021).