Visit to NIMR Asaba Outstation

The Director General of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research Prof. John Oladapo Obafunwa, his management and research team paid a visit to the Delta State Ministry of Health, the office of the Secretary to the Delta State government while on a visit to NIMR outstation at Asaba on the 8th November, 2024.

The research dissemination meeting with the Delta State Ministry of Health and other health institutions was on enhancing One – Health Surveillance and control of vector-borne diseases related to climate change in West Africa Region.

The meeting was attended by the NIMR team led by Prof. J.O Obafunwa, DG-NIMR, Mr N.N Bitrus, Director of Administration, Prof. R.A Audu , Deputy-Director General and team lead for the One Health Research Consortium (Senegal and Nigeria Team), Dr Adedapo Adeogun, Chief Research Scientist, the Delta State Ministry of Health team, comprising of Dr Christian Tetsola, Director of Public Health Delta State MOH, Executive Secretary, Primary Healthcare Board , Dr (Mrs) Mildred Igumbor, Delta State Epidemiologist, Prof. Ehi Igumbor, a member of the Research team, Dr Reagan, WHO representative, Mr Obinna, NIMR Asaba outstation administrator, and others.

The team also visited the office of the Secretary to the State Government of Delta State and was received by the SSG, Mr Kingsley Emu.

Senate Committee on Health Visit

The DG, Professor Babatunde Lawal Salako & the senior management committee hosted members of the Senate Committee on health led by Senator Ipalibo Harry Banigo while on oversight function to the institute.

The committee commended the efforts & achievements of the institute in achievements in public health research.

NIMR Celebrates Prof. Stella Ifeanyi SMITH, Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.

Stella Ifeanyi SMITH (PhD) is a Director of Research, with the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research and Professor of Microbiology from the Mountain Top University.

She obtained her pre-doctoral fellowship with European Union Scholarship, at the Withington Hospital, Manchester UK and post-doctoral fellowships at Bordeaux, France and Dresden and Munich all in Germany with INSERM and Alexander von Humboldt fellowships respectively.

Her special interest is in Molecular epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance and microbiome of infectious diseases agents such as Helicobacter pylori, Salmonella spp, Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli and Enterohaemorraghic E. coli 0157:H7.

She was a Consultant to the Maastricht VI project 2021 as well as the Real-World Gastritis Initiative (RE.GA.IN), Italy 2022.

She is a reviewer to several national and international journals. She is the founding President of African Helicobacter and Microbiota Study Initiative Limited by Guarantee (AHMSI Ltd/Gte) and Co-Chair of Food- Borne Disease Genomic Surveillance Network, an initiative of African CDC.

She is a Member of Editorial Board of several journals including being Special issue Editor on Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter for the journal, Antibiotics and Microorganisms respectively.

She is a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science (FAS), Fellow of Nigerian Academy of Medicine Specialties (FAMedS), Fellow, African Academy of Sciences (FAAS) and International Federation of Biosafety Association (IFBA) certified.