The Team

The study personnel are experts in various fields (including bioethics, biostatistics, research ethics, law, program evaluation, qualitative and quantitative methods, epidemiology and public health).

Prof. Temidayo Ogundiran

Project MPI

Temidayo Ogundiran is a Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Ibadan and Director of Training, Center for Bioethics and Research, Nigeria. Professor Ogundiran is the immediate Past Head, Department of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Faculty of Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Ibadan, Dean, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and Chairman, Cancer Management Committee, University College Hospital, Ibadan. 

Prof. Clement Adebamowo

Project MPI

Clement Adebamowo is a Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and Associate Director (Population Science), Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.

Prof. Simisola Akintola

Co- investigator

Simisola Akintola is a Professor of Health Law and Bioethics, Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Simisola Akintola is the Dean of Law, the University of Ibadan. 

Prof. Ayodele Jegede

Co- investigator

Ayodele Jegede is a Professor of Medical Sociology/Anthropology and Bioethics,Department of Sociology, Faculty of the Social Sciences,University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Professor Jegede is also the Director of Research Management Office (RMO), University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Prof. Shawneequa Callier

Co- investigator

Professor of Law at George Washington University, Washington DC and Special Volunteer at the National Institutes of Health Center for Research in Genomics and Global Health.

Prof. Sally Adebamowo

Co- investigator

Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, and member of the Population Science Program at the Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore

Dr. Oluchi Maduka

Post-Doctoral trainee

Trained lawyer; previously worked as a postdoc on the BridgELSI project.

Adeola Akintola

Researcher

Research associate at the Center for Bioethics and Research and doctoral candidate at the University of Ibadan. He is a researcher on the BridgELSI project.

Dr. Peter Ikhane

Post-Doctoral trainee

Peter Ikhane is a trained philospher and presently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and on the BridgELSI project.

Dr. Muhammad K. Imam-Tamim

Professor of Islamic Studies

Associate Professor of Islamic Law and Legal Scholar at the Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.

Prof. Ibrahim Uthman

Professor of Islamic Studies

Professor in Islamic Studies, Islamic Ethics, Feminism, Islamic Law and Contemporary Islamic Thought; Immediate Past HOD, Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Ibadan.

Olusegun Adeyemo

Project Coordinator

Chief Operating Officer at the Center for Bioethics and Research (CBR), Nigeria, providing administrative support to the Directors in providing resources of the CBR for implementation of the project.

Tobiloba Oyediran

IT Manager

IT administrator at the Center for Bioethics and Research, primarily responsible for the design, implementation and deployment of  IT services and solutions for the research project.

Oluwadamilare Oyelade

Program Assistant

Research associate at the Center for Bioethics and Research, and a PhD student at the Department of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, University of Ibadan.

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