Oyewale Tomori Explained

Oyewale Tomori
Office1:President of the Nigerian Academy of Science 2013
Term End1:2017
Office2:Vice chancellor of Redeemer's University
Term Start2:2004
Term End2:2011
Birth Date:3 February 1946
Birth Place:Osun State, Nigeria
Party:Non-Partisan

Oyewale Tomori (born 3 February 1946) is a Nigerian professor of virology, educational administrator, and former vice chancellor of Redeemer's University.[1] [2] [3] [4] In 2024, he became the chair of West Africa National Academy of Scientists.[5]

Life and career

Tomori was born in Ilesa, Osun State, Nigeria on 3 February 1946. He received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria as well as a Doctorate degree, Ph.D in virology from the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria where he was appointed professor of virology in 1981, the same year he received the United States Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service Certificate for contributions to Lassa fever research.[6] [7] [8] Three years (1984) after his appointment as a professor of virology, he was appointed the head of the Department of Virology. At the University of Ibadan Tomori's research focuses on viral infections including Ebola hemorrhagic fever,[9] yellow fever and Lassa fever.[10] He served as the Regional Virologist for the World Health Organization Africa Region (1994–2004) before he was appointed as the first vice chancellor of Redeemer's University, Ogun State, Nigeria, a tenure that ended in 2011.[11] [12] [13]

Other activities

Awards and fellowships

He is a recipient of several awards and fellow of many international academic organizations, including:

Selected works

His highest-cited works are:[18]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PROFESSOR OYEWALE TOMORI. Nigerian Young Academy. 2014-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20141026204003/http://www.nigerianyoungacademy.org/index.php/members-area/advisors-profiles/56-professor-oyewale-tomori. October 26, 2014. dead.
  2. Book: Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to .... National Research Council. 2008. 98. 978-0309128186.
  3. Web site: Redeemer's University's 5th Convocation. Jide Osuntokun. The Nation Online Nigeria. September 19, 2013. 2019-09-16.
  4. News: Biodun Oyeleye. Ebola: Time to reactivate surveillance for infections, says virologist. New Telegraph. September 18, 2014. 2014-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20141026212124/http://newtelegraphonline.com/ebola-time-to-reactivate-surveillance-for-infections-says-virologist/. October 26, 2014. dead.
  5. Web site: Tomori Elected Chair of West Africa National Academy of Sciences . The Nation.
  6. Web site: Oyewale Tomori. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
  7. News: Ebola: Nigeria is not out of the woods yet — Prof. Tomori. Akintayo Eribake. Vanguard News. July 30, 2014. 2019-09-16.
  8. News: What can Nigeria's Ebola experience teach the world?. The Guardian. October 7, 2014. 2019-09-16.
  9. Web site: Nigerian virologist delivers scathing analysis of Africa's response to Ebola. Kupferschmidt. Kai. 2014. May 30, 2020.
  10. Web site: Tomori's appraisal of Nigerian scientists. The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. May 23, 2013. 2014-10-26. October 26, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141026200510/http://www.punchng.com/editorial/tomoris-appraisal-of-nigerian-scientists/. dead.
  11. Book: Committee Biographies - Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin - NCBI Bookshelf. 2008 . National Academies Press (US).
  12. Web site: WHO - Professor Oyewale Tomori. https://web.archive.org/web/20141026194107/http://www.who.int/immunization/sage/members/bio_tomori/en/. dead. October 26, 2014. World Health Organization. 2019-09-16.
  13. Web site: Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals. Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE). September 1, 2010. WHO. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141026194107/http://www.who.int/immunization/sage/members/bio_tomori/en/. October 26, 2014. May 30, 2020.
  14. Web site: Tomori takes over as Nigerian Academy of Science president. Daily Independent, Nigerian Newspaper. 2014-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20141026213442/http://dailyindependentnig.com/2013/02/tomori-takes-over-as-nigerian-academy-of-science-president/. October 26, 2014. usurped.
  15. Web site: Prof. Tomori advocates for One Health Workforce. University of Nigeria. 2014-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20141026210152/http://unn.edu.ng/news/prof-tomori-advocates-one-health-workforce. October 26, 2014. dead.
  16. Web site: National Academy of Medicine Elects 79 New Members National Academy of Medicine. nam.edu. October 17, 2016. 2019-09-16.
  17. Web site: Fellows of ASTMH (FASTMH). 2019-09-16.
  18. https://publons.com/researcher/3093454/oyewale-tomori/ publons.com profile
  19. Khan. Ali S.. Tshioko. F. Kweteminga. Heymann. David L.. Le Guenno. Bernard. Nabeth. Pierre. Kerstiëns. Barbara. Fleerackers. Yon. Kilmarx. Peter H.. Rodier. Guenael R.. Nkuku. Okumi. Rollin. Pierre E.. 1999-02-01. The Reemergence of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. en. 179. Supplement_1. S76–S86. 10.1086/514306. 9988168. 0022-1899. free.
  20. Robertson. Susan E.. Hull, B. P.. Tomori, O.. Bele, O.. LeDuc, J. W.. Esteves, K.. 1996. Yellow Fever: a decade of reemergence. JAMA. 276. 14. 1157–62. 10.1001/jama.1996.03540140045025. 8827969. 0098-7484.
  21. Fisher-Hoch. S P. Tomori. O. Nasidi. A. Perez-Oronoz. G I. Fakile. Y. Hutwagner. L. McCormick. J B. 1995-09-30. Review of cases of nosocomial Lassa fever in Nigeria: the high price of poor medical practice. BMJ. en. 311. 7009. 857–859. 10.1136/bmj.311.7009.857. 0959-8138. 2550858. 7580496.
  22. Jentes. Emily S. Poumerol. Gilles. Gershman. Mark D. Hill. David R. Lemarchand. Johan. Lewis. Rosamund F. Staples. J Erin. Tomori. Oyewale. Wilder-Smith. Annelies. Monath. Thomas P. 2011. The revised global yellow fever risk map and recommendations for vaccination, 2010: consensus of the Informal WHO Working Group on Geographic Risk for Yellow Fever. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. en. 11. 8. 622–632. 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70147-5. 21798462.
  23. Buchmeier. Michael J.. Lewicki. Hanna A.. Tomori. Oyewale. Oldstone. Michael B.A.. Michael Oldstone . 1981. Monoclonal antibodies to lymphocytic choriomeningitis and pichinde viruses: Generation, characterization, and cross-reactivity with other arenaviruses. Virology. en. 113. 1. 73–85. 10.1016/0042-6822(81)90137-9. 6267791.

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