IAS PHARMA2024 Speakers

Muhammad Ali Pate CON

Coordinating Minister of Health And Social Welfare, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Dr Abdu Mukhtar

National Coordinator, Presidential Initiative For Unlocking The Healthcare Chain (Pvac)

Professor Akin Abayomi (OON)

Honourable Commissioner for Health, Lagos State.

Dr. Oyebanji Filani

Honourable Commissioner For Health & Human Services, Ekiti State

Dr. Adaeze (Odili) Oreh

Honourable Commissioner For Health, Rivers State

Afam Ben Obidike

Honourable Commissioner For Health, Anambra State

Dr Marcellina Oluwatomi Coker

Honourable Commissioner For Health, Ogun State

Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf

Honourable Commissioner For Health, Kano State.

Ubaka Chukwuemeka Michael, BPharm, M.Eng, PhD, FPCPharm

Honourable Commissioner for Health, Imo State.

Dr. Muhammad Lawan Gana MBBS, FWACP

Honourable Commissioner, Yobe State Ministry of Health and Human Services

Prof. Babatunde Salako

Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan
Frm. Director-General, NIMR

Dr. Temi Folaranmi

Vice President & Therapeutic Area Lead for Vaccines, Medical and Clinical Affairs, GlaxoSmithKline(GSK)

Adetola A. Kassim, MD, MS, FACP

Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, Vanderbilt-Meharry Sickle Cell Center of Excellence
Director, Vanderbilt Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program

Dr Wale Atoyebi

Consultant Haematologist,
Oxford University Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust.

Bella Oguno, MPH

Vice President, Development Operations Nuvig Therapeutics, Redwood City, California

Dr. Chika K. Onwuamah (Ph.D)

Deputy Director and HOD, Microbiology Department, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)

Dr. Benson Uzoma MBBS Nig, MBA

Head, Patient Programmes – SSA, Patient Engagement & POP Governance, Novartis – Global Health & Sustainability

Dr. Francisca Obiageri Nwaokorie (Ph.D)

Associate Professor, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, FBMS, College of Medicine, University of Lagos

Dr. Oladipo Elijah Kolawole

Founder/Principal Investigator, Helix Biogen Institute

Professor Biobele Brown

Professor Of Pediatrics, College Of Medicine, Ibadan

Dr Steven Okoli

Adult Stem Cell Transplant Lead for Sickle Cell Disease, Imperial College NHS Trust

Ike Ogba

Vice President and Global Head of Medical Affairs at Immunovant

Dr. Juwe D. Kercula, PharmD, BPharm, BSc, FCT

Head, Clinical Trials & Pharmacovigilance Unit, Liberia Medicines & Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA)

Oluwatimileyin Edwin

Founder, CRIMSONBOW Sickle Cell Initiative

Babatunde Olawoye

Global Clinical Research Manager

Dr. Helen Byomire Ndagije

Director for Product Safety National Drug Authority, Uganda

Dr. Biree Andemariam

American Red Cross Chair & Professor of Medicine, University of Connecticut

Joyce Batera

Inspector of Drugs, Clinical Trials Unit, National Drug Authority, Uganda

Kwaku Marfo, PharmD., MBA, MPH

Chair, Board of Directors
Sickle Forward

Gloria Mason Ross MBE, Bioethicist

Director, National Research Ethics Board (NREB) Liberia.

Samuel Kerama

Medical Products & Health Technologies Directorate, Department of Product Safety, Clinical Trials Division, Pharmacy and Poisons Board, Kenya

Dr. Annette Ofunne Akinsete

MBBS, DTM&H, MPH, FMCPH, Dipl Broadcasting
CEO/National Director, Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria

Hon. Dr Clotilde Monguya

Founder & CEO, Africa Investment Consulting

Prof. Ifeoma Okoye

Director, University of Nigeria Nsukka Center of Excellence for ClInical Trials (UNNCECT)

Dr. Balogun Stephen Taiye _MD, MPH, MSc, FISQua

Branch Chief, Monitoring, Evaluation, Data Analytics and Data Science, U.S Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Abuja, Nigeria

Irene Nwaukwa

CEO, Infinity Health Africa

Prof. Ifeoma Ulasi, MBBS, MSc, FWACP, FRCP (London), FNAN, FISN

Clinical Trialist Professor of Medicine and Nephrology, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria. Chief Physician, University of Nigeria Nsukka Centre of Excellence for Clinical Trials (UNNCECT)

Pro. Yetunde Abiola Kuyinu, MBBS, MPH, MD, FMCPH

Professor of Public Health & Community Medicine
IRB Chairperson, LASUTH

Efe Tommy

Media Personality Creative Director, PR Strategist

Dr. Belinda Anderson

Chief Operating Officer, EchoLab Nigeria