“Up until her
appointment, Dr. Ilori was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Community
Medicine, University of Ibadan, and a Consultant Family Physician in the
Department of Family Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan,” the
statement reads.
“Dr Ilori obtained her MBBS degree from the University of
Ibadan and had her residency training at the University College Hospital,
Ibadan, Nigeria. She graduated as the best graduating Fellow of the Faculty of
Family Medicine, West African College of Physicians in April 2012 winning the
A.O. Senbanjo Prize. She is also an Associate Fellow of the National
Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria.
“Dr Ilori has a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science
Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
She is a PhD Fellow at the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care,
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa sponsored
by the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa.
“Her areas of
research interest include Primary Care, Immunization, Public Health Nutrition,
Non-Communicable Diseases, and Women’s and Child’s Health. She is a prolific
researcher who has co-authored over 30 publications in peer-reviewed scientific
journals.
“She has been involved in policy formulation and strategic
development. She was a Commissioner for Health, Osun State, Nigeria from 2011
to 2014 and Chairperson, Osun State Agency on Control of HIV/AIDS, and Osun
State Technical Working Group on Immunization.”
