Oyewale Tomori, Former President, Nigerian Academy of Science, was
the pioneer Vice-Chancellor (2004-2011), at the Redeemer’s University, Nigeria.
He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (UK), Nigeria Academy of
Science and Nigeria College of Veterinary Surgeons, an Emeritus Foundation
Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Specialties of Nigeria 2021, and a recipient
of the Nigeria National Order of Merit (NNOM), Nigeria’s highest award for
academic, intellectual attainment and national development.
He was the Regional Virologist (WHO Africa Region) from 1994-2004.
During the period, he set up the African Regional Polio Laboratory Network,
comprising of 16 laboratories, providing diagnostic support to the global polio
eradication initiative. The Network became the forerunner of other regional
diagnostic laboratory networks for measles, yellow fever, and other viral
hemorrhagic fevers. He was involved in the investigations of outbreaks of viral
hemorrhagic fevers – Lassa fever, Yellow fever, Ebola, Marburg hemorrhagic
fever infections in Nigeria, Liberia, DR Congo and Uganda between 1995 and
2004. Professor Tomori has served and currently serves on several national and
international advisory bodies. He has authored and co-authored more than 130
publications in peer-reviewed journals, and he is a prolific commentator on
public issues, especially on science and education.