Bosede Afolabi

Bosede Afolabi
Born
Bosede Bukola Afolabi

July 1970
London, United Kingdom
NationalityNigerian
Alma materQueen’s College Yaba, Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Nottingham
Occupation(s)Consultant Obstetrician, Gynaecologist & Professor
Known forIVON Trial, SPEC-AI Study, Maternal health research
Websitebosedeafolabi.com

Professor Bosede Bukola Afolabi (born 1970) is a Nigerian obsotetrician, gynaecologist, maternal health researcher, and academic leader. She is a professor and head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the College of Medicine (CMUL), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).[1][2][3] Bosede is the founder and chairperson of the Maternal and Reproductive Health Collective (MRHC), a research and training NGO.[4] She is also the Director at the Centre for Clinical Trials, Research and Implementation Science (CCTRIS).[5] Her research focuses on maternal anaemia, sickle cell disease in pregnancy, and high-risk obstetric care in sub-saharan Africa.[6][7][8][9][10]

Early life and education

Bosede was born in London in 1970 and pursued her secondary education at Queen’s College, Yaba.[11] She earned her MBChB from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, in 1992.[11][1] She proceeded to the University of Nottingham, U.K., where she was awarded a tuition scholarship to pursue a Doctor of Medicine (DM) degree part-time.[12] Her primary research entitled Plasma volume in normal and sickle cell pregnancies was accepted.[6][13] She earned a DM in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from the University of Nottingham in June 2011.[14][15]

She obtained postgraduate fellowships from:

  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG)[14][2]
  • West African College of Surgeons (FWACS)[14][11]
  • National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (FMCOG) [14][11][16] 

She further enhanced her training with a Diploma in Medical Education from the Foundation for the Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER), USA.[17] In 2016, she obtained a Certificate in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from the Harvard T.Chan School of Public Health in Boston, U.S.[14][18]

Career

Academic and clinical roles

Clinically, Bosede trained in the UK as a Senior House Officer (SHO) in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Central Middlesex Hospital, London, and Hull Royal Infirmary, North Yorkshire, and SHO and Specialist Registrar in many UK Hospitals, before returning to Lagos, Nigeria in 1998.[11]

Bosede became a Senior Registrar for the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at Lagos University Teaching Hospital in 2000 and later became a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist in 2002, where she continues to serve until the present day.[1][7] In addition, she joined the College of Medicine at the University of Lagos as a Lecturer II; she progressed through several promotions until 2016 when she became a professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.[1][11] In 2018, she became the Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), a position she held until July 2021.[19] In August 2022, she was reappointed to this position.[2]

From October 2019 to June 2022, she served as the Assistant Editor of the Journal of the West African College of Surgeons.[11][1] In June 2022, she became the Editor in Chief and occupied the position until December 2022.[20] She is a PhD examiner of the Pan African University of Life and Earth Sciences, and has supervised 22 postgraduate thesis and is currently supervising 5 PHD students.[15][11] She has collaborated with various international academics, including researchers from the Universities of Nottingham and Greenwich, UK,[18][21] Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium, Karolinska Institute, Sweden,[22][10][23] London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,[24][25] Harvard School of Public Health and Northeastern University USA.[18][11]

Leadership

She serves as:

  • Director, Centre for Clinical Trials, Research and Implementation Science (CCTRIS).[5][21]
  • Founder & Chairman, Maternal & Reproductive Health Collective (MRHC).[4]
  • Board member, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital.[4][21][26]
  • Chairman, Kensington Adebukola Adebutu Foundation Laboratory & Maternity Centre.[26] 
  • President, Association of Fetomaternal Medicine Specialists of Nigeria (AFEMSON) since July 2023l[27]

Research

Bosede's research addresses anaemia, maternal medicine and safe delivery.[11][16] She has authored over 121 peer-reviewed publications.[11][16][24]

Major trials

  • IVON (Lancet Glob Health, Oct 2024): A multicenter randomized trial comparing intravenous ferric carboxymaltose vs. oral iron for antenatal anemia (1,056 women across Lagos and Kano) funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.[28]
  • IVON-PP (BMJ Open, Aug 2024): A postpartum anemia implementation trial in Nigeria.[29]
  • IVON-IS: Assessing implementation strategies for IV iron (2022–25).[28]
  • CAPREMAN: Comprehensive approach to maternal anemia (2024–28).[30]
  • SPEC-AI: AI-based screening for peripartum cardiomyopathy, in partnership with Mayo Clinic.[31]

She is also co-investigator on Fogarty/NIH and TETFund-funded studies.[12]

Advocacy and public engagement

  • She was featured on CNN African Voices for her advocacy for women with sickle cell during pregnancy and her teaching, research, and clinical outcome in obstetrics and efforts to reduce maternal mortality.[32][33][34]
  • Her work has been featured on CNN, Arise TV, BBC, Daily Trust, The Punch, Medical World Nigeria, World Economic Forum, The Cable, The Guardian Nigerian News, Quartz Africa and so on.[35][36][37][38][39][40]
  • Featured speaker at the 2023 Gates Foundation Goalkeepers event, during the 78th United Nations General Assembly, highlighting rapid-acting IV iron solutions to save maternal lives.[41][42][43]

Honors and awards

  • In 2021, Bosede was awarded a Special Recognition Award by the Physician of the Year Award Committee for her commitment and dedication.[21][7]
  • Fellow: FRCOG, FWACS, FMCOG; Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Medicine (FAMedS, 2021); Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science (FNAmed, 2023).[14]
  • Eisenhower Fellowship (2014).[44]
  • Excellence in Research, Society of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists of Nigeria (SOGON), 2022.[18][21]
  • Ojo Memorial Lecturer, SOGON's 56th Annual Scientific Conference, 2022.[45][11]

Selected publications

Bosede has authored over 121 peer-reviewed publications on various medical topics, many of which include Maternal medicine and Safe delivery.[11][16] Some of which includes:

  • Afolabi BB et al. (2024). Intravenous versus oral iron for anaemia among pregnant women in Nigeria (IVON). Lancet Global Health.[28]
  • Afolabi BB et al. (2024). IVON-PP: Intravenous ferric carboxymaltose vs oral iron for postpartum anemia, BMJ Open.[29][46]
  • Afolabi BB et al. (2024). Acceptability of IV iron therapy in Nigeria, Reproductive Health.[47]
  • Afolabi BB (2011). Plasma volume in sickle cell pregnancies. DM Thesis, University of Nottingham.[6]

Grants and fellowships

Bosede's research focuses on improving maternal health.[16] She founded the Maternal and Reproductive Health Research Collective, a research and training NGO established to reduce the rate of pregnancy-related illness and death and improve the reproductive health of Nigerian women, through research, advocacy, and training programs.[4][48][34]

Her research and publications have focused on maternal mortality and sickle cell in pregnancy, anaemia, leading to multiple clinical trials and research collaborations.[6][8][49] She is a member of the Sickle Cell Foundation of Nigeria.[14]

These have formed the basis for various grants, fellowships, scholarships, and accolades from multiple bodies. Bosede is the principal investigator on a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant for the IVON trial (Intravenous versus oral iron for iron deficiency anaemia in pregnant Nigerian women: a randomized controlled trial) as well as Country Principal Investigator on a grant for a study titled Preparedness and response to COVID-19: a global survey of maternal care providers - in-depth case study of large referral maternity wards in four countries in sub-Saharan Africa.[48][50][51]

Bosede is also the principal investigator for the PIPSICKLE Trial (Low dose aspirin for the prevention of intrauterine growth restriction and preeclampsia: a randomized controlled trial, (2020-2022) granted by TETFUND NRF.[52][53][46] She is also the Country Principal Investigator for a randomized controlled trial on screening of Peripartum Cardiomyopathies using Artificial Intelligence (SPEC -AI) in Nigeria (2022-2023).[54][31]

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