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Third Meeting of the DS-I Africa Consortium
3 November - 9 November 2023

Recorded sessions

  • Prof Ayodele Jegede - Participant

    Bridging Gaps in the ELSI of Data Science Health Research in Nigeria (BridgELSI) (Co-PI)

    Prof. Jegede is a Medical Anthropologist/Sociology and Bioethics. He is a professor at the University of Ibadan with over 30 years of teaching and research experience. He is a coI on the BridgELSI project among other research competencies. He is a member of the National Bioethics Committee of Nigeria, former Head of Department, Dean of Faculty and Chair of Research Ethics Committee; is the Director of Research Management office. He supports the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as a social scientist in the Nigeria COVID-19 Research Consortium (NCRC). He was a member of the technical working group that drafted the National Code for Health Research Ethics and National Bioethics Framework and Policy. He is a member of the National Bioethics Committee and the National Steering Committee on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). Professor Jegede is a recipient of many scholarships, fellowships and prizes including The World Academy of Sciences Award in Social Sciences in 2020; the Nigeria Prize for Science in 2017, the MacMillan Nigeria Publishing Company Authors Merit Award in 2013; and the 2nd Worldwide Competition for Young Sociologists merit award in 1994.