Oyewole Tomori DVM, PhD

Tomori, DVM, PhD, is Vice-Chancellor of Redeemer’s University, Nigeria. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Science of Nigeria, a Fellow of the College of Veterinary Surgeons of Nigeria and Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of the United Kingdom.Professor Tomori received his DVM from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and his PhD in Virology of the University of Ibadan.

He became the Head of the Department of Virology at the University of Ibadan in 1984, leading research efforts that investigated viral infections, such as Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, Lassa Fever, Yellow Fever, and Marburg in various African countries. In 1994, he was appointed as the Regional Virologist for the WHO Africa Region. During the ten year tenure with the WHO, he set up the African Regional Polio Laboratory Network, comprising of 16 laboratories, providing diagnostic support to the global polio eradication initiative. The Network was a forerunner of other regional diagnostic laboratory networks for measles, yellow fever, and other viral hemorrhagic fevers.

Professor Tomori serves on several advisory bodies including the Board of the BioVaccines Limited in Nigeria, WHO Africa Regional Polio Certification Committee, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Polio Certification Committee, WHO Advisory Committee on Variola Virus Research, WHO Polio Research Committee, WHO Group of Experts on Yellow Fever Disease and the International Steering Committee of the International Consortium on Anti-Virals, ICAV, Canada.