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Grace Gbotosho

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Grace Gbotosho
Born
Grace Olusola Omitowo
OccupationPathologist
Awards
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplinePharmacology
Sub-disciplineAntimalarial medication
InstitutionsUniversity of Ibadan

Grace Olusola Gbotosho (née Omitowo) is a Nigerian pharmacologist who specialises in the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of antimalarial medication. She is a senior lecturer at the University of Ibadan College of Medicine's Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

Biography

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Grace Olusola Gbotosho, born with the surname Omitowo, was educated at the University of Ife (where she got a bachelor's degree in pharmacology with honours in 1985) and University of Ibadan (where she got a MSc in Pharmacology in 1991 and a PhD in Pharmacology and Therapeutics in 2000) and at the UCL School of Pharmacy.[1][2] In April 1995, she joined the University of Ibadan academic staff as a lecturer, before being promoted to senior lecturer in October 1999.[1] She currently works at the University's Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics.[1]

As a researcher, she specialises in the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of antimalarial medication.[1] She is a editorial board member at the African Journal of Biomedical Sciences, African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, and Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology.[1] She is a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.[1] She has had several temporary advisor appointments with the World Health Organization.[1]

In February 2023, during a lecture at the University of Ibadan, Gbotosho warned that the therapeutic efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapies was deteriorating in children infected with malaria, especially artemether/lumefantrine, and voiced support for improvements to antimalarial treatment, particularly the creation of an "African Malaria School" and the removal of chloroquine from antimalarial drug rotation.[3]

She was elected as a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in 2019 and as a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science in 2020.[2][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Prof. Grace O. GBOTOSHO". University of Ibadan College of Medicine. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Grace Gbotosho". African Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  3. ^ Oguntola, Sade (16 February 2023). "Children's response to ACT, common antimalarial, declining, expert warns". Nigerian Tribune. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Fellows of the Academy". Nigerian Academy of Science. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2023.