Staff

Prof. Samuel Kolade Ernest

Prof. Samuel Kolade Ernest

Post
Professor
Department
Paediatrics & Child Health
Email
skernest@unilorin.edu.ng
Office Address
Room 11 & 12, Block B, Old College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin
Teaching and Research Area
Infectious Diseases, Paediatric Haematology, Community Child Health and Research Methodology

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MB;BS Ibadan)
  • Certificate in Health Planning and Management (Cert HP & Mgt., Ilorin)
  • Master of Art in Organization Leadership and Management (MAOL, ETSI/ Colorado)
  • Fellow, Strategic Management of Nigeria (FSM, Lagos)
  • Member, Nigerian Institute of Management (MNIM, Lagos)
  • Fellow, African Academic Network (FAAN)
  • Fellow, West African College of Physician (FWACP Paed.)
  • Fellow, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH, London)
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical Counselling (Ph.D. Florida)

Professional Affiliations

  • Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)
  • Medical and Dental Consultant Association of Nigeria (MDCAN)
  • Paediatrics Association of Nigeria (PAN)
  • West African College of Physicians (WACP)
  • Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), United Kingdom
  • Nigerian Association of Community Child Health (NACCH)
  • British Association of Community Child Health (BACCH)
  • United Nations Social Development Commission

Research Affiliations

  • Kolade Ernest Biomedical Research Team (KERT), Hampton, Georgia, USA
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  • Health Focus, Global Health, Johnson & Johnson, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
  • National Institute of Health (NIH), Clinical Center, USA
  • Clinton Health Initiative (CHAI)
  • African Research Innovation Initiative for Sickle Cell Education (ARISE)

Undergraduate Teaching

  • Preventive Paediatrics: Principles, Social Impact of Childhood Illnesses
  • Infectious Diseases: Basics of Immunology and Immune Deficiency, HIV and AIDS, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Typhoid Fever, Osteomyelitis, Septic Arthritis, Pyomyositis, Amoebiasis, Giadiasis, Shigellosis, Cholera
  • The Right of the World's Children: The UN Convention, African Charter, Nigerian Adaptation Chater and Child's Right Act.
  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Child Labour
  • Paediatric Haematology: Anaemias and Haemoglobinopathies
  • Cerebrovascular Accident in Childhood
  • Millenium Development Goals
  • Child Survival Strategy
  • Child Adoption and Forster Care

Postgraduate Teaching

  • Social and Community Paediatrics
  • Paediatric Haematology: General and Hemovigilance
  • Leadership for Health
  • Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (PPCR)

Research Interest

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Drugs and Vaccines Trials
  • Sickle Cell Diseases
  • HIV and AIDS
  • Leadership and Programming for Health