Kehinde Umeizudike is an Associate Professor of Periodontology. She obtained her dental degree from the reputable College of Medicine, University of Ibadan in 1997. She was awarded a Fellowship of the Medical College in Dental Surgery from the National Postgraduate Medical College in 2009 and was appointed an Honorary Consultant at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria in 2014. She earned a Masters degree in Public Health from the prestigious College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL) in 2014. Currently, she is collaborating with researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland for her PhD program on the utility of matrix-metalloproteinases-8 (MMP-8) as a point-of-care screening tool for the early detection of periodontitis. As an academic and researcher, she is a member of distinguished academic and professional bodies, among which are the Periodontologists Association of Nigeria (PAN), Medical and Dental Consultants of Nigeria (MDCAN), International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and an affiliate of the American Dental Association (ADA) and has at least 30 peer-reviewed publications in both local and international journals to her credit.
As a Periodontologist, her research interest has been centered mainly around periodontal-systemic disease link (HIV/AIDS, NCDs) and oral fluid biomarkers. Her expectation from the EN-RTP program is to strengthen her capacity for cutting-edge translational and impactful research. She is also hopeful that her mentoring and grant writing skills would be greatly enhanced which would ultimately make her a successful awardee of a Fogarty K43 NIH grant.
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