Olusola Ayanlowo is a Professor of Medicine at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL) and Honorary Consultant Physician and Dermatologist at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). She graduated from the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos in 1995 and did residency training with the West African College of Physicians between 1998 and 2005. She became a fellow in the Faculty of Internal Medicine with a subspecialty in Dermatology. She obtained an MSc in Clinical Dermatology at the St John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s College, University of London in 2011 and a Doctorate in Medicine at the National Postgraduate Medical College, Nigeria.
She is a clinical researcher and physician trained in Internal medicine, Dermatology, and Genitourinary Medicine (Sexually Transmitted Infections). Her present research focus is on the immunology and genetics of dermatology, genitourinary medicine, and systemic autoimmune rheumatologic disorders with profound effects on quality-of-life Nigerians, such as psoriasis, lupus erythematosus, and Chlamydia. She has collaborative work with colleagues on diagnostic techniques and management of Chlamydia amongst HIV and non-HIV women at our Sexually Transmitted Infection and APIN clinics. She is committed to documenting the clinical and epidemiological features of Chlamydia. She heads the Chlamydia Research Group for the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. She presented a paper on Chlamydia in Nigeria: Epidemiology, Predisposing Factors, and Unmet Needs at the World Congress of Dermatology in 2023. This current project follows up on this presentation.
She has authored over eighty papers in scientific journals and chapters in textbooks. She is the editor of the Nigerian Journal of Dermatology, Head of Dermatology and Genitourinary Medicine at LUTH and CMUL, the Director of Postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and a member of the Medical Education Unit at her university.
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