Key details
Dr Itohan Osayande
Teaching Fellow in Public Health
Itohan joined the university as a Teaching Fellow at the School of Human Sciences in September 2023. She attained her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Benin in 2017 and completed her MSc in Global Public Health at the University of Greenwich in 2022. Before her postgraduate studies, Itohan worked as a clinical pharmacist in tertiary settings in Nigeria. Afterwards, she explored the community pharmacy practice. She has also served as a product research executive to investigate the effectiveness and safety profile of drug molecules and is a Research Fellow with the OnTIME consortium. She is actively involved in teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, covering topics such as health needs assessment as well as management, leadership and entrepreneurship in public health and social care. She also provides supervision for both undergraduate and postgraduate projects.
Responsibilities within the university
- Module leader for OMED-1415: Health Needs Assessment
- Module leader for BUSI-1734: Management, Leadership and Enterprise in Global Health
- Module leader for BUSI-1479: Understanding Management in Health and Social Care
- Personal tutor
Recent publications
Osayande, I., Ogunyemi, O., Gwacham-Anisiobi, U., Olaniran, A., Yaya, S. and Banke-Thomas, A. (2023) Prevalence, indications, and complications of caesarean section in health facilities across Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Reproductive Health, BioMed Central Ltd, 20(1), pp. 1–21, [online] Available here.
Presentations
Wang, J., Macharia, P. M., Tatenda Makanga, P., M Wong, K. L., Olubodun, T., Gwacham-Anisiobi, U., Ogunyemi, O., Olaniran, A., Beňová, L., Afolabi, B. B., Banke-Thomas, A., Osayande, I. and Abejirinde, I.-O. O. (2023) Application of GIS in Public Health Practice: A Consortium’s Approach to Tackling Travel Delays in Obstetric Emergencies in Urban Areas, [online] Available here.