Prof. Kolawole Wasiu Wahab

Professor

Medicine

Department: Medicine
Email: wahab.kw@unilorin.edu.ng
Office: First Floor, Senior Consultants’ Block, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital
Research/Teaching: Stroke, Neurodegenerative disorders, Headache and Pains, Clinical trials

Kolawole Wasiu Wahab, MBBS, MPH, MSc, MD, FMCP, FANA, FAAN

Kolawole Wahab has a background in Internal Medicine, Clinical Neurology, and Public Health. The overarching goal of his research is reduction of the burden of neurological disorders in Nigeria and other sub-Saharan Africa countries. To achieve this goal, he works in collaboration with researchers in Nigeria and beyond on stroke, Parkinson’s disease and dementia. He leads major clinical trials in Africa, including INTERACT3 and TRIDENT, in collaboration with The George Institute for Global Health, Australia. He is also the University of Ilorin Site Principal Investigator in other collaborative studies on stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and dementia in Africa. He is a Commonwealth Scholar and a recipient of the American Academy of Neurology Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Award (2014), UNILORIN Best Researcher of the Year (2016), and World Heart Federation Emerging Leaders Award (2018). He was the Director of the University’s Centre for Research Development and In-house Training (CREDIT) from 2020 to 2023 and is the immediate past Secretary-General of the Nigerian Hypertension Society. He currently serves as a peer mentor on two NIH funded training grants in Africa and has been presented with the award of the “Best Lecturer” by the graduating sets of medical students at the University of Ilorin four (4) times (2011, 2013, 2018 and 2021). He is also a member of the Guidelines Writing Committee of the World Stroke Organization.

Qualifications

MBBS
MPH
MSc
MD
FMCP
FANA
FAAN
FAIPHP
Cert. Health Plan. & Mgt.
Cert. Fund. Impl. Sci.
Cert. ICT Pub. Health

Professional Affiliations

Nigerian Medical Association
Medical and Dental Consultants' Association of Nigeria
Nigerian Society of Neurological Sciences
Nigerian Stroke Organization
American Academy of Neurology
World Stroke Organization
American Neurological Association
European Academy of Neurology
African Academy of Neurology
Nigerian Hypertension Society
International Society of Hypertension
International Association for the Study of Pain

Undergraduate Teaching

Junior (400 Level), Intermediate (500 Level) and Senior (600 Level) didactic lectures and clinical teachings on different areas of neurology.

Postgraduate Teaching

Postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Neurology subspecialty.

Research Interests

Stroke epidemiology, outcome and genetics
Neurodegenerative disorders e.g. Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease
Stroke clinical trials

Research Affiliations

University of Ibadan
University of Lagos
The George Institute for Global Health, Australia
Global Parkinson's Genetics Program (GP2)

Links to Publications

Get in Touch

For enquiries or collaborations, please use the contact details below.

Email

wahab.kw@unilorin.edu.ng

Office Address

First Floor, Senior Consultants’ Block, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital

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