PROFESSOR IBINABO LAURA OBORO
MB,BS, MPH, FMCPath, DipRCPath (London), DIPC (in view)

Ibinabo Laura Oboro is a professor of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology and Dean Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences, Rivers State University, with over eighteen years’ experience as a clinical lecturer to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of Medicine and Surgery, Nursing, Pharmacy, Medical Laboratory Sciences and Public Health at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State University and PAMO University of Medical Sciences.

She currently serves in various other administrative capacities as Head of Molecular laboratory, Focal Person and Co-Chair Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)/ Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) committee and Chairman Research and Ethics Committee at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, and a member of the Senate Research Ethics Committee of the Rivers State University. She is also a member of the Rivers State Technical Working Group on IPC and AMS.

She a fellow and Examiner of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria with about twelve years’ experience as Consultant Clinical Microbiologist at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital and now Rivers State University Teaching Hospital during which time, she has trained various resident doctors who are now specialist consultants. She has received certified training in Leadership and Management (University of Washington & ASCON Nigeria), Operational Quality management in the Clinical Laboratory (University of Washington), Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Interpretation (University of British Columbia), Malaria (HarvardX), Good Clinical and Laboratory Practice (Global Health
Network & CITI Group) amongst others, and currently undergoing the Diploma in Infection Prevention and Control programme of the Centre for Infection and Patient Safety, University of Lagos.

Prof. Oboro’s research spans healthcare associated infections/prevention, opportunistic infections, antimicrobial resistance and stewardship, among others. She has successfully led and participated in research teams and technical working groups including Pfizer-sponsored international Antimicrobial Testing Leadership and surveillance (ATLAS) program, Novartis funded Management of malaria in African countries: A multicenter prospective noninterventional cohort study and TETFund sponsored study on mupirocin and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage among healthcare workers in southern Nigeria: molecular epidemiology and characterization and the Technical working group on Antimicrobial Stewardship of the Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Society of Nigeria. The research and clinical experience derived through many years of mentorship during her residency training, a Master of Public Health program and over thirteen years of experience post-fellowship has further strengthened her research management and implementation capacity. 

She is the pioneer Editor-in-Chief of the African Journal of Research in Medical and Health Sciences, published by Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, Rivers State Government Hospitals, member Editorial boards and reviewer for international journals. She functions in various leadership roles in her professional and religious organizations and is a member of various professional bodies including the Association for Professionals in Infection Control, American Society for Microbiology, College of Nigerian Pathologists and Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Society of Nigeria.

Ibinabo Oboro is passionate about prevention and control of infections, antimicrobial stewardship and quality management systems and is known to drive continuous quality improvement. She is amiable, pragmatic, may be described as near perfectionist and is happily married with four children.