Prof. Ikeoluwa A. LAGUNJU

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Name: Prof. Ikeoluwa A. LAGUNJU

 Faculty: CLINICAL SCIENCES

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  Department:Paediatrics

Designation: Professor

Brief Biography:

Professor IkeOluwa Lagunju is one of the leading Paediatric Neurologists in Nigeria. She is a Professor of Paediatrics at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. She holds the Fellowship and the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria and the Fellowship of the West African Postgraduate Medical College. In recognition of her outstanding contributions to Child Health in Nigeria, she was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK in 2012. A recipient of several local and international awards, Prof. Lagunju has won a number of international competitive grants to advance paediatric neurology in Nigeria. Her research work focuses on childhood epilepsy, neurodisability and stroke prevention in sickle cell disease. She established the first service for routine transcranial Doppler ultrasonography for primary stroke prevention in sickle cell disease in Nigeria and her work has significantly reduced the burden of stroke in Nigerian children. She served as the Head of Department of Paediatrics, University of Ibadan from October 2015 to July 2022.  She is the current AHA International Training Centre Coordinator for the College of Medicine ITC and the immediate past President of the Child Neurology Society of Nigeria.

 Prof Lagunju’s research interests focus on early child development, childhood epilepsies, developmental disabilities and stroke in sickle cell disease. She has over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has made presentations at a number of international conferences. She is a well sought-after speaker at local and international meetings.

Prof Ike Lagunju is the current Head of the Paediatric Neurology Unit, University College Hospital, Ibadan.

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CURRICULUM VITAE

I.     a) Name:                IkeOluwa Abiola Lagunju
       b) Department:      Department of Paediatrics
       c) Faculty:              Faculty of Clinical Sciences
       d) College:              College of Medicine

II.   a) First Academic Appointment: Lecturer I in Paediatrics, 6 May, 2004
      b) Present Post (with dates): Professor in Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. 1 October, 2013 till date
      c) Date of Last Promotion: 1 October, 2013

III.   University Education

       a) University of Ibadan, Ibadan. October 1982 – July 1988

IV.    Academic Qualifications (with dates and Granting Bodies)

         a) Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, (MB,BS) July 1988, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
         b) Doctor of Medicine (MD), January, 2021. National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria.

V.     Professional Qualifications and Diplomas (with dates)

        a) Fellowship in Paediatrics, National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria         (FMCPaed) November, 2001.
        b) Fellowship in Paediatrics, West African College of Physicians (FWACP) October, 2011
        c) Fellowship in Paediatrics, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH), United Kingdom. December, 2012

VI.   Scholarships, Fellowships and Prizes

  1. 1988 Paediatrics Departmental Prize
  2. 1988 UTC Prizes for the best graduating Student
  3. 1988 1962 Medical Graduate Prize for the best Medical Graduate
  4. 1988 Inner Wheel Prize for the best female Medical Graduate
  5. 1988 Abebe Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  6. 1988 Paul Hendrickse Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  7. 1988 Obstetrics and Gynaecology Departmental Prize
  8. 2004 Association of Commonwealth Universities Titular Fellowship: The Fulton Fellowship
  9. 2008 Bernard D’Souza International Fellowship award of the Child Neurology Society, United States of America
  10. 2008 Centenary Scholarship awarded by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, United Kingdom
  11. 2009 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation’s short-term overseas training grant for training in electrophysiology and paediatric neuroimaging
  12. 2011 Bruce S. Schoenberg International Award of the American Academy of Neurology for outstanding contribution to neuroepidemiology research
  13. Olubunmi Robbin-Coker Prize for the best Part II dissertation in Paediatrics awarded by the West African College of Physicians.
  14. NIH MEPI-linked award. Improving neurologic outcomes for intervention research. (Co-Investigator)
  15. 2016 International Child Neurology Association Travel Grant
  16. 2016 American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine International Scholarship Award
  17. 2018 EPSRC GCRF Grant, University College London – Image Quality Transfer
  18. Faculty Member, International Pediatric Association Congress (IPA 2019)

VII.   Honours, Distinctions and Membership of Learned Societies

  1. 1997 Best Junior Paediatric Resident Award
  2. 2000 Best Senior Paediatric Resident Award
  3. 2002 Kunle Ijaiya Prize for the best Scientific paper (presented by Paediatric residents) presented at PANCONF (Paediatric Association of Nigeria Conference) 2002
  4. 2008-2010 – Sub-Dean (Undergraduate), Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan
  5. 2009 Best Female Lecturer Award. Given by the University of Ibadan Medical Students’ Association
  6. October 1, 2015- July 31,2016 – Acting Head, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan
  7. August 1, 2016 - Date – Head, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan
  8. Member, Nigerian Medical Association
  9. Member, Nigerian Medical Women Association
  10. Treasurer, Nigerian Society of Neurological Sciences, 2008-2014
  11. Financial Secretary, Nigerian Society of Neurological Sciences March 2014 till date
  12. Member, Child Neurology Society of Nigeria
  13. Member, Pan African Association of Neurological Sciences
  14. Member, Paediatric Association of Nigeria
  15. Member, American Academy of Neurology
  16. Member, American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
  17. Member, Bruce Scheonberg Award Committee of the American Academy of Neurology
  18. President, Child Neurology Society of Nigeria, January 2018 till date
  19. Coordinator PACSE team, Faculty of Paediatrics, National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria.
  20. Invited Speaker- University College London SDG Conference, 28 October 2020 (Beyond Boundaries: Realising the Sustainable Development Goals)
  21. Editor-in-Chief, Prime Medics Journal, June 2020 till Date
  22. Chair, Awards and Prizes Committee, Paediatric Association of Nigeria, May 2020, till Date.
  23. Member, Bruce Schoenberg Award Committee, American Academy of Neurology.

VIII. Details of Teaching Experience at University Level

  1. Associate Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. August 2000 – April 2004
  2. Lecturer 1, Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan . May 2004 – September 30, 2007
  3. Senior Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. October 1, 2007 – September 30, 2010
  4. Reader (Associate Professor), Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. October 1, 2010 –September 30, 2013
  5. Professor, Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. October 1, 2013 till date

    TEACHING

Lectures to undergraduate medical students
My participation in teaching dates back to August 2000 when I was appointed as an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics. As an Associate Lecturer in Paediatrics, I gave didactic lectures to undergraduate medical students on the following topics:

  1. Diabetes mellitus in childhood
  2. Accidents and poisoning

Since my appointment as Lecturer I in Paediatrics, I have given regular core lectures to undergraduate medical students covering the following topics in different aspects of paediatric neurology:

  1. Development and developmental disorders
  2. Cerebral Palsy
  3. Seizures in childhood
  4. Meningitis
  5. Diseases of the anterior horn cell
  6. Neuropathies
  7. Muscular Dystrophies
  8. Myasthenia gravis

During my 3months Fellowship on e-learning at the Clinical School, Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom, I had the opportunity to learn new methods in Medical Education which have greatly enhanced my teaching skills.

Seminars
I take turns with other lecturers in the Department in presiding over social paediatric seminars which focus on the relationships between socio-economic and environmental factors and childhood diseases.

Clinical Teachings:

Bedside teachings and tutorials

  1. The clinical evaluation of the child with neurological disease
  2. The art of history taking as a valuable tool in medicine
  3. Demonstration of illustrative cases at the weekly neurology and general clinics

             Examinations

  1. External Examiner to the University of The Gambia in Part III MBBS examination 2010-2011
  2. External Examiner to the University of Beua, Cameroun in Part IV Final examinations in Paediatrics. 2011 till date
  3. External Examiner to the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State
  4. Examiner, Faculty of Paediatrics, National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria
  5. Examiner, Faculty of Paediatrics, West African Postgraduate Medical College

Postgraduate teaching
I am currently the Head of the paediatric neurology unit of the hospital and the most senior Consultant Paediatric Neurologist in the hospital. I take turns with other lecturers in the department of Paediatrics to give lectures to postgraduate resident doctors in the field of paediatric neurology. I also on a weekly basis, give teachings on EEG techniques and evaluations to resident doctors rotating through paediatric neurology. I give didactic lectures to resident doctors at courses organized by the West African Postgraduate Medical College in the Departments of Paediatrics and Family Medicine. 

I pioneered the work on transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography in children with sickle cell disease in Nigerian. Being the first specialist to acquire this skill for TCD studies in the country, I have trained 6 doctors, 3 at the National Sickle Cell Centre, Lagos, Nigeria and 3 at the University College Hospital Nigeria on the techniques of TCD ultrasonography. The transfer of this skill has given a boost to the efforts geared towards the primary prevention of stroke in children with SCD in the country.

MAJOR CONFERENCES ATTENDED AND PAPERS PRESENTED

  1. Pan African Association of Neurological Sciences XVII Congress. Lagos, Nigeria August 2006:
    Lagunju IA, Akinbami FO, Falade AG. Pyogenic Meningitis in Ibadan: it is time to     act!
    Lagunju IA, Imam ZO. Congenital myotonic dystrophy in a Nigerian child: a case     report
    Lagunju IA, Fatunde OJ. Epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy

  2.  Paediatric Association of Nigeria Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference January 2008:
    Lagunju IA, Fatunde OJ, Adedokun BO. What happens to Nigerian Children with cerebral palsy?
    Lagunju IA, Ogunbosi BO, Falade AG, Akinbami FO. Haemophilus influenza meningitis in Ibadan: a call for action.
    Lagunju IA, Ogunbosi BO, Imam ZO, Ogunbiyi AO, Ogunseyinde O. Proteus Syndrome, the first report from West Africa.
    Lagunju IA, Imam ZO, Okafor OO, Ogunbosi BO, Ajayi SO, Ogunbiyi AO. Vitamin B12 defficiency with subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord in a four year old Nigerian boy: a case report.

  3. Nigerian Society of Neurological Sciences 40th Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting March 2008:
    Lagunju IA, Orimadegun AE, Akinbami FO, Brown BJ, Ohaeri F, Akinyinka OO. Health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy.

  4.  American Academy of Neurology 60th Anniversary and Annual General Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, April 12-19,2008.

  5. Wales for Africa Health Links Conference. Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. June 27-28, 2008.
    Lagunju IA, Tongo OO, Alao A, Allen SJ, Sodeinde OO. The value of academic linkages: The Ibadan-Swansea Partnership

  6. Child Neurology Society. 37th Annual Meeting. Santa Clara, California, USA, November 5-8, 2008.
    Lagunju IA, Akinyinka OO, Orimadegun AE, Akinbami FO, Brown BJ, Olorundare EI, Ohaeri JU. Health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy.

  7. Paediatric Association of Nigeria 40th Annual Conference and 5th International Conference. January 20-24, 2009.
    Lagunju IA, Fatunde OJ, Takon I, Jacob N. Profile of childhood epilepsy in Ibadan, Nigeria
    Lagunju IA, Ayoola OO, Akinbami FO, Balogun F. A variant of Purple-Glove syndrome complicating intravenous Phenytoin therapy

  8. Nigerian Society of Neurological Sciences 40th Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting, Benin City March 2009:
    Lagunju IA, Fatunde OJ, Balogun F. The child with cerebral palsy in a developing country: diagnosis and beyond.
    Lagunju IA, Jacob N. Neurocognitive and sensory impairment in cerebral palsy.

  9. UK Forum on Haemoglobinopathies, London, United Kingdom. May, 2009

  10. Nigerian Society of Haematology and Blood Transfusion 37th Scientific conference and Annual General Meeting, Ibadan. August 2009:
    Lagunju IA. Primary stroke prevention in sickle cell disease: the role of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

  11. Paediatric Association of Nigeria 41st Annual General and Scientific Conference. January 20-23, 2010
    Lagunju IA, Brown BJ, Famosaya A. Childhood Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease.
    Lagunju IA, Jacob N, Adedeji T. Cerebral Palsy of postneonatal origin: characteristics and risk factors.
    Lagunju IA, Sodeinde OO, Telfer P, Brown BJ. Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography in primary stroke prevention in children with sickle cell disease: our initial experience.

  12. American Academy of Neurology 63rd Annual General meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.   April 9-16, 2011.
    Lagunju IA. The cost of childhood epilepsy in a tertiary centre in Nigeria.

  13. Paediatric Association of Nigeria 42nd Annual General and Scientific Conference, January 2012.
    Lagunju IA, Asinobi A, Famosaya A.. Predictors of early seizure remission in newly diagnosed epilepsy
    Lagunju IA, Abdulrhaman A. Use of complementary and alternative medicine in    childhood  epilepsy.

  14. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK Annual conference May 22-24, 2012
    Lagunju IA, Sodeinde OO. Prospective measurement of stroke incidence in children with sickle cell disease

  15. Nigerian Society of Neurological Sciences Annual conference and scientific meeting, Osogbo. June 6-9, 2012.
    Lagunju IA, Brown BJ, Alao MA. Adverse neurological outcomes in children with Sickle Cell Disease
    Lagunju IA, Bella TT, Alao MA, Takon I, Omigbodun OO. Behavioural problems in children with epilepsy

  16. Radiological Society of North America 98th Scientific assembly and annual meeting. Nov 25-30, 2012

  17. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Annual Conference. Glasgow, UK. June 5-8, 2013
    Lagunju IA, Brown BJ, Sodeinde OO. Stroke recurrence in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease treated with hydroxyurea after a first clinical stroke. 

  18. Nigerian Society of Neurological Sciences Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting, Lagos, Nigeria. March, 2014

  19. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health annual Conference. Birmingham, UK. April, 2014
    Lagunju IA, Brown BJ, Sodeinde OO. Hydroxyurea lowers TCD flow velocities in Nigerian children with sickle cell anaemia.

  20. Paediatric Association of Nigeria 42nd Annual General and Scientific Conference, January 27-29, 2016.
    Lagunju IA, Brown Oyinlade AO, Ibeh J, Sodeinde O. Hydroxyurea lowers TCD velocities in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease
    Oyinlade AO, Lagunju IA. Childhood epilepsy in Nigeria – a systematic review

  21. Child Neurology Society of Nigeria Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting. Portharcourt, Nigeria January 26, 2016

  22. International Child Neurology Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. May 1-5, 2016
    Lagunju IA, Labaeka A, Adebisi A, Brown BJ, Oyinlade AO, Sodeinde OO. Stroke in Nigerian children: risk factors and short term outcomes
    Lagunju IA, Adeniyi Y, Busari O, Oyinlade AO, Atoba T, Ibeh J. Choice of anti-epileptic drugs in the management of Nigerian children with epilepsy: current trends
    Lagunju IA, Adeniyi Y, Olukolade G, Oyinlade AO. Cognitive function in Nigerian children with newly-diagnosed epilepsy: a preliminary report. 

  23. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Association 1st Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting, Ibadan, Nigeria. June 14-16, 2016

  24. National Postgraduate Medical College Annual Scientific Congress and All Fellows Meeting, August 9-12, 2016. Ibadan

  25. American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine 70th Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida. September 20-24, 2016
    Lagunju IA, Oyinlade AO, Famosaya AA. Cerebral Palsy in Nigerian Children: Profile and Impact on educational opportunities.

  26. British Paediatric Neurology Association Annual Conference, Cambridge, United Kingdom, January 11-13, 2017
    Lagunju IA, Brown BJ, Sodeinde OO. Incidence of primary stroke in a cohort of Nigerian children with sickle cell disease and elevated TCD velocities treated with hydroxyurea.

  27. Nigerian Society of Neurological Sciences Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting, Ilorin, Nigeria. July 11-14, 2017.
    Lagunju IA, Adeniyi Y, Busari O, Oyinlade AO, Ibeh J, Balogun TAB, Adeigbe OI, Adelaja A.  Choice of anti-epileptic drug therapy in a tertiary paediatric epilepsy service in Nigeria.
    Lagunju IA, Oyinlade OO, Famosaya AA, Balogun TAB, Ibeh J, Adelaja A, Oluleye A Cerebral Palsy in Nigerian children: profile and impact on educational opportunities

  28. Paediatric Association of Nigeria Conference 49th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference, Abuja. January 24-26, 2018
    Lagunju IA, Oyinlade OO, Esione A, Oyinlade AO, Adeniyi T, Sodeinde OO. Annual stroke incidence in children with sickle cell disease and elevated TCD velocities treated with Hydroxyurea
    Lagunju IA, Brown BJ, Oyinlade AO, Esione A, Ibeh J, Balogun TAB, Adelaja A, Sodeinde OO. Paediatric strokes: risk factors and short term outcomes

  29. Child Neurology Society of Nigeria 6th Scientific Conference and 12th Annual General Meeting, Abuja Jan 23, 2018.
    Lagunju IA. Evaluation of a Child with a Neurological Disorder.

  30. Paediatric Association of Nigeria Conference 50th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference, Ibadan. January 23-25, 2018
    Lagunju IA, Ibeh J, Brown BJ, Oyinlade AO, Sodeinde OO. Transcranial Doppler studies in Nigerian children with SCD

  31. Nigerian Society of Neurological Sciences Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference, Abuja March 26-18, 2019
    Lagunju IA, Ibeh JN. Growth patterns in children with cerebral palsy

  32. International Paediatric Association (IPA) Conference, Panama City, Panama. March 11-15, 2019
    Lagunju IA, Brown BJ, Sodeinde OO. Annual stroke incidence in children with SCD and elevated TCD velocities treated with hydroxyurea.
    Lagunju IA, Oyinlade AO, Adeniyi Y. Anti-epileptic drug prescription patterns in a tertiary epilepsy service in Nigeria

  33. American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Annual Conference, Anaheim, California. September 18-21, 2019.

  34. Paediatric Association of Nigeria Conference and 51st Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference Kano, Nigeria (January 2020)

  35. Child Neurology Society of Nigeria Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference, Kano, Nigeria January 2020

  36. University College London Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Conference (Virtual). October, 2020
    Lagunju I. Cross-Border Translational Research Post-COVID

  37. International Paediatric Stroke Organisation Conference. July 19-21, 2021
    Invited Speaker: Lagunju I. Childhood Stroke in Nigeria.

  38. World Stroke Congress Conference. October 28-29, 2021.
    Invited Speaker: Lagunju I. Stroke Prevention in Sickle Cell Disease.

  39. Child Neurology Society Annual Conference, Uyo. January 2022
    Invited Speaker: Acute Stroke Syndromes in Children.

  40. Paediatric Association of Nigeria 53rd Annual Conference, Uyo, January, 2022.
    Lagunju IA, Brown BJ, Oyinlade A, Labaeka A, Alejo JN, Alao M, Agaja O, Sodeinde O. Primary stroke prevention in sickle cell disease: a decade of routine TCD screening and prophylactic hydroxyurea therapy in Ibadan, Nigeria

  41. Lagunju IA, Alejo JN, Bayo A, Ogbole G, Brown BJ,Cross H, D’Arco F, Alexander D, Fernandez-Reyes D. Focal Epilepsies in Nigerian children: risk factors and long-term outcomes

Researches

        Completed

  1. Childhood Heart Failure in Ibadan. This study assessed the prevalence, underlying factors and short-term prognosis of children admitted with heart failure at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, over a 10-month period.

  2. Prognostic Indices in Pyogenic Meningitis. This study evaluated the various prognostic indices in childhood pyogenic meningitis as seen in children who died of pyogenic meningitis at the Paediatrics Department, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

  3. Non- traumatic Paraplegia in Nigerian Children. This study evaluated the major causes of paraplegia in Nigerian children admitted into the UCH, Ibadan over a period of fifteen years. The study also highlighted the poor prognosis associated with this condition in a developing country like Nigeria and the trend in the aetiology of non-traumatic paraplegia over the 15 year period of study.

  4. Resurgence of Measles Epidemic in Nigerian Children. The study highlighted the recent upsurge in the incidence of measles in Nigerian children as seen in Ibadan metropolis, and also evaluated the efficacy of routine childhood immunisation in these children.

  5. Cerebral Palsy in the Nigerian child: diagnosis and beyond. This study assessed the level of care available to children with cerebral palsy in the Nigeria beyond diagnosis. It also highlighted the factors predictive of default from orthodox medical care and the enormous burden of experienced by families of children with cerebral palsy and the absence of social support services in a developing country like Nigeria.

  6. Epilepsy in Nigerian children with cerebral palsy- prevalence, pattern, risk factors and prognosis. This study was carried out to evaluate the proportion of children with cerebral palsy who develop epilepsy. The study also identified the factors that are predictive of associated epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy.

  7. Neurological Disorders in Nigerian Children presenting at the paediatric neurology clinic, University College Hospital, Ibadan. The study was an audit of the pattern and spectrum of paediatric neurological disorders seen at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. The findings of the study are of tremendous value in determining the burden of childhood paediatric neurological disorders in the country.

  8. Childhood bacterial meningitis in Ibadan, Nigeria – antibiotic sensitivity pattern of isolates and outcome. The study identified the major pathogens responsible for a life-threatening disease of childhood. It also evaluated the antibiotics that are effective in the management of the disease.

  9. Ocular abnormalities in children with cerebral palsy. This study assessed the prevalence of eye defects in children with cerebral palsy. The study also reinforced the importance of early diagnosis in improving the outcome in affected children.

  10. Profile of childhood epilepsy in Nigeria. The study is to span five years, evaluating the burden, pattern, medical management and outcome of childhood epilepsies in Nigeria. The findings of the study would fill a major gap in the dearth of information on childhood epilepsies in sub-Saharan Africa.

  11. Sensory and Neurocognitive impairments in cerebral palsy. The study assessed the pattern and burden of neurocognitive and sensory impairments in children with cerebral palsy. The findings of the study would help in improving the level of care available to children with cerebral palsy.

  12. A study on tetanus in the post-neonatal age group. The objectives of this study are to identify the risk factors associated with tetanus in the post-neonatal age group. The findings of the study provided an indirect measure for the evaluation of the efficacy of routine childhood immunization against tetanus in the country.

  13. Invasive pneumococcal disease in under-five Nigerian children. This is a multi-centre study involving three major hospitals in the Ibadan Metropolis. The aim of the study is to evaluate the burden of invasive pneumococcal disease among Nigerian children who are below the age of 5 years and also to identify the serotypes of the isolates. The findings of the study may provide justification for the introduction of the pneumococcal vaccine into the routine immunization programme of the country as its being practised in the developed countries of the world.

  14. Economic costs of childhood epilepsy in Nigeria. The study set out to estimate the average cost of having a child with epilepsy in the family. The findings would provide baseline data for future evaluations of healthcare economic impacts in Nigeria.

  15. I pioneered the work on transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) in Nigeria. Nigeria has one of the largest burdens of SCD in the world and my publications on TCD ultrasonographic studies in Nigerian children is the first to be published in the country and indeed in children with SCD resident in West Africa and the second to be published in African children.

  16. Predictors of seizure remission in newly-diagnosed childhood epilepsy. The study aims to identify the factors that are predictive of seizure remission and intractability in children with epilepsy. The findings of the study would provide a useful guide to the prompt identification of children who are more likely to require more aggressive treatment to achieve seizure control/remission such that their treatment can be optimized.

  17. Behavioural problems in children with epilepsy. The study evaluated the prevalence and pattern of mental health problems in children with epilepsy using the Rutter A2 scale.

  18. Evaluation of chronic blood transfusion as a primary preventive measure for stroke prevention in sickle cell disease in a resource-poor country. This study assessed the feasibility of the only recommended and effective modality for primary stroke prevention in sickle cell disease in Nigeria, a country with limited resources. The findings of the study highlighted the challenges of chronic transfusion in a resource-poor country and proffers solutions to enhance the feasibility of establishing a successful chronic blood transfusion programme in our setting with limited health-care resources.

    In Progress
  19. Acoustic emissions in children with cerebral palsy. The study involves the use of oto-acoustic emissions as a reliable method of assessing hearing function in children with cerebral palsy.

  20. Use of Hydroxyurea in primary stroke prevention in sickle cell disease. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of hydroxyurea in reducing mean flow velocities in the intracranial vessels in children with conditional risk and high risk velocities on TCD. This is to explore the feasibility of the potential use of hydroxyurea as a cost-effective treatment modality for stroke prevention in a resource-poor country like Nigeria where periodic blood transfusion, the recognized standard care for primary stroke prevention in SCD is not readily available and the cost of iron chelation are exorbitant, out of the reach of the majority of families. 

  21. Complementary and Alternative therapy in treatment of childhood epilepsy in Nigeria. The aim of the study is to assess the extent of use of complementary and alternative therapies in the treatment of childhood epilepsy in our setting and to evaluate the perceived efficacy or otherwise of such treatment modalities. The findings would be useful in bridging some of the wide treatment gap which has posed a major challenge to the treatment of epilepsy in developing countries.

  22. Injuries in children with epilepsy. The study sets out to evaluate the prevalence, pattern and risk factors for injuries in children with epilepsy. This is a comparative study involving children with epilepsy and their age and sex-matched counterparts without epilepsy.

  23. Prospective measurement of stroke incidence in Nigerian children with sickle cell anaemia and elevated TCD velocities treated with hydroxyurea.

  24. Correlation of TCD velocities with cognitive function in children with sickle cell disease

  25. Validation of the Ibadan Simplified Developmental Screening (ISDS) Chart as an indigenous tool for developmental screening in Nigerian children.

  26. Evaluation of early-onset developmental impairments in Nigerian infants attending routine immunisation clinics in Ibadan, using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire.

Publications

         Books already published

  1. Lagunju IA, Adeyoju AE eds (2013). Child Health. Ibadan, Nigeria, BookBuilders; 1-415.

    Chapters in books already published:
  2. Lagunju IA, Kemi Tongo, Olugbemiro Sodeinde, Stephen Allen. Management of the sick child. In: Eddleston M, Davidson R, Brent A, Wilkinson R eds (2008). Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine: Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press; 1-29

  3. Lagunju IA. Paediatric acute respiratory infections. In: Eddleston M, Davidson R, Brent A, Wilkinson R eds (2008). Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine: Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press; 176-181

  4. Allen SJ, Pardinaz-Solis R, Lagunju I. The child in society. In: Lissauer T, Clayden G Eds (2012). Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics: Edinburgh, United Kingdom, MOSBYELSEVIER; 1-11

  5. Lagunju IA. Childhood Meningitis. In: Agwuh KN, Adeyoju AAB Eds (2012). INFECTIONS: contemporary management: Ibadan, Nigeria, BookBuilders; 155-164.

  6. Lagunju IA, Fatunde OJ. Development. In: Lagunju IA, Adeyoju AE eds (2013). Child Health. Ibadan, Nigeria, BookBuilders; 23-44.

  7. Fatunde OJ, Lagunju IA. (2013) Diseases of the Central Nervous System. In: Lagunju IA, Adeyoju AE eds. Child Health. Ibadan, Nigeria, BookBuilders; 233-258.

  8. Cundall D, Nesbitt A, Lagunju I. The child with a disability in the hospital. In Southall D Ed. (2014): International Maternal and Child Healthcare. London, United Kingdom, Radcliffe Publishing Ltd; 397-405

  9. Lagunju IA. Neuromuscular Disorders. In Azubike JC and Nkanginieme KEO eds (2016): Paediatrics and Child Health in a Tropical Region. Lagos, Nigeria. Educational Printing and Publishing; 1245-1251

    Articles that have already appeared in Refereed Conference Proceedings
  10. Lagunju IA, O Sodeinde, P Telfer, BJ Brown. Transcranial DopplerUltrasonography in Primary Stroke Prevention in Children with Sickle Cell Disease: our initial experience.  Archives of  Diseases in Childhood 2010; 95. Supplement No. 1. A63-64

  11. Lagunju I, Sodeinde O. Prospective measurement of stroke incidence in childhood sickle cell disease. Archives of Diseases in Childhood 2012; 97 Suppl 1: A45.

  12. Lagunju IA, Brown BJ, Sodeinde O. Stroke recurrence in Nigerian children with sickle cell anaemia treated with hydroxyurea after a first clinical stroke. Archives of Diseases in Childhood 2013; 98 Suppl 1: A69

  13. Lagunju IA, Brown BJ, Sodeinde O. Hydroxyurea lowers trancranial Doppler flow velocities in Nigerian children with sickle cell anaemia. Arch Dis Child 2014; A125-126.

  14. Lagunju IA, Oyinlade AO, Famosaya AA. Cerebral Palsy in Nigerian Children: Profile and Impact on educational opportunities. Dev Med Child Neurol 2016; 58 Suppl 5:44

  15. Lagunju IA, Brown BJ, Sodeinde OO. Incidence of primary stroke in a cohort of Nigerian children with sickle cell disease and elevated TCD velocities treated with hydroxyurea. Dev Med Child Neurol 2017;59 Suppl 1: 14

  16. Enrico Kaden, Godwin Ogbole, Biobele J Brown, Felice D’Arco, David W Carmichael, Ikeoluwa Lagunju, Helen J Cross, Delmiro Fernandez-Reyes, Daniel C Alexander. Deep learning for low-field to high-field MR: Image Quality Transfer with Probabilistic Decimation Simulator. Machine Learning for Medical Image Reconstruction: Second International Workshop, MLMIR 2019, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2019, Shenzhen, China, October 17, 2019 

    Articles that have already appeared in learned journals
  17. Omokhodion SI, Baiyeroju-Agbeja AM, Adegboye V0, Adeyemo A, Lagunju IA. Patency of the ductus arteriosus in newborns: Experience in a Special Care Baby Unit. Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics 2001; 28: 61-67.

  18. Lagunju IA, Omokhodion SI, Brown BJ, Adeniyi OF. Camptomelic Dysplasia in one of twins – a case report. Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics 2002; 29:122 – 124.

  19. Lagunju IA, Omokhodion SI. Childhood heart failure in Ibadan. West African Journal of Medicine 2003; 22: 42-45.

  20. Omokhodion S.I., Adegboye V.O., Ogunkunle O.O., Shotunmbi P.T., Omokhodion O., Oladokun R.E., Lagunju I. A., Koshile- Palmer E.O., Akinyemi A.J., Adebo O.A. Nottidge V.A., Osuntokun O., Onuzo O., Cohen A.J.A., Tamir A., Sion H.A.,           Siasson L., Gilade E. Frimpong – Boateng K., Sereboe L.A. Treatment of  structural heart disease through international collaboration: the Ibadan experience. Nigerian Journal of Cardiology 2004; 1: 39- 46.

  21. Omokhodion SI, Lagunju IA. Prognostic indices in childhood heart failure. West African Journal of Medicine 2005; 24: 325-328.

  22. Lagunju IA, Orimadegun AE, Oyedemi DG. Measles in Ibadan; a continuous scourge. African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences 2005; 34: 383-387.

  23. Olowu JA, Lagunju IA, Tongo OO, Atalabi M. (2006) Intrauterine death of one of twins, coexisting with hydranencephaly in the surviving co-twin: a case report. West African Journal of Medicine 2006; 25: 246-248

  24. Fatunde OJ, Lagunju IA, Adeniyi OF, Orimadegun AE. Non-traumatic Paraplegia in Nigerian Children presenting at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences 2006; 35: 37-41.

  25. Lagunju IA, Adedokun BO, Fatunde OJ. Risk factors for epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy. African Journal of Neurological Sciences 2006; 25: 29-37.

  26. Lagunju IA, Fatunde OJ. Epilepsy in Nigerian Children with Cerebral Palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2007; 49: 158-159.

  27. Stephen Allen, Lagunju IA. The management of severe Malnutrition: taking a broader view. Archives of Diseases in Childhood 2007; 92: 191-192.

  28. Lagunju IA, Sotunmbi PT, Akinyemi OA, Imam Z. Partial Exchange blood transfusion as a treatment option for Guillain Barre Syndrome in resource-poor settings: a case report. African Journal of Neurological Sciences 2007; 26: 87-89

  29. Lagunju IA, Oluleye TS. Ocular abnormalities in children with cerebral palsy. African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences 2007; 36: 71-75.

  30. Ogunbiyi A, Lagunju IA. Nevus sebaceous syndrome with Facial Hemihypertrophy: a case report. Pediatric Dermatology 2007; 24: 428-429.

  31. Fatunde OJ, Lagunju IA. Preventing childhood neurological disorders in Nigeria- beyond politics and rhetoric. Archives of Ibadan Medicine 2007; 8 : 32-37.

  32. Tongo OO, Lagunju IA, Ogun BO, Imam Z. Holoprosencephaly in Ibadan, Nigeria – a report of three cases and a review of literature. African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences 2007; 36: 283-287.

  33. Lagunju IA, Okolo CA, Ebruke BE, Emejulu KC, Malomo AO, Akang EE, Shokunbi MT. Severe neurological involvement in tuberous sclerosis: a report of two cases and a review of the African literature. African Journal of Neurological Sciences 2007; 26:102-108.

  34. Lasisi AO, Lagunju IA, Olayemi O. Maternal Determinants of Cord Blood Immunoglobulin G Levels: a Preliminary Report. Nigerian Journal of Pediatrics 2007; 34: 1-7.

  35. Lagunju IA, Adedokun BO. A comparison of quadriplegic and hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2008; 6: 25-30.

  36. Ogunbiyi A, Lagunju IA, George A, Okafor OO. Cutaneous Mosaicism in Nigerians. Kosmetische Medizin 2008; 2: 4-9

  37. Owolabi MO, Ogbole G, Lagunju IA. Conservative management of Rasmussen’s Encephalitis in a Nigerian girl. Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2008; 6 : 389-394

  38. Lagunju IA, Falade AG, Akinbami FO, Adegbola R, Bakare RA. Childhood Bacterial Meningitis in Ibadan, Nigeria- antibiotic sensitivity pattern of pathogens, prognostic indices and outcome. African Journal of medicine and Medical Sciences 2008; 37: 185-191.

  39. Lagunju IA, Akinbami FO, Ogunbosi BO. A study of childhood tetanus in the postneonatal age group in Ibadan: any way nearer the goal of eradication? Archives of Ibadan Medicine 2008; 9: 39-41.

  40. Falade AG, Lagunju IA, Bakare RA, Odekanmi AA, Adegbola RA. Invasive Pneumococcal disease in children less than 5years attending 3 urban hospitals in Ibadan, Nigeria. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009; 48: S190-S196.

  41. Lagunju IA, Fatunde OJ, Takon I. Profile of childhood epilepsy in Nigeria. Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2009; 7: 135-140.

  42. Lagunju IA, Okafor OO. An analysis of the disorders seen at the paediatric neurology clinic, University College Hospital, Ibadan. West African Journal of Medicine 2009; 28: 38-42.

  43. Lagunju IA, Ogunbiyi A, Ogunseyinde AO. Proteus Syndrome; a rare cause of childhood epilepsy: a case report. Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2009; 7: 187-189.

  44. Lagunju IA, Akinyinka OO, Orimadegun AE, Akinbami FO, Brown BJ, Olorundare EI, Ohaeri JU. Health-related Quality of life of Nigerian children with Epilepsy. African Journal of Neurological Sciences 2009; 28: 28-37     
                     
  45. Lagunju IA, Fatunde OJ. (2009) The child with cerebral palsy in a developing country: diagnosis and beyond. Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2009; 7: 375-379

  46. Atalabi OM, Lagunju IA, Tongo OO, Akinyinka OO. Cranial Magnetic Resonance Findings in Kwashiorkor. International Journal Neuroscience 2010; 120: 23-27   
                                                        
  47. Brown BJ, Okereke JO, Lagunju IA, Orimadegun AE, Ohaeri JU, Akinyinka OO. (2010): Burden of healthcare of caregivers of children with sickle cell disease in Ibadan. Health and Social Care in the Community 2010; 18: 289-295.

  48. Lagunju IA, Okereke J, Adebayo A, Eni-Olorunda T. (2010) Neurocognitive and sensory impairments in cerebral palsy. Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2010; 8: 385-390

  49. Lagunju IA. Cerebral Palsy of postneonatal origin: characteristics and risk factors. Archives of Ibadan Medicine 2011; 11: 31-35.  
        
  50. Lagunju IA, Brown BJ, Famosaya A. Childhood Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease. Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2011; 9: 49-53

  51. Lagunju IA, Imam ZO, Adedokun BO. Cost of epilepsy in children attending a tertiary centre in Nigeria. International Health 2011; 3: 213-218

  52. Lagunju IA, Asinobi A. Predictors of seizure remission in Nigerian children with newly-diagnosed epilepsy. African Journal of Medicine and medical Sciences 2011; 40: 239-245

  53. Lagunju IA, Sodeinde OO, Telfer P. Prevalence of transcranial Doppler abnormalities in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease. American Journal of Hematology 2012;87: 544-547

  54. Lagunju IA, Bella-Awusah TT, Takon I, Omigbodun OO. Mental health problems in Nigerian children with epilepsy: associations and risk factors. Epilepsy and Behavior 2012; 25: 214-218

  55. Lagunju IA, Brown BJ. Adverse neurological outcomes in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease. International Journal of Hematology 2012; 96: 710-718

  56. Denloye O, Ajayi D, Lagunju I. Oral health status of children seen at a paediatric neurology clinic in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria. Ped Dental J 2012; 22; 16-21

  57. Brown BJ, Jacob NE, Lagunju IA, Jarrett OO. Morbidity pattern in hospitalized children with sickle cell disorders at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics 2013; 40:34-39

  58. Olusanya B, Bayeroju A, Lagunju IA. Ophthalmic abnormalities in children with neurological disorders. European Neurological Journal 2012; 4 :1-3

  59. Atilola O, Omigbodun O, Bella-Awusah T, Lagunju I, Igbenegbu P. Neurological and intellectual disabilities among adolescents within a custodial institution in SouthWest Nigeria. Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health Nursing 2013; doi:10.1111

  60. Jarrett OO, Osinusi K, Fatunde OJ, Lagunju IA. Pre-hospital treatment of children with febrile convulsions seen at the University College Hospital. Annals of Ibadan Medicine 2012; 10: 6-10

  61. Uche EO, Shokunbi MT, Malomo AO, Akang EEU, Lagunju I, Amanor-Boadu SD. Pediatric brain tumours in Nigeria: clinical profile, management strategies and outcome. Childs Nervous System 2013; DOI 10.1007/s00381-013-2105-9

  62. Lagunju IA. Complementary and alternative medicines use in children with epilepsy in Ibadan, Nigeria. African Journal of Medicine and medical Sciences 2013; 42: 15-23

  63. Lagunju IA, Brown BJ, Sodeinde OO. Chronic blood transfusion for primary and secondary stroke prevention in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease: a five-year appraisal. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2013; 60: 1940-1945

  64. Lagunju IA, Brown BJ, Sodeinde OO. Stroke recurrence in Nigerian children treated with hydroxyurea. Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal 2013; 20: 181-187

  65. Lagunju IA, Sodeinde OO, Brown BJ, Akinbami FO, Adedokun BO. Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography in children with sickle cell anemia: clinical and laboratory correlates for elevated velocities. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound 2014;42:89-95

  66. Lagunju IA, Bella TT, Omigbodun OO. Autistic disorders in Nigeria: profile and challenges to management. Epilepsy and Behavior 2014; 39: 126-129

  67. Obasola OI, Mabawonku I, Lagunju I. A review of e-Health Interventions for Maternal and Child Health in sub-Saharan Africa. Matern Child Health J 2015; DO1 10.1007/s10995-015-1695-0

  68. Lagunju IA, Brown BJ, Sodeinde OO. Hydroxyurea lowers transcranial Doppler flow velocities in children with sickle cell disease in a Nigerian cohort. Ped Blood Cancer 2015; 62:1587-1591

  69. Adeniyi OF, Lagunju IA, Abdus-salam IA , Sidebotham P, Lesi F. Awareness and use of the Gross Motor Function Classification System by healthcare professionals in a developing country. Nigerian Journal of Pediatrics 2015; 42: 204-209

  70. Olatunji RB, Ogbole GI, Atalabi M, Adeyinka AO, Lagunju I, Oyinlade A, Ogun O, Owolabi MO, Ogunseyinde AO, Ogunniyi A. Role of Transcranial colour-coded duplex sonography in stroke management. West Afr J Clin Ultrasound 2015;16:33-42

  71. Lagunju IA, Oyinlade AO, Babatunde O. Injuries in children and adolescents in Epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior 2016; 54: 131-134

  72. Lagunju IA, Oyinlade AO, Atalabi OM, Ogbole G, Tedimola O, Famosaya A, Ogunniyi AO, Ogunseyinde AO, Ragin A. Electroencephalography as a tool for evidence-based   diagnosis and improved outcomes in children with epilepsy in a resource-poor setting. Pan Afr Med J 2015; 22: 328

  73. Oyinlade AO, Lagunju IA, Balogun TAB, Famosaya AA. Sub-acute combined degeneration of the spinal cord in a Nigerian child: a need for a high index of suspicion. Nig J Paediatr 2016 ; 43 (1) : 58-61

  74. Bello-Mojeed MA, Ani C, Lagunju I, Omigbodun OO. Feasibility of a parent-mediated behavioural intervention for behavioural problems in children with autistic spectrum disorder in Nigeria: a pilot study. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 2016;10:28 doi: 10:1186/s 13034-016-0117-4

  75. Ogunniyi A, Adebiyi A, Lagunju I. Epilepsy in Transition from Child Care to Adult Service: a missing link in sub-Saharan Africa. Tropical Doctor 2016; pii: 004947551666624

  76.  Lagunju IA, Adeniyi Y, Olukolade G. Cognitive function in Nigerian children with newly-diagnosed epilepsy: a preliminary report. Pan Afr Med J 2016; 24: 113 Oyinlade AO,

  77.   Lagunju IA, Adebayo BE. Neuromuscular disease mimicking myasthenia gravis in a Nigerian female adolescent: can this be Nemalin Rod Disease? Ann Ib Postgrad Med 2016;     14(2): 110-113

  78.  Jarrett OO, Fatunde OJ, Osinusi K, Lagunju IA. Incidence of bacteraemia among children with febrile seizures at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Ann Ib Postgrad Med 2018;16(2): 170-173.

  79. Akindolire A, Oyinlade AO, Sanusi A, Lagunju IA. Brain death in children managed at a tertiary centre in Nigeria: a five-year review. Afr J Med med Sci 2018; 47: 7-11

  80. Lagunju IA, Brown BJ, Oyinlade AO, Asinobi A, Ibeh J, Esione A, Sodeinde OO. Annual stroke incidence in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease and elevated TCD velocities treated with hydroxyurea. Ped Blood Cancer 2018; May 24:e27252. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27252.

  81. Omotosho IO, Akinade AO, Lagunju IA. Calcium and Magnesium are downregulated in Nigerian children with autism spectrum disorders and cerebral palsy. Neuroscience and Medicine 2018;9: 159-170.

  82. Abah S, Burte F, Marquet S, Brown B, Akinkunmi F, Oyinloye G, Afolabi N, Omokhodion S, Lagunju I, Shokunbi W, Wahlgren M, Dessein H, Argiro L, Dessein A, Noyert B, Hunt L, Elgar G, Sodeinde O, Holder A, Fernandez-Reyes D. Low plasma haptoglobulin is a risk factor for life-threatening childhood severe malarial anaemia and not an exclusive consequence of haemolysis. Sci Rep 2018;8 (1): 17527 doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-35944-w

  83. Akinade AO, Omotosho IO, Lagunju IA, Yakubu MA. Environmental Exposure to Lead, Vanadium, Copper and Selenium: possible implications in the development of autism spectrum disorders. Neuroscience and Medicine 2019, 10:

  84. Nwobi NL, Adedapo KS, Oyinlade OA, Olukolade O, Lagunju IA, Atulomah NO, Nwazuoke IA, Anetor JI. (2019). Urinary calcium: a promising predictive biomarker for early recognition of environmental lead exposure in children. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. 2019; 7(6):2265-2272

  85. Nwobi NL, Adedapo SK, Olukolade O, Oyinlade O, Lagunju I, Atulomah NO, Nwazuoke IA, Anetor JI. Positive and inverse correlation of blood lead level with acetylcholinesterase and intelligence quotient in children: implications for neurotoxicity. Interdiscip Toxicol 2019; 12(3): 136-142

  86. Manescu P, Shaw MJ, Elmi M, Neary-Zajiczek L, Claveau R, Pawar V, Kokkinos I, Oyinloye G, Bendkowski C, Oladejo OA, Oladejo BF, Clark T, Timm D, Shawe-Taylor J, Srinivasan MA, Lagunju I, Sodeinde O, Brown BJ, Fernandez-Reyes D. Expert- Level Automated Malaria Diagnosis on Routine Blood Films with Deep Neural Networks. Am J Hematol. 2020 Apr 13. doi: 10.1002/ajh.25827. [Epub ahead of print]

  87. Adedapo DA, Demaki WE, Lagunju IA. Non-dose-dependent changes in liver enzyme levels of children with epilepsy on treatment with sodium valproate. Dose Response 2020; 18(2): 15593258209. Doi: 10. 1559325820918445

  88. Abah E, Burté F, Howell SA, Lagunju I, Shokunbi WA, Wahlgren M, Sodeinde O, Brown BJ, Holder AA, PhD, Fernandez-Reyes D. Depleted circulatory complement-lysis inhibitor (CLI) in childhood cerebral malaria returns to normal with convalescence. Malar J 2020; 19(1): 167 doi: 10.1186/s12936-020-03241-5.

  89. Jatto ME, Adeyemo AA, Ogunkeyede SA, Lagunju IA, Nwaorgu OG. Paediatric hearing thresholds post-bacterial meningitis. Front Surg 2020;7:36. doi 10.3389/fsurg.2020.00036

  90. Lagunju IA, Brown BJ, Labaeka AA, Ibeh JN. Primary stroke prevention in sickle cell disease in a developing economy, the role of transcranial Doppler: a review. Prime Medics J 2019; 2 (1): 35-41

  91. Lagunju IA (2019). Taming the Scourge: Panacea for the dreaded brain catastrophes. 458th Inaugural Lecture of the University of Ibadan. University of Ibadan Press.

  92. Bella-Awusah T, Adebayo A, Lagunju I, Omigbodun O. Pathways to Care for Children with Mental Disorders and Epilepsy attending Specialist Clinics in Nigeria. International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal 2020; 14 (3): 31-40

  93. Brown BJ, Manescu P, Przybylski AA, Caccioli F, Oyinloye G, Elmi M, Shaw MJ, Pawar V, Claveau R, Shawe-Taylor J, Srinivasan MA, Afolabi NK, Rees G, Orimadegun AE, Ajetunmobi WA, Akinkunmi F, Kowobari O, Osinusi K, Akinbami FO, Omokhodion S, Shokunbi WA, Lagunju I, Sodeinde O, Fernandez-Reyes D. Data-driven malaria prevalence prediction in large densely-populated urban holo-endemic sub-Saharan West Africa. Sci Rep 2020; 10 (1): 15918. doi 10.1038/s41598-020-72575-6

  94. 94. Oyinlade AO, Ibeh JN, Balogun TAB, Lagunju IA. Muscular dystrophies in a developing economy: clinical presentations and challenges to management. Afr J Med med Sci. 2020; 49: 421-426

  95. Adeigbe O, Alejo JN, Olayemi O, Olasinde A, Lagunju IA. Partial exchange transfusion improves outcomes in Guillain Barre Syndrome: a case report. Prime Medics Journal 2020; 3: 37-42

  96. Lagunju IA, Labaeka A, Ibeh JN, Orimadegun AE, Brown BJ, Sodeinde OO. Transcranial Doppler Screening in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease: a 10-year longitudinal study on the SPPIBA cohort. Ped Blood Cancer 2021; 68(4): e28906 doi:10.1002/pbc28906.

  97. Adeniyi YC, Asinobi A, Idowu OO, Adelaja A, Lagunju IA. Early-onset developmental impairments among infants attending the routine immunisation clinic at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. Int. Health 2021; Apr 1: ihab016. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihab016

  98. Kirkham FJ, Lagunju IA. Epidemiology of Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease. J Clin Med 2021; 10: 4232. http//doi.org/10.3390/jcm10184232

  99. Omotosho IO, Akinade AO, Lagunju IA, Yakubu MA. Oxidative stress indices in ASD children in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2021; 13:50. doi.org/10.1186/s11689-021-09379-w

    Articles that have been accepted for publication in learned journals

  100. Alao MA, Asinobi AA, Ibrahim OR, Lagunju IA. Spot urine protein creatinine ratio compared with dipstick proteinuria as a primary screening tool for renal disease in a community setting. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplant

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Mentorship

Prof. Lagunju has supervised the projects and dissertations/thesis of resident doctors at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Masters and PhD students of the University of Ibadan. Nine of the candidates have successfully defended their dissertations with the award of the Fellowship of the Postgraduate Colleges and 8 others have successfully defended their dissertations for the award of the MSc degrees of the University of Ibadan.

MSc Project Supervised:

  1. Addom Selasie. Depression and Anxiety Disorders among adolescents with epilepsy in Accra, Ghana: Prevalence and correlates.

  2. Bello-Mojeed MA. Effectiveness of parent-mediated behavioural intervention for aggression in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in Lagos, Nigeria

  3. Ogunbanjo O. Effect of training on the perception and practice of physiotherapists regarding child and adolescent mental health.

  4. Adebayo A. Pathways to care among children and adolescents in Ibadan: comparisons between childhood epilepsy and childhood psychiatric disorders.

  5. Adebayo B.E. Stress level, coping and mental health status of children with congenital heart disease.

  6. Adelaja A. Risk factors for Epilepsy in Children with Cerebral Palsy

  7. Demaki E.W. Evaluation of serum levels of liver enzymes in children with epilepsy on treatment with sodium valproate

  8. Mohammed M. Effects of a training programme on the knowledge and perceptions of ADHD and Conduct Disorder among primary school teachers in Kano, Nigeria

    Thesis supervised with award of Fellowship of the Postgraduate College of Medicine/PhD:

  9. Olutunde O. Central Nervous System morphological changes in birth asphyxiated neonates. Fellowship of the West African College of Physicians (FWACPath) 2007

  10. Imam ZO. Effect of anticonvulsants on serum calcium, phosphate and alkaline phosphatase levels in Nigerian children. Fellowship of the West African College of Physicians. April 2008

  11. Tedimola O.O. A comparative study of transcranial Doppler flow velocities in children with Hb SS and Hb AA genotype. Fellowship of the West African College of Physicians (FWACP, 2014)

  12. Famosaya A.A. Clinical and laboratory correlates for elevated TCD velocities in children with sickle cell disease. Fellowship of the West African College of Physicians (FWACP, 2015)

  13. Ibeh J. Hearing Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy. Fellowship of the West African College of Physicians (FWACP) April 2019

  14. Jato M. Hearing threshold in children treated for bacterial meningitis at the University College Hospital, Ibadan Fellowship of the West African College of Surgeons (FWACS) March, 2018

  15. Alao MA. Evaluation of urinary protein creatinine ratio in screening for renal diseases among children in Ogbomosho Community, South-West Nigeria. National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria. November, 2019.

  16. Ndubuisi V.U. Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography findings and haematological correlates in children with sickle cell anaemia and their age and sex-matched counterparts with normal haemoglobin variants.

  17. Ike-Chinonye . N. Neurodevelopmental outcomes at six months in high risk newborns admitted into two specialist hospitals in Abakaliki, Nigeria. FWACP (April, 2021)

    Dissertations being supervised

  18. Akinade AO. Pathogenesis of autism and cerebral palsy in Nigerian children: the role of trace elements, oxidative stress markers and neurotransmitters. PhD Chemical Pathology (Ibadan)

  19. Balogun T.A.B. Quality of life in children with epilepsy seen at the University College Hospital, Ibadan

  20. Uhunmwangho C. A. Patterns and predictors of neurologic co-morbidities in children with epilepsy seen at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos: a comparative study

  21. Esione A. Heart rate variability and electroencephalographic patterns in children with epilepsy as a marker of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.

  22. Adeyekun A. Foetal haemoglobin and its correlation with transcranial Doppler velocities in the determination of stroke risk in children with sickle cell HbSS disease.

Grants

RESEARCH GRANTS

 

Grant title

Funder

Role

2009

Determination of stroke risk by transcranial Doppler screening in Nigeria children with sickle cell disease

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Principal Investigator

2011

Building Child and Adolescent Mental Health Capacity in West Africa

MacArthur Foundation Grant for Higher Education in Africa

Co-Investigator

2012

Improving neurologic outcomes for intervention research (NUMERIC)

NIH MEPI-linked Award

Co-Investigator

2017

Tackling Malaria Diagnosis in sub-Saharan Africa with Fast, Accurate and Scalable Robotic Automation, Computer vision and Machine Learning

Educational and Physical Sciences Research Council GCRF Grant, University College London, UK

Co-Investigator

2018

Enabling Clinical Decisions from Low-Power MRI in Developing Nations Through Image Quality Transfer (IQT)

Educational and Physical Sciences Research Council GCRF Grant, University College London, UK

Principal Investigator

2020

Phase 3 Randomised Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study of Voxelotor (GBT 440-032) in Pediatric Participants with Sickle Cell Disease (Hope KIDS 2)

Global Blood Therapeutics

Co- Investigator

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