Visiting Professorship
University of Calgary, Canada
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Awards & recognition
Three decades of honours, fellowships and competitive awards, from Best Nurse of the Year at UCH in 1996 to a University of Calgary Visiting Professorship in 2026.
Recent highlights
Golden Lamp Icon Award
Recognising excellence in nursing
Trailblazing African Nurses Shaping Healthcare
International Women's Day
Sigma International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame
Sigma Theta Tau International
Honours, fellowships & awards
Listed newest first.
2026
- University of Calgary Visiting Professorship
2025
- Trailblazing African Nurses Shaping Healthcare International Women's Day
- Golden Lamp Icon Award
2024
- Pioneer Dean, Faculty of Nursing, University of Ibadan 2024 to date
- QUAD Nursing Leadership Initiative, PEPFAR 2024–2025
- Chartered, Nigerian Institute of Management
2022
- Sigma International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame
- President, Alpha Alpha Upsilon Chapter, Sigma, OAU 2022–2024
2021
- Distinction, FAIMER Fellowship in Health Professions Education and Leadership 2021–2023
- Distinction, GUNi-Africa and AfriQAN course for higher education accreditors
2020
- Kiphart Global Scholar in Medicine, University of Chicago
2019
- Coordinator and Facilitator, African Genomic Medicine Training for Nurses
2018
- Travel Grant, 11th African Society of Human Genetics/H3Africa Conference Kigali, Rwanda
- Travel Grant, 7th Annual Clinical Cancer Genetics and Genomics Conference Chicago, USA
- Travel Grant, 4th Indian Cancer Genetics Conference and Workshop Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai
2017
- Inspirational Nurse of the Year Nurses on Air, Nigeria
2016
- Travel Grant, 5th Annual Clinical Cancer Genetics and Genomics Conference Chicago, USA
2014
- Re-entry Grant Award for research NIH, USA
2013
- Pioneer Fellow, African Cancer Leaders Institute South Africa
- D43 Training Grant Fellowship and Visiting Scholarship NIH, USA
2012
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in Nursing INDEN and STTI Award, USA
- Grant in Genetics of Preterm Births in Nigeria NIH, USA
2011
- Best Project, International Inter-Professional Wound Care Course Durban, South Africa
2010
- International Wound Care Scholarship University of Toronto, Canada
2008
- West African Health Organisation Fellowship Dakar, Senegal
2007
- Fellow, West African College of Nursing (FWACN)
2005
- MacArthur Visiting Scholarship Award University of Pennsylvania, USA
2004
- Mentor of the Year for HIV/AIDS Education among youths in Ibadan 2004–2005
- Sub-Dean Undergraduate (Nursing and Physiotherapy), College of Medicine, UI 2004–2006
2003
- CODESRIA Small Grants Programme for Thesis Writing
2002
- Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarship Award
2001
- Senate Research Grant, University of Ibadan
1996
- Best Nurse of the Year Award Medical unit, UCH
Speaking & keynotes
A regular keynote speaker for the NMCN, NANNM, universities and international conferences.
Countries where she has presented or served
- Nigeria
- Canada
- USA
- United Kingdom
- France
- India
- Senegal
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Benin
- Togo
- Cameroon
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Uganda
- Tanzania
- Rwanda
- DR Congo
- Malawi
- Zimbabwe
- Mozambique
- South Africa
- Tunisia
- Morocco
- Botswana
- 2026The Nurse Reimagined: Building Professional Identity, Leadership and Credibility for the Future of HealthcareKeynote, College of Medicine Old Hall, University of Lagos
- 2026Understanding the Persistence of Maternal Mortality in Nigeria: Evidence from Past Interventions and Future Strategies1st Emeritus Professor C.B. Okafor Annual Nursing Lecture, University of Nigeria, Enugu
- 2026Global Health Inequities in Cancer Care: A View from NigeriaCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
- 2026Evolving State of Nursing Education and Research in NigeriaArthur Child Grand Rounds, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary
- 2025Nursing Through the Ages: A Legacy of Wisdom, Values and ServiceOncology Nursing Society, Nigeria; Nightingale Summit
- 2025ACLI Contribution to My Oncology JourneyACLI AORTIC Meeting, Hammamet, Tunisia
- 2025From Basics to Cutting Edge: Advancing Nursing Through ResearchGolden Lamp Initiatives, Lagos
- 2025Nursing Practice in the Age of Artificial IntelligenceInduction Lecture, Faculty of Nursing, Osun State University
- 2025Our Nurses, Our Future: Caring for Nurses Strengthens EconomiesInduction Lecture, College of Medicine, University of Lagos
- 2025Innovative Approaches to Cancer Genetics CounsellingParis International Colloquium, University of Chicago Paris Centre, France
- 2025A 5-Year Evaluation of the African Forum for Research and Education in HealthAtlanta, USA
- 2024Impact of Migration of Nurses on the Nigerian Health SectorInduction Lecture, Lead City University, Ibadan
- 2024Optimizing Nurse Leadership in NigeriaPanel, Nigeria Implementation Science Alliance, Abuja
- 2023Our Nurses, Our FutureKeynote, Lagos State Health Service Commission Nurses Scientific Conference
- 2022My Journey as a Nurse Clinician, Educator and ResearcherInternational Nursing Research Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2021AFREhealth Nursing and Midwifery Leadership in the Global Health ContextCUGH 2021 Virtual Conference
- 2019Riding Through Risks into New Frontiers: The Nurse, The Nursed and NursingInaugural Lecture, University of Ibadan
- 2018Standardized Nursing Languages: A Tool for Evidence-Based Nursing PracticeKeynote, University of Calabar
- 2017Professional Excellence in Nursing and MidwiferyKeynote, West African College of Nursing Scientific Conference
- 2011Care and Support of People Living with HIV and AIDS in Southwest NigeriaICASA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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