Community Inspired, Community Led

Oliver Chukwujekwu Ezechi, MD, PhD is the Chief Leader, and co-Principal contact for the 4 Communities Group, leading the local coordination of research and planning through the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research Network. Also by building and maintaining strong connections with researchers and policymakers involved with cancer control in Nigeria. Dr. Ezechi is the Director of Research at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research Lagos and Professor of Maternal, Reproductive and Child Health at the Lead City University Ibadan, Nigeria.  He believes that all communities deserve a platform that recognizes and celebrates their unique strengths and assets. He is excited to create lasting processes for collecting and managing data that transforms cancer control in Nigeria. He has devoted his career to the management, and research in infectious diseases of poverty and women’s health, and currently Directs the Centre for Reproductive and Population Health at the institute. Dr. Ezechi is actively involved in training and mentoring the next generation of health care workers and servers as an examiner to a number of Universities and the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria.