Bolajoko Olubukunola Olusanya
Bolajoko Olubukunola Olusanya | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Awards | Aram Glorig Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paediatrics Social entrepreneurship |
| Thesis | Infant hearing screening models for the early detection of permanent childhood hearing loss in Nigeria (2008) |
Bolajoko Olubukunola Olusanya is a Nigerian
Early life
Olusanya has congenital mid-frequency
Career
Olusanya launched Hearing International Nigeria (HING) in 1999. She later formed the Nigerian Dyslexia Association and then combined it with HING into the Centre for Healthy Start Initiative in 2011. Between 2003 and 2007, she went back to University College London to work on a PhD in paediatrics and audiological medicine.[1] Her PhD, awarded in 2008, was entitled "Infant hearing screening models for the early detection of permanent childhood hearing loss in Nigeria".[2] As of 2020, Olusanya had published over 200 articles in academic journals.[3] In 2019, she joined the Lancet Commission for Global Hearing Loss, a World Health Organization (WHO) initiative to treat deafness globally.[4] According to Olusanya, the main causes of hearing loss in Nigeria were electricity generators, prescription antibiotics and the continual presence of noise.[5]
Olusanya is a director of Global Research on Developmental Disabilities Collaborators (GRDDC), a group of paediatric experts funded by the
Selected works
- Olusanya, Bolajoko; Eletu, Olaseinde; Odusote, Olatunde; Somefun, Abayomi; Olude, Olufemi (October 2006). "Early detection of infant hearing loss: Current experiences of health professionals in a developing country". Acta Paediatrica. 95 (10): 1300–1302. S2CID 25978633.
- Olusanya, Bolajoko O.; Afe, Abayomi J.; Onyia, Ngozi O. (August 2009). "Infants with HIV-infected mothers in a universal newborn hearing screening programme in Lagos, Nigeria". Acta Paediatrica. 98 (8): 1288–1293. S2CID 39310671.
- Olusanya, Bolajoko O. (July 2012). "Neonatal hearing screening and intervention in resource-limited settings: an overview". Archives of Disease in Childhood. 97 (7): 654–659. S2CID 15564631.
- Olusanya, Bolajoko O.; Davis, Adrian C.; Kassebaum, Nicholas J. (February 2019). "Poor data produce poor models: children with developmental disabilities deserve better – Authors' reply". The Lancet Global Health. 7 (2): e189. PMID 30683237.
Accolades
Olusanya was awarded the Aram Glorig Award by the International Society of Audiology in 2018.[1]
References
- ^ PMC 6796670.
- ^ Olusanya, Bolajoko Olubukunola (31 January 2008). "Infant hearing screening models for the early detection of permanent childhood hearing loss in Nigeria". UCL. UCL (University College London). Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Bolajoko Olusanya (0000-0002-3826-0583)". Orcid. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Prof. Ricardo Bento is invited to integrate the OMS/Lancet Commission for Hearing Loss". www.fm.usp.br. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Expert: Electricity generators, major cause of hearing loss in Nigeria". Today. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Study Shows Children with Developmental Disabilities on the Rise in Nigeria". This Day Live. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
