Folasade Ogunsola (Nigeria), has been a professor of Clinical Microbiology since 2008. Her research interest has centred mainly around the diagnosis and prevention of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance. She has worked extensively understanding the epidemiology and ecology of resistant organisms in the hospital environment and preventing their transmission to patients and staff. She has also worked extensively in the community especially in HIV and TB prevention to slum dwellers. She has worked at different times with the World Health Organisation since 2003 on IPC and has been deployed to assist with Ebola epidemics. She is a member of the African Task force for the Novel Corona virus and was on the Lagos State Think Tank for COVID 19. She currently serves as a member of the WHO Stag-IH (Strategic and Advisory Group on Infectious Hazards) with epidemic and Pandemic potential is on the Expert review committee on Polio Eradication and Routine Immunization in Nigeria. Professor Ogunsola is actively involved in healthcare manpower development. She was the PI of the NIH-funded program BRAINS (Building Research and Innovation In Nigeria’s Sciences) to develop research capacity in junior faculty. She has mentored over 65 MSc students and supervised and co-supervised 10 PhD students and 12 specialist Doctors. She has published 145 articles in peer reviewed journals nationally and internationally. She is presently the Director of the Centre for Infection Control and Patient safety and the first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos.