Tomori elected member of the US National Academy of Medicine

Dr. Oyewale Tomori has been elected an international member of the US National Academy of Medicine (NAM), effective October 1, 2016.  In electing Dr. Tomori, NAM members noted his leadership role in establishing the Africa Regional Polio Laboratory Network, developing laboratory capacity for polio diagnosis and providing a framework for the setup of additional laboratory […]

Dr. Oyewale Tomori has been elected an international member of the US National Academy of Medicine (NAM), effective October 1, 2016. 
In electing Dr. Tomori, NAM members noted his leadership role in establishing the Africa Regional Polio Laboratory Network, developing laboratory capacity for polio diagnosis and providing a framework for the setup of additional laboratory networks for yellow fever, measles, and other viral hemorrhagic fevers. 
NAM members took cognizance of his elucidation of the properties of a virus- the Orungo virus- which he registered with the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). 
Dr. Tomori, a 1971 veterinary graduate of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria earned a PhD degree in Virology from the University of Ibadan in 1976.
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