Professor Alash’le Abimiku

Alash’le Abimiku is a co-founder and the Executive Director of the International Research Centre of Excellence at the Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria, and a Professor at the Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore. She has more than two decades of establishing laboratory infrastructure and science in Nigeria with long-term collaborations with the United States of America. Alash’le Abimiku’s research focuses on the role of HIV subtypes in disease pathogenesis using the mother-to-child model and the effects of coinfections such as TB on HIV pathogenesis as a successful and funded independent researcher. She has trained a cadre of Nigerian scientists and is internationally recognized for her leadership in HIV research,and in promoting laboratory diagnostics and medicine in Africa.

She played a significant role in the past as a member of the WHO HIV vaccine advisory committee and the African AIDS Vaccine Programme. She is currently a member of the International Scientific Advisory Group for the University of Cape Town, Chair of the Board of the African Society of Laboratory Medicine, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group of WHO R&D for preparedness for epidemics, member of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, fellow of the African Academy of Science, member of the Research Advisory Board of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research and member of the Steering Group of the WHO HIVResNet.