Dr. Oladipo Elijah Kolawole an ICMR/AU-STRC International Fellow with a PhD in Medical Virology and Immunology from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. Presently, he holds a faculty position at the Department of Microbiology, Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria. Dr. Oladipo Elijah Kolawole an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the research industry. He is skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Microsoft Word, Molecular Biology, Cell Culture, and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). He has strong business development professional who graduated from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. His major research focuses on infectious diseases caused by RNA viruses, molecular epidemiology/surveillance, diagnosis, pathogenesis, and molecular immunology, viral immunology and oncology, viral computational biology, antiviral resistance, and antibiotics resistance. Also into interspecies transmission dynamics of emerging infectious diseases, particularly those caused by RNA viruses. His research directed towards uncovering how host immune pressure and transmission affect the genetic diversity of RNA viruses alongside the understanding of innate immunity to RNA viruses with the application of molecular biology, bioinformatics, and immunoinformatics. He received a research grant from CDC through IRR during his PhD studies. He has won various awards and grants to attend international conferences from bodies such as African Union, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, International Society for Influenza and Respiratory Viruses, TWAS SAREP, UNESCO, Wellcome, Institute of Endemic Diseases Sudan, African Academy of Science, PATH, Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS), Federation of African Immunological Societies (FAIS) and Kenya Society For Immunology (KSI), African Partnership for Chronic Disease Research [APCDR], by International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology [ICGEB], National Institute of General Medical Science U.S., National Institutes of Health [NIH], H3ABioNet, Nigerian Bioinformatics, and Genomics Network, Centre for Genomics Research and Innovation, MacArthur Foundation, EDCTP, UKaid from the British people, Medical Research Council, University of Glasgow, KEMRI/Wellcome Trust, Wellcome Centre Molecular Parasitology, iDeAL and Pwani University. He is the CEO and Founder of a fast-growing consultancy firm, Helix Biogen Consult.
