Edith Okeke is a Professor of Medicine in the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of Jos, Nigeria. Professor Okeke was born and raised in Nigeria. She graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, with a degree in Medicine in 1979. She then completed her training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, earning a Fellowship of the West African College of Physicians in 1992. She is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London. Currently, she heads the Gastroenterology and Hepatology unit at the Jos University Teaching Hospital.
Professor Okeke is actively involved in national and international clinical research collaborations. She served as the Principal Investigator of the Prevention of Liver Fibrosis and Cancer in Africa (PROLIFICA) project in Jos, a multi-country research endeavour. She also led "The Presentation of HCC in Nigerian Patients," an NIH-sponsored study in collaboration with Northwestern University in Chicago. Additionally, she co-led the HCC arm of the U54 Epigenomic Biomarkers of HIV Associated Cancers in Nigeria, another NIH-sponsored research project. Professor Okeke is a Multiple Principal Investigator on the African Hepatitis B, HBV/HIV Coinfection Clinical Research Network. She is committed to collaborations that aim to eliminate the HBV virus on the African continent.
Professor Okeke represents the African continent on the Rome Foundation's executive committee for the global epidemiological study on irritable bowel syndrome. She has authored over 100 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals.
