Professor Folasade Ogunsola is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, she is a medical doctor and has been a professor of clinical microbiology since 2008. Her research interest has cantered around the diagnosis and prevention of infectious diseases as well as antibiotic resistance. She has worked extensively on 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 providing HIV and TB treatment and prevention services to slum dwellers. She has consulted at various times since 2003 for the World Health Organisation on Infection prevention and Control and was a member of the African CDC Task force for Covid 19 and the Lagos State Think-Tank for COVID 19. She currently serves as a member of the WHO Strategic and Advisory Group on Infectious Hazards with epidemic and Pandemic potential (Stag-IH) and is on the Expert Review Committee on Polio eradication and routine immunization in Nigeria.