Consortium for Health Research and Advanced Training (CHERAT)

 

Name of Research Group: Consortium for Health Research and Advanced Training (CHERAT)

Main Research Focus and Other Areas of Research Interest of the RG: Excellence in human research including clinical trials and collaboration with other research centres and multinational agencies in developing the best practice in research.

 

Title of Most Recent Research Project: A Phase 3, Multicenter, Open-Label, Active-Controlled, Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Bedaquiline for the Treatment of Multibacillary Leprosy When Combined with Rifampicin and Clofazimine.

  Other Current or Completed Research Projects:  

  1. Fyodor Biotechnologies Inc (Baltimore, USA) sponsored project entitled “Study on performance evaluation of urine malaria test kit in the diagnosis of malaria parasites in Nigerian children”
  2. GSK/MVI-funded project “Consistency of immunogenicity and non-inferiority of three production lots of GSK Biological’s candidate malaria vaccine (RTS,S) in children.”

 

Name of the Coordinator: Prof Elvis Neba Shu, FWASP, FAAN

UNN E-mail Address of the RG: chrat@unn.edu.ng

UNN E-mail Address of the Coordinator: elvis.shu@unn.edu.ng

Current Webpage of the Research Group: https://www.unn.edu.ng/consortium-for-health-research-and-advanced-training-cherat/

Phone Number of the RG: None

Phone Number of the Coordinator: +234 803 317 0257

Base Faculty of the Research Group: Faculty of Medical Sciences.

Department of the Coordinator: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

 List and Brief Profiles of Members:  

  • The consortium is structured in seamless hierarchical manner for easy operation. The Chairman of the group is Professor Elvis Shu, a Pharmacologist, who serves as the administrative head and has a wide range of experience in human health research, toxicology, and ethics.

 

 

  • Other functions of the organization are shared by the other members who are the core personnel, notably Prof Tagbo Oguonu who is the Head of the clinical team.

 

  • Among its resource personnel are clinicians, nurses, laboratory scientists, health educators.

 

 

 

 

                                                      

Name of Research Group: Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Research Group (METRG)

Main Research Focus and Other Areas of Research Interest of the RG: Mechanisms related to the origin and fate of chemicals in the environment and changes induced by toxicants in humans, animals, and plants; and environmental impact assessment.

Title of Most Recent Research Project:  Nigerian Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund)-funded project “Comparative evaluation of serum iron levels and sources of exposure in inhabitants of lead-zinc mining and non-mining communities in Ebonyi State, Nigeria”.

Other Current or Completed Research Projects: Nigerian Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund)-funded project “Phyto-remediation potentials of some plants growing within a lead-zinc mining community in Ebonyi State, Nigeria”.

Name of the Coordinator: Prof Elvis Neba Shu, FWASP, FAAN

UNN E-mail Address of the RG: environment.toxicology@unn.edu.ng

UNN E-mail Address of the Coordinator: elvis.shu@unn.edu.ng

Current Webpage of the Research Group: https://www.unn.edu.ng/molecular-and-environmental-toxicology-research-group/

Phone Number of the RG: None

Phone Number of the Coordinator: +234 803 317 0257

Base Faculty of the Research Group: Faculty of Medical Sciences.

Department of the Coordinator: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

 List and Brief Profiles of Members:  

  • The Chairman of the group is Professor Elvis Shu, a Pharmacologist, who serves as the administrative head and has a wide range of experience in human health research, toxicology, and ethics.
  • Otuu, Fred Chibuisi Otuu is well experienced laboratory personnel who have assisted many institutions in setting up quality control standards. A Chartered Fellow (Chemistry/Biochemistry Techniques) of the Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology.

 

  • Other members of the Research Group include:

Dr.  Nubila, Nkoyo Imelda

Dr. Ohia, Christiana Nkeiru

Dr. Ignatius Maduka

 

Key Publications of the RG from 2019 Till Date:

·         Elvis N Shu, Fred C Otuu, Bello H Tilako, Irene L Shuneba, Ijeoma M Otuu-Fred, and Anthony F Otuu (2022). Anaemia Risk in Relation to Occupational and Environmental Lead Exposure among Inhabitants of Enyigba Lead-Zinc Mining Community in Ebony State, Nigeria. Advances in Clinical Toxicology 7 (1): 000245.

·         Joy Nkiru Eze, Obianuju Beatrice Ozoh, Fred Chibuisi Otuu, Elvis Neba Shu and Bond Ugochukwu Anyaehie (2022). Respiratory symptoms and lung function among inmates in a Nigerian prison: a cross sectional study. BMC Pulmonary Medicine 22: 84.

  • Nubila I. Nkoyo1, Okoroafor Uchenna, Orji Ikechukwu, Okpe Aaron Chukwuemeka, Okorie Nkiru, Oguanobi Nelson, Shu Elvis Neba, Udeinya Iroka Joseph. (2020). Investigations of Safety of Aqueous Fractions derived from the Ash of Deseeded Fruit Head of the Oil Palm. Der Pharmacia Lettre, 12 (9): 1-12
  • Bello H. Tilako, Sylvester O. Ogbodo, Innocent N. Okonkwo, Imelda N. Nubila, Irene L. Shuneba, Enyinna Ogbonna, Saidi Odoma, Rebecca M. Gali, Bassey E. Bassey and Elvis N. Shu (2020). Distribution and interactions of priority heavy metals with some antioxidant micronutrients in inhabitants of a lead-zinc mining community of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Advances in Toxicology and Toxic Effects 4(1): 011-017.
  • Chibuisis Fred Otuu, Felicia Ngozi Onyemelukwe, Nkiru Ohia, Bello Halilu Tilako, Lawrence Ilouno, Johnson Okoro, Nkechi Hope, Irene L. Shuneba, and Elvis Neba Shu (2020). The prevalence of some diseases and symptoms among inmates in Enugu prison: The role of fomites. Journal of Environmental and Toxicological Studies 4(1): 1-7.
  • Bello H. Tilako, Sylvester O. Ogbodo, Innocent N. Okonkwo, Irene L. Shuneba, Ogbonna Enyinna, Saidi Odoma and Elvis N. Shu (2020). Nephrotoxicity effect in inhabitants of a lead-zinc mining community, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Journal of Biological Sciences 20 (2): 80-87.
  • Oji Rachel U, Nnam Ngozi M, Ayogu R, Asoluka Caroline N,Otuu Fred C,Omeh Romanus C, Inya-agha Stella I, Nwanganga Nkem N and Shu Elvis N (2020). Hypolipidemic properties of the methanol leafy extracts of Pupulia lappacea and Morinda lucida on diet-induced lipidemic albino wistar rats: A comparative analysis. Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology 14 (6):1-7.
  • Elvis Shu, Chibuisi Otuu, Maduka Ignatius, Matthew Abutu, Lawrence Ilouno, Nwando Obi-Ezeani, Inya-Agha Stella, Tilako Bello, and Okechukwu Christopher (2019). Alterations in the air pollution tolerance indices and foliar micro-structures of five medicinal plants: Implications of oil-spill pollution of agricultural farmland in Edugberi community, Rivers State, Nigeria. Advances in Clinical Toxicology 4 (3): 000164. DOI: 10.23880/act.16000164.
  • Otuu FC, Okwuosa CN, Maduka IC, Ogbodo SO and Shu EN (2019). Indoor air quality, cell features and lifestyle characteristics: Implications on the prevalence of some respiratory tract diseases and symptoms among inmates of Enugu prison, Nigeria. Advances in Clinical Toxicology 4 (3): 000163. DOI: 10.23880/act.16000163.
  • Bello H. Tilako, Fred C. Otuu, Bassey E. Bassey and Elvis N. Shu (2019). Blood-lead levels among inhabitants of Enyigba lead-zinc mining community of Ebonyi State, Nigeria: Indications of occupational and environmental health hazards. Advances in Clinical Toxicology 4 (3): 000162. DOI: 10.23880/act.16000162.
  • Shu Elvis N, Otuu Fred C, Maduka, Tilako Bello H, Nwadinigwe Alfreda O, Ogbodo Ogbonna, Nwando Obi-Ezeani (2019). Public health implications of continuous ethnomedical use of some plant species encountered in Enyigba lead-zinc mining community of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology 13 (6): 62-68.
  • Okpe Aaron C, Shu Elvis N, Nwadike kenneth I, Udeinya Iroka J, Nubila Nkoyo I and Aniagor Ebele N (2019). Effects of Fractionated Neem Leaf Extract (IRC) on Blood Glucose Level in Alloxan Induced Diabetic Wistar Rats. International Journal of Diabetes and Clinical Research 6 (2): 105.
  • Elvis N Shu, Ngozi F Onyemelukwe, Emmanuel S Nwodo, Fred C Otuu and Lawrence Ilouno (2019). Unwholesome herbal medicines marketed in Enugu metropolis, Enugu State, South Eastern Nigeria: Public health implications. Journal of Environmental Science and Public Health 3 (1): 122-132.
  • Otuu Fred C and Shu Elvis N (2019). Prevalent diseases among inmates in three Federal prisons in South-east geopolitical zone of Nigeria: A peep into the environmental factors. Journal of Environmental Science and Public Health 3 (1): 010-024.

Bank Account Details of the RG:                                         

Bank: United Bank for Africa (UBA)

Account Name: Molecular and Environmental Research Group,

Account Number: 1019089927

Account Type: Current