Professor Folasade Ogunsola, is the 13th Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos and first female to occupy that position. She was the pioneer Deputy Vice Chancellor Development services where she was charged to oversee and develop the University”s internationalization, Innovation and Entrepreneurship as well as its Strategic partnerships.

She was the13th and first female Provost of its College of Medicine and First Female Chairman of the Association of Provosts of Colleges of Medicine, Nigeria. She is a medical Doctor, a Professor of Medical Microbiology and Consultant Clinical Microbiologist to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital,
Professor Folasade Ogunsola graduated from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) as a medical doctor in 1982.

Between 1982-1983 she did her housemanship at both the University College Hospital and Lagos University Teaching Hospital. After Youth service with Lagos state in 1984, she worked as a private practitioner till 1989 when she went back to school and obtained an MSc with distinction in Medical Microbiology in 1990 from the University of Lagos, College of Medicine.

In 1990 she started her residency programme in Pathology at the Lagos University Teaching hospital subspecialising in Medical Microbiology becoming a fellow by examination of the Nigerian National Postgraduate Medical College in Pathology (FMCPath) and the West African College of Physicians (FWACP) (Lab Medicine).

She later also obtained a PhD in Medical Microbiology from the University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff. She is also a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists UK (FRCPath), a Fellow of the Nigeria Academy of Science (FAS) and a foundation fellow of both the National Academy of Medicine and Academy of Medical Specialties.

Her research interest has centered on the diagnosis and prevention of infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance. Her research into infection prevention started in the area of anaerobic bacteriology which led her into the field of HIV epidemiology and prevention She was the Site principlal Investigator for community-based efforts to prevent HIV, Tuberculosis and sexualy transmitted diseases in Lagos slums from 2003-06 in collaboration with the AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) program of Harvarrd school of Public health.

This collaboration with Harvard school of public health led to other studies and programs. Notable Among several grants she attracted to the University is the B.R.A.I.N.S (Building Research and Innovations in Nigeria’s Science), a five year NIH funded grant (2015-2020) in collaboration with Chang School of public health of Harvard University and North Western University in the United States of America.

Through the B.R.A.I.N.S there was capacity building of several faculty and administrators through trainings and research in the University.
Within the university she has served on many committees and Boards as Chair of the entrepreneurship, skills development board, Chairman Board of Kessington Adebukunola Adebutu (KAAF) Maternity and Laboratory center as well as Academic Publishing Centre (Southwest Zone) amongst others. She is a three time member of the University of Lagos council.

Nationally she serves on a number of technical committees and boards, she is a Member of the Nigerian Expert Review Committee for the eradication of Polio, Chairperson National Infection Prevention Control Policy review committee at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Member of the Governing Council of the Lagos State Biobank. She is also on the board of Iwosan a private medical advisory board.

Internatiionally she was a member Peer Review panel of the Joint Programme Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) -a global collaborative organisation and platform involving 29 countries in Europe USA. She has worked at different times with the World Health Organisation since 2003 as an infection control expert.

She is presently a member World Health Organisation Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Infectious Hazards with Pandemic and Epidemic Potential (STAG-IH), Chair of the World Health Organisation Ebola Infection prevention and control Guideline Development Group (GDG)and a Member World Health Organisation, Technical Advisory Group on Hand Hygiene.

Professor Ogunsola has published over 150 papers in peer reviewed national and international journals, has presented papers at over 100 conferences, workshops and seminars. She has attracted over 21 research grants worth over $20million to her University. She reviews for and serves on the Editorial board of 13 national and international peer reviewed scientific journals including the American Journal of Infection Control.

She is a highly cited researchers with an H-index of 23 and has been cited more than 2232 times since 2017
Professor Folasade Ogunsola is a member of various professional associations some of which include: European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious diseases, American Society for Microbiology, Medical Women's Association of Nigeria, Nigerian Medical Association, Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria., She is currently the Chair of the Infection Control Africa Network (ICAN) with head office in South Africa.

Professor Ogunsola has also impacted her community positively. She is a member of the Mentors forum where she mentors young physicians, she is the Chairman board of EpidAlert: a community- based NGO focused on Communication of epidemics and disasters at grass-root level and a Member of the Governing Council of Vivian Fowler Memorial College for girls.

She loves classical music especially those by Handel, Mozart and Beethoven. She is an avid reader with special interest in biographies. She loves to travel and is happily married with Children and grandchildren.