By Balogun Kamilu Lekan
Biography
Dr. Ify Aniebo is a molecular geneticist with a special focus on malaria drug resistance.
She was born in 1983. Dr. Ify is 40 years as of 2023.
The award-winning scientist has recorded groundbreaking research in achieving a malaria-free environment.
She is the wife of Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Lagos State gubernatorial candidate of the Labor Party at the 2023 general election.
Education
Dr. Ify attended Queen Mary’s University, where she bagged a degree in Medical Genetics before heading to Nottingham University for a second degree in Biomolecular Technology.
She then proceeded to Oxford University for a PhD
Career
While studying for her Ph.D., Dr. Ify was the youngest person, the only black person, and the only Nigerian in the Wellcome-Oxford-WHO unit in Thailand and the Malaria Department at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge.
Dr. Ify has worked to find a cure for malaria, one of Africa’s deadliest diseases. These include conducting Clinical Research in Thailand, conducting Field work along the Thai-Laos Border, and presenting her work at the 21st World Malaria conference in Mae Sot and the Genome conference in Cambridge.
She also collaborated with a research unit in Rwanda, focusing on Plasmodium Falciparum strains from the country. Additionally, she contributed to a charitable cause by distributing parasite-impregnated bed nets to children between the ages of 2 and 8 at a motherless children’s home in Bangkok.
She also has an initiative, Afroscientric, which focuses on bridging the huge gap in young African women getting into the science field.
Additionally, she has a blog that focuses on health issues that young Africans can relate to.
Who is Dr. Ify Aniebo’s husband?
She is married to Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Lagos State gubernatorial candidate of the Labor Party at the 2023 general election.
Net worth
Newswirengr cannot independently verify Dr. Ify’s net worth.
Achievements
Young Person of the Year award
Disclaimer
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