Oye Gureje

Oye Gureje, NNOM (born in 1952) is a Nigerian psychiatrist at the University of Ibadan,^[1] Nigeria and Director of World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, Neurosciences, Drug and Alcohol Abuse in the institution.^[2] He is also a Professor Extraordinary at the Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.^[3] He is best known for his work on epidemiology, nosology and global mental health and as one of the leading voices on mental health service and policy development in Africa. Oye Gureje has published more than 500 peer-reviewed scientific papers, monographs, book chapters, and other reports. He has been listed, since 2004, in the "top 1% cited researchers in the area of psychiatry and psychology" and, according to Clarivate Analytics, he is one of the "most influential scientific minds"^[2]

Oye Gureje
Oye Gureje in 2021
Born	1952
Nationality	Nigerian
Education	University of Manchester
Alma mater	University of Benin, University of Ibadan
Occupation	Psychiatrist

Early education

Born Oyewusi Gureje in Ilesa, Osun State, Nigeria, he studied Medicine at the University of Benin, Nigeria and later obtained a Master in Science from the University of Manchester, UK.^[1] He completed a (PhD) in neuropsychiatry (title of thesis: "The nosological status of schizophrenia”) at the University of Ibadan and went on to obtain a Doctor of Science in the same university.^[4]

Career

Gureje has been teaching at the University of Ibadan as well as being a consultant psychiatrist at the University College Hospital since 1989. He was the Head of the Department of Psychiatry in both institutions in 1999 – 2003 and 2007 -2011.^[5] In 2010, he established the Mental Health Leadership and Advocacy Programme (mhLAP) in the institution .^[6] The pioneering programme has trained mental health specialists, service users and carers, leaders of civil society organizations as well policy makers from across 10 sub-Saharan Africa countries in mental health leadership and advocacy skills and helped to form advocacy groups for mental health service development in the five West African anglophone countries. Gureje was President of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (2005 – 2009)^[7] and of the African Association of Psychiatrists and Allied Professions (2009 – 2014).^[8] He was the Zonal Representative for West and Central Africa of the World Psychiatric Association (2005 – 2008)^[7] and has been Chair of its Task Force on Brain Drain (2007 – 2008), a member of several committees. He is Senior Associate Editor of Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Epidemiology and of the International Review of Psychiatry.^[7]

Mental health service and policy

Gureje was a member of the International Advisory Group for the revision of the Chapter on Mental and Behavioural Disorders of 10th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) and was Chair of the Workgroup on Somatic Distress and Dissociative Disorders, Chair of the Workgroup on Cultural Guidance and Vice-Chair, Field Studies Coordinating Group. These activities were undertaken as part of the development of the ICD-11 which was adopted for global use by the WHO in May 2019. Gureje has been active in global mental health for several decades. He is a member of the Executive of the World Mental Health Surveys Initiative. He is a member of an international group of experts which produced the 2007 Lancet Global Mental Health series and is a founding member of the Movement for Global Mental Health.^{[citation needed]} He is a member of the Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems in the SDG Era where he co-chaired the WorkGroup on Ethics. He was the Principal Investigator in the NIMH-funded Partnerships for Mental Health Development in Sub-Sahara Africa project, which included the conduct of the first randomized controlled trial of a collaborative shared care for psychosis between traditional/faith healers and conventional. He has been involved in activities focused on strengthening mental health service development in low- and middle-income countries and chairs the National Mental Health Action Committee, a policy think-tank of the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health. Through his work on mhLAP, he has supported policy and service development in Ghana, Gambia, Sierra Leone and Liberia. He was, between 2001 and 2003, a member of the World Health Organization Alcohol Policy and Strategy Advisory Committee and, in 2009, was the convener of the WHO/WPA Policy Roundtable on Scaling-up of Mental Health Service in Africa attended by ministers of health or their representatives from several Sub-Saharan African countries.

Awards

Gureje is a recipient of grants and endowments from several global bodies such as the Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council (UK), Grand Challenges Canada, CBM Australia, European Union, International Development Research Center, the US National Institute of Mental Health, the Global Forum for Health Research and the World Health Organization.^{[citation needed]} He is an Honorary Member of the World Psychiatric Association,^[3] a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science,^[9] a recipient of the Osun State award and of Nigeria's highest award for academic achievement, the Nigeria National Order of Merit.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Nigerian National Merit Award". www.meritaward.ng. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
2. Room, Robin (2013). "El alcohol y los países en desarrollo". buscoinfobjcu.uca.edu.ni (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
3. "Extraordinary Appointments". www.sun.ac.za. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
4. "What do University of Manchester and University of Manchester have in common?". frontend. Retrieved 2020-05-28. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
5. "Search | Faculty of Psychiatry". www.dissertation.npmcn.edu.ng. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
6. "About us – LCMHS". Retrieved 2020-05-28.
7. "Prof. Oyewusi Gureje". College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
8. Institute of Medicine (US) Forum on Neuroscience Nervous System Disorders; Uganda National Academy of Sciences Forum on Health Nutrition (2010). Read "Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reducing the Treatment Gap, Improving Quality of Care: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine and the Uganda National Academy of Sciences" at NAP.edu. doi:10.17226/12828. ISBN 978-0-309-14880-1. PMID 21452453.
9. "Fellows of the Academy | The Nigerian Academy of Science". Retrieved 2020-05-28.

1. Prof. Oye Gureje Collaborating Centre for Research & Training in Mental Health, Neurosciences & Drug & Alcohol Abuse.(WHO). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
2. Prof. Oye Gureje Extraordinary Appointments Stellenbosch University. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
3. Prof. Oye Gureje
4. Prof. Oye Gureje http://www.mhlap.org/
5. Prof. Oye Gureje
6. Prof. Oye Gureje https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Establish-mental-health-authority-MhLAP-276720
7. Prof. Oye Gureje https://allafrica.com/stories/201905030679.html
8. Prof. Oye Gureje Global Clinical Practice Network - GCP.Network Leadership. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
9. The Lancet (8 June 2019). "ICD-11". The Lancet. 393 (10188): 2275. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31205-X. PMID 31180012.
10. Prof. Oye Gureje "The Lancet Series on Mental Health". Global Mental Health 2007 http://www.thelancet.com/series/global-mental-health
11. Prof. Oye Gureje https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/quality-health-systems
12. Prof. Oye Gureje https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoMr5BJ_W3U
13. Prof. Oye Gureje https://mentalhealthcoalitionsl.com/partners/mhlap/
14. Prof. Oye Gureje Nigerian National Merit Award" (NNOM). Retrieved 19 June 2019. http://www.meritaward.ng/

External links

• Mental Health Leadership and Advocacy Programme (mhLAP)

Research profile

Google Scholar Citations

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ResearchGate Profile

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Web of Science/Publons Profile

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