Colleges
Leila Modupe Ilupeju
Mastercard Foundation scholar
MSc Translational Health Sciences, Linacre College
Ghana
Leila Modupe Ilupeju is a medical doctor with a keen interest in telemedicine and neurology. She graduated from the University of Ghana with a Bachelor of Science in Medical Sciences and a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. Leila also holds certificates in Leadership and Management in Health and Epidemiology in Public Health Practice and has valuable research experience in stroke and Parkinson’s disease.
Dr Ilupeju is a Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholar at Linacre College and is studying for the MSc in Translational Health Sciences at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Sciences, University of Oxford.
Leila’s clinical work experiences in Africa and Europe have enabled her to identify the potential of telemedicine to bridge health disparity gaps arising from low access to prompt healthcare delivery in low-resource settings, resulting in high mortality rates.
Her ultimate goal is to translate her attained expertise to implement an international telemedicine platform to facilitate prompt and efficient remote healthcare delivery to fulfil Sustainable Development Goal 3.