About
Research
Email: blessing.ukoha-kalu@stmarys.ac.uk
Biography
I oversee all aspects of the MBBS program assessment.
I deliver teaching and assessment around the pharmacology discipline.
I joined St Mary's from the University of Nottingham, where I was the assessment lead, pathology lead and module convenor.
Previously, I worked at the Hull York Medical School, where I conducted in-depth research around palliative care.
Hobbies and interests
Trying out new recipes (cooking and baking).
Qualifications and accreditations
- PhD in Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management
- Doctor of Pharmacy
- Masters in Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management
- Bachelor of Pharmacy
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
Membership of professional bodies
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- International Society of Hypertension (ISH)
- Women in Hypertension.
Research
Research profile
Publications
- Abubakar, M.M., Isah, A., Jeminiwa, R., Ukoha-Kalu, B.O. Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications in people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infect Dis 25, 1571 (2025).
- Isah, A., Ezenri, G., Obi, O., Ukoha-kalu, B.O. The impact of an educational intervention on undergraduate students’ knowledge, acceptability, and willingness to pay for dapivirine vaginal ring in Nigeria's first indigenous university: a single-arm, non-randomized study. Discov Soc Sci Health 5, 8 (2025).
- Mustapha Muhammed Abubakar, Abdurrahman Murtala Bello, Henry Chiagoziem Iremeka, Abdulmuminu Isah, Chukwuemeka Nwachuya, Suleman Hayatu Sule, Ifeanyi Kanayo Ifeorah, Blessing Onyinye Ukoha-Kalu. Core drug use indicators in Nigerian health facilities: a systematic review (1994–2024), Global Health Journal, 2025.
- Cole OK, Abubakar MM, Isah A, Sule SH, Ukoha-Kalu BO (2025) Barriers and facilitators of provision of telemedicine in Nigeria: A systematic review. PLOS Digit Health 4(7): e0000934.
- Mustapha Muhammed Abubakar, Blessing Onyinye Ukoha-Kalu. Impact of Dolutegravir-based regimens on patient satisfaction and quality of life among people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health. 2025;8(3):61.
- Amoke, C.M., Isah, A., Ugochukwu, E.J., Ukoha-Kalu, B.O. Factors associated with antibiotic utilisation among household heads living in the staff quarters of the University of Nigeria. Discov Public Health 22, 271 (2025).
- Abdulmuminu Isah, Jennifer Chinaecherem Onyehalu, Stephen Ikechukwu Azumara, Emmanuella Chiamaka Egwuonwu, Akpevwe Emmanuella Benson, Emmanuel Arinze Ugwuanyi, Mark Anum Nortey, Blessing Onyinye Ukoha-Kalu. From progress to uncertainty: The global impact of US funds withdrawal from PEPFAR and other HIV-related projects on people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria and other low- and middle-income countries. Volume 8, Article 21, 15 Apr 2025.
ORCiD
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