About
Research
Biography
Blessing oversees all aspects of assessment within the MBBS programme, ensuring the delivery of assessment processes across the curriculum. She also delivers teaching and assessment within the pharmacology discipline.
Before joining St Mary’s, Blessing worked at the University of Nottingham, where she held several key academic leadership roles, including Assessment Lead, Pathology Lead, and Module Convenor.
Prior to this, she worked at Hull York Medical School, where she conducted in-depth research in the field of palliative care.
Hobbies and interests
Outside of work, Blessing enjoys exploring new recipes through both cooking and baking, and is always keen to try new culinary ideas and techniques.
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
Dr Ukoha-Kalu on ORCiD.