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TONIA ONYEKA

Professor of Anaesthesia, Pain Medicine and Palliative Medicine · MBBS(Nig), MSc Pain Mgt (Cardiff)

University of Nigeria · Hospice and Palliative Care Association of Nigeria · Nigeria

Professor Tonia C. Onyeka is a Professor and Consultant Anaesthetist, Pain and Palliative Medicine Physician at the University of Nigeria, with extensive clinical, research, and academic leadership experience. She heads the Pain and Palliative Care Unit at her institution and currently serves as National President of the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of Nigeria (HPCAN), Editor-in-Chief of the Nigerian Journal of Anaesthesia, Vice Chair of the i-CREST Task Force of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and Associate Director of the IVAN Research Institute, Nigeria. Her research focuses on improving access to and quality of palliative care in resource-limited settings, with particular interests in adult and paediatric palliative care, pain management, cancer and sickle cell disease, implementation science, health systems strengthening, and translation of evidence into clinical practice. She has led and contributed to multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research programmes across Nigeria, using quantitative, qualitative, and implementation science methods. Her emerging research interests include digital health and artificial intelligence applications in palliative care and strengthening research capacity in Africa. Through her clinical, academic, and professional leadership, she is particularly interested in developing contextually appropriate models of care, strengthening multidisciplinary teams, and building sustainable research capacity to improve outcomes for patients with serious illness in Nigeria and other resource-limited settings.

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