The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, has handed out its second annual research grant to three resident doctors, deepening a push to seed home-grown medical research from within its own wards and clinics.
The awardees — Dr. Anita Idise (Paediatrics), Dr. Ikwenu Evewero (Medicine) and Dr. Naiyeju Joseph (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) — emerged from a competitive pool vetted by the LUTH Research Committee, the hospital said in a statement issued Friday in Lagos.
Now in its second cycle, the scheme invites residents to submit proposals for rigorous peer review. This year, only three of six applications cleared the bar.
“Interest in the research grant is steadily growing across LUTH’s departments,” said the committee’s chairman, Prof. Adesoji Ademuyiwa, who credited hospital management for what he described as a deliberate prioritisation of academic growth.
In a design meant to guard against stalled projects — a familiar problem in under-funded clinical research across the region — the grant is released in tranches, 75 percent upfront, so recipients can begin work without delay; 25 percent on publication of the completed study in a reputable journal, with a formal acknowledgement of LUTH’s sponsorship.
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The structure, Ademuyiwa said, is intended to keep researchers accountable from proposal to publication.
For LUTH’s Chief Medical Director, Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, the grants are more than a professional perk for junior doctors — they sit at the centre of what the hospital does.
“LUTH’s foundation is built upon three inseparable pillars: Patient Care, Training, and Research. While we strive daily to provide top-tier healthcare and equip the next generation of medical professionals, it is through robust, evidence-based research that we truly push medical boundaries and discover local solutions to global health challenges,” Adeyemo said at the presentation ceremony.
He warned that impactful research is “impossible without sustainable funding,” and urged the recipients to hold to strict ethical standards, manage the funds prudently, and see their findings through to publication so the wider medical community can benefit.
Nigeria’s tertiary hospitals have long struggled to convert clinical experience into published research, hemmed in by thin budgets and competing service demands. Schemes like LUTH’s — small in scale but structured around delivery — are being watched as a template for how teaching hospitals can nudge their resident doctors from bedside practice into the pages of peer-reviewed journals.
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