Margaret is a Registered Nurse, a Registered Midwife, a Registered Public Health Nurse, a Researcher, and a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Her research areas of interest include: Midwifery, Maternal health (prenatal, perinatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care), Reproductive health (family planning), Women’s health, and HIV.
The long-term aim of her research is to improve maternal health in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), especially in Nigeria. She seeks to improve maternal health and pregnancy outcomes through her various research.
Her previous research focused on prenatal education and healthy behaviour in pregnancy. She focused on how prenatal education is an essential aspect of prenatal care that can improve pregnancy outcomes. This was based on the premise that ignorance of issues related to pregnancy and childbirth is a major factor promoting maternal death in Nigeria and other LMICs. She has also studied factors that influence the choice of place of birth among pregnant women and how the place of birth determines the availability of skilled birth attendants. Her previous study also included birth preparedness and complication readiness of pregnant women and how this influenced institutional delivery. Her recent research assessed the use of digital health in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Margaret is conversant with the use of both qualitative and quantitative research designs.
Margaret is a recipient of fellowship and grant awards such as; the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) fellowship award, Policy Communication fellowship award, University of Ibadan Medical Education Program Initiative (UI-MEPI-J) mentor-mentee research grant, Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) conference grant, and NIH, Fogarty International Centre Global Health Consortium Fellowship Award. She has been trained in implementation research, grant writing, and policy communication for researchers. She has the expertise and motivation necessary to successfully carry out interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research projects and she has some peer-reviewed publications.
Margaret is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International – Honour Society of Nursing (STTI), she was the Secretary of the Implementation Committee of Oyo State Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Program (MCPDP) in collaboration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), she is a member of National Association of University Nursing Program (NAUNP), a member of International Union for the Scientific Study Population (IUSSP), a member of International AIDS Society (IAS), and American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH).
Her current aspiration is to develop herself in grant writing by applying for different grants related to her areas of research interest, as well as in policy communication. She also aspires to mentor younger faculty members and upcoming researchers in scientific research conduct and grant writing.
