Dr. Lorretta Favour Chizomam Ntoimo is an accomplished scholar of Social Demography with over thirteen years of progressive academic, research, and consultancy experience in population and reproductive health across Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Demography and Social Statistics at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Nigeria where she also teaches at the Business School and contributes to research leadership and postgraduate training.
Her work spans fertility, reproductive health, maternal and child health, gender, family demography, and population health. Dr. Ntoimo has established a strong reputation for mixed-methods research, rigorous data analysis, and evidence-driven policy engagement. She is proficient in both quantitative analysis using Stata and SPSS and qualitative analysis using Atlas.ti. Over the years, she has served as a technical team leader, qualitative and quantitative data analyst, and consultant and collaborator in research funded by organisations such as UNFPA, WHO, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), IDRC, Nigeria Tertiary Education Trust Fund, among others, contributing to major national and multi-country studies.
Dr. Ntoimo has over 100 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and editorials in high-impact journals. Her research has informed interventions and policies aimed at improving maternal and reproductive health, enhancing access to skilled pregnancy care, strengthening emergency obstetric care, addressing gender-based violence, and promoting health equity. She has received several competitive research grants and prestigious fellowships, including the DHS Fellows Program, the Harvard Malaria Leadership Development Fellowship, and a Fogarty International Postdoctoral Fellowship. A dedicated academic mentor, she has supervised numerous postgraduate theses across Nigeria and internationally and serves on doctoral advisory committees in Europe and Asia. She is also a regular invited speaker at international conferences, workshops, and capacity-building programmes. Dr. Ntoimo is committed to advancing gender-responsive, evidence-based policies that improve health outcomes and drive equitable development across Africa.
