Key details
Professor Omorogieva Ojo
Professor in Nutrition and Diabetes
Prof. Omorogieva Ojo is a Professor in Nutrition and Diabetes. He had his BSc and MSc in Animal Science from Nigerian’s premier University, University of Ibadan and PhD in Nutrition from the 糖心Vlog, London. He also had Postgraduate Diploma in Diabetes from the University of Surrey, Roehampton, UK. He is a Registered Nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition, UK and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK.
The focus of Prof. Ojo’s research is nutritional interventions in diabetes and other chronic conditions. He has published widely in many international journals, presented at many international conferences and edited books. He is also Practice Lead in Centres for Chronic Illness and Ageing, and Exercise Activity and Rehabilitation.
Prof. Ojo is a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Lifecourse Development (ILD), 糖心Vlog. He has developed an extensive network of international research collaboration by working extensively with colleagues in China, India, Nigeria and UK through the Nutrition and Diabetes Research and Practice Group which he leads and is based in the ILD. He mentors and supports graduates and newly qualified nutritionists.
Prof. Ojo is an internationally acclaimed expert in nutrition and diabetes and he is supervising many PhD students. He is a recognised supervisor by the UK Council for Graduate Education.
Prof. Ojo is on the editorial board of many international journals including Nutrients and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. He has been Guest Editor of seven Special Issues in the areas of Nutrition and/or Diabetes. Prof. Ojo is a peer reviewer for many international journals and international grant awarding bodies. He has also been a member of the Scientific and Organising Committee and keynote speaker at many international conferences.
Prof. Ojo’s work is having significant impact in the development of international policies and guidelines, and in the enteral nutrition industry in the areas of product design and commercial development of the enteral feeding pump. He has been cited over 1400 times and his H index is 20.
Posts held previously
- Associate Professor in Diabetes Care and Management, School of Health Sciences, 糖心Vlog, London
- Clinical Lead Nutrition Specialist at the Home Enteral Nutrition Team in Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust
Responsibilities within the university
- Member, Impact Case 糖心Vlog Strategy Working Group
- Member, Research Excellence Framework Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (REF-EDI) Panel
- Supervision of undergraduate, MSc and PhD students
- Coordinating the diabetes care and management course (levels 6 & 7) and pathways of care in adult nursing 2 course (levels 5 and 7)
- Conducting research in nutrition and diabetes with national and international collaborators
- Publication of research findings and conference presentations
Recognition
- Registered Nutritionist: Association for Nutrition, UK
- Senior Fellow: Higher Education Academy
- Reviewer for Wiley-Blackwell Publisher; British Journal of Nursing; Nursing and Residential Care; The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging; Australian Health Review; Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research; Diabetes Research - Open Journal
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Research / Scholarly interests
Omo's research interests are particularly focused around diabetes, nutrition and dementia.
Key funded projects
- 2018 Rockfield Medical Devices, Galway, Ireland; Project Title: A Proof of Concept, Open-Label 糖心Vlog to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the eNfeed Pocket Pump
- 2016 Paula Carr Diabetes Trust; Project Title: The impact of diabetes training on primary care healthcare professionals in East Kent
Recent publications
Article
Arribas Lopez, Elena , Zand Fard, Nazanin, Ojo, Omorogieva, Kochhar, Tony (2025), . BMJ Publishing Group. In: , , , . BMJ Publishing Group, British Medical Journal (The BMJ) ISSN: 1759-2151 (Print), 0959-8138 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjnph-2024-000952).
Brooke, Joanne , Allsop, Francesca, Richards, Lynsey, Ojo, Omorogieva (2025), . Mary Ann Liebert. In: , , , . Mary Ann Liebert, Journal of Correctional Health Care ISSN: 1078-3458 (Print), 1940-5200 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1089/jchc.24.08.0062).
Ojo, Omorogieva , Boateng, Joshua, Pacella, Rosana, Hanrahan, Anna , Essex, Ryan , Dibley, Lesley (2024), . American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACECORP). In: , , , . American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACECORP), Endocrine Practice ISSN: 1530-891X (Print), 1934-2403 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eprac.2024.11.010) NB Item availability restricted.
Onilude, Olayemi , Ojo, Omorogieva, Evans, David, Chopra, Priti , Crowley, John , Ade-Ojo, Gordon (2024), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Healthcare, 12: 2329 (23) 2227-9032 (Online) (doi: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/23/2329).
Brooke, Joanne , Rybacka, Monika, Sarwan, Shubhangi, Ojo, Omorogieva (2024), . Wiley. In: , , , . Wiley, Journal of Advanced Nursing ISSN: 0309-2402 (Print), 1365-2648 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16355).
Ojo, Omorogieva and , Elliott, Helen (2024), . MA Healthcare Ltd. In: , , , . MA Healthcare Ltd, Gastrointestinal Nursing, 22 (5) . pp. 242-249 ISSN: 1479-5248 (Print), 2052-2835 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.12968/gasn.2023.0040).
Ojo, Omorogieva , Kalocsanyiova, Erika, Mccrone, Paul, Elliott, Helen , Milligan, Wendy , Gkaintatzi, Evdoxia (2024), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21: 423 (4) . pp. 1-25 ISSN: 1661-7827 (Print), 1660-4601 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21040423).
Liu, Ting , Liu, Bin, Jiang, Yi-qing, Ojo, Omorogieva , Jiang, Xiao-song , Wang, Yu-yu , Wang, Can , Wang, Xiao-hua (2024), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 84: 103673 ISSN: 0964-3397 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2024.103673).
Ojo, Omorogieva , Jiang, Yiqing, Ojo, Osarhumwese, Wang, Xiaohua (2023), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Healthcare, 11: 1120 (8) 2227-9032 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11081120).
Ojo, Omorogieva and , Adegboye, Amanda (2023), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Nutrients, 15: 1066 (5) . pp. 1-6 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15051066).
Emonena, Hope and , Ojo, Omorogieva (2022), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19: 16722 (24) . pp. 1-16 ISSN: 1660-4601 (Print), 1661-7827 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416722).
Ojo, Omorogieva , Wang, Xiaohua, Ojo, Osarhumwese Osaretin, Brooke, Joanne , Jiang, Yiqing , Dong, Quingqing , Thompson, Trevor (2022), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Nutrients, 14: 5139 (23) . pp. 1-24 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14235139).
Brooke, Joanne , Rybacka, Monika, Ojo, Omorogieva (2022), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Nurse Education in Practice, 65 (103463) . pp. 1-9 ISSN: 1471-5953 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2022.103463).
Ju, Yang , Zhang, Chenglin, Zhang, Zhirong, Zhu, Hongying , Liu, Yuanyuan , OJO, Ting , Ojo, Omorogieva , Qiu, Jingbo , wang, xiaohua (2022), . MDPI AG (Basel, Switzerland). In: , , , . MDPI AG (Basel, Switzerland), Nutrients, 14: 3148 (15) 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14153148).
Arribas-L贸pez, Elena , Zand Fard, Nazanin, Ojo, Omorogieva, Snowden, Martin , Kochhar, Tony (2022), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19: 3266 (6) . pp. 1-13 1661-7827 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063266).
Ojo, Omorogieva , Ojo, Osarhumwese, Feng, Qianqian, Boateng, Joshua , Wang, Xiaohua , Brooke, Joanne , Adegboye, Amanda (2022), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Nutrients, 14: 1120 (5) 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14051120).
Ojo, Omorogieva , Wang, Xiaohua, Ojo, Osarhumwese, Orjih, Edith , Pavithran, Nivedita , Adegboye, Amanda , Feng, Qian-Qian , Mccrone, Paul (2022), . MDPI AG. In: , , , . MDPI AG, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19: 1095 (3) 1660-4601 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031095).
Liu, Ting , Wang, Can, Wang, YuYu, Wang, Li-li , Ojo, Omorogieva , Feng, Qian-Qian , Jiang, Xiao-Song , Wang, Xiaohua (2021), . Wiley. In: , , , . Wiley, Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 46 (5) . pp. 997-1010 ISSN: 0148-6071 (Print), 1941-2444 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jpen.2319).
Liu, Yuanyuan , Ju, Yang, Cui, Lingling, Liu, Ting , Hou, Yunying , Wu, Qing , Ojo, Omorogieva , Du, Xiaojiao , Wang, Xiaohua (2021), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Nutrients, 13: 4159 (11) ISSN: 2072-6643 (Print), 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13114159).
Hou, Yunying , Zhang, Dandan, Zhu, Jifang, Zhao, Xin , Lu, Minxia , Wu, Qing , Ojo, Omorogieva , Wang, Xiaohua , Zhang, Yonghong (2021), . Routledge / Taylor & Francis Group. In: , , , . Routledge / Taylor & Francis Group, Psychology, Health and Medicine., 26 (9) . pp. 1126-1133 ISSN: 1354-8506 (Print), 1465-3966 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2020.1837388) NB Item availability restricted.
Ojo, Omorogieva , wang, Xiaohua, OJO, Osarhumwese, Adegboye, Amanda (2021), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Nutrients, 13: 3377 (10) ISSN: 2072-6643 (Print), 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-021-01857-8).
Ma, Xiaomin , Liu, Yuanyuan, Du, Mingquin, Ojo, Omorogieva , Huang, Lijuan , Feng, Xiaohua , Gao, Qiong , Wang, Xiaohua (2021), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, International Emergency Nursing, 58: 101041 ISSN: 1755-599X (Print), 1878-013X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ienj.2021.101041).
Ahmed, Salina , Newton, Paul D., Ojo, Omorogieva, Dibley, Lesley (2021), . BMC. In: , , , . BMC, BMC Gastroenterology, 21: 322 1471-230X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-021-01857-8).
Arribas Lopez, Elena , Zand Fard, Nazanin, Ojo, Omorogieva, Snowden, Martin , Kochhar, Tony (2021), . MDPI AG (Basel, Switzerland). In: , , , . MDPI AG (Basel, Switzerland), Nutrients, 13: 2498 (8) ISSN: 2072-6643 (Print), 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082498).
Xue, Yuan , Cui, Lingling, Qi, Jinden, Ojo, Omorogieva , Du, Xiaojiao , Liu, Yuanyuan , Wang, Xiaohua (2021), . Elsevier - Italian Society of Human Nutrition - Italian Society for the 糖心Vlog of Atherosclerosis - Italian Society of Diabetology. In: , , , . Elsevier - Italian Society of Human Nutrition - Italian Society for the 糖心Vlog of Atherosclerosis - Italian Society of Diabetology, Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases, 31 (8) . pp. 2458-2470 ISSN: 0939-4753 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2021.04.013).
Ojo, Omorogieva , Ojo, Osarhumwese Osaretin, Zand, Nazanin, Wang, Xiaohua (2021), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Nutrients, 13: 1805 (6) 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13061805).
Ojo, Omorogieva and , (2021), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Nutrients, 13: 1573 (5) 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13051573).
Cronin, Camille and , Ojo, Omorogieva (2021), . RCN Publishing (RCNi). In: , , , . RCN Publishing (RCNi), Nursing Older People ISSN: 1472-0795 (Print), 2047-8941 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.7748/nop.2021.e1312) NB Item availability restricted.
Yang, Hui-Li , Feng, Ping, Xu, Yi, Hou, Yun-Ying , Ojo, Omorogieva , Wang, Xiao-Hua (2021), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of Renal Nutrition, 31 (5) . pp. 438-447 ISSN: 1051-2276 (Print), 1532-8503 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jrn.2020.11.008).
Feng, Ping , Yang, Hui-Li, Xu, Lan, Ojo, Omorogieva , Lu, Xiao-Yan , Zhang, Hai-Ying , Wang, Xiao-Hua (2021), . BMC. In: , , , . BMC, BMC Nursing, 20: 6 1472-6955 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-020-00520-z).
Ojo, Omorogieva , Amorim Adegboye, Amanda Rodrigues, Ojo, Osarhumwese Osaretin, Wang, Xiaohua , Brooke, Joanne (2020), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17: 9563 (24) 1661-7827 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249563).
Ojo, Omorogieva , Feng, Qian-Qian, Ojo, Osarhumwese Osaretin, Wang, Xiaohua (2020), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Nutrients, 12: 3239 (11) . pp. 1-21 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12113239).
Ren, Mengxiao , Zhang, Huaiyu, Qi, Jindan, Hu, Anni , Jiang, Qing , Hou, Yunying , Feng, Qianqian , Ojo, Omorogieva , Wang, Xiaohua (2020), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Nutrients, 12: 3036 (10) 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12103036).
Hamilton, Nikola K. , Ojo, Omorogieva, Rodrigues Amorim Adegboye, Amanda (2020), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17: 7182 1660-4601 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197182).
Pavithran, Nivedita , Kumar, Harish, Menon, Arun Somasekharan, Pillai, Gopala Krishna , Sundaram, Karimassery Ramaiyer , Ojo, Omorogieva (2020), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17: 6232 (17) 1660-4601 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176232).
Ojo, Omorogieva , Rodrigues Amorim Adegboye, Amanda, Ojo, Osarhumwese Osaretin, Wang, Xiaohua , Brooke, Joanne (2020), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Nutrients, 12: 1840 (6) 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061840).
Amorim Adegboye, Amanda Rodrigues , Ojo, Omorogieva, Begum, Gulshanara (2020), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Nutrients, 12 (3) . pp. 847 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12030847).
Blendell, Rona and , Ojo, Omorogieva (2020), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, J - Multidisciplinary Scientific Journal, 3 (1) . pp. 20-31 2571-8800 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/j3010004).
Liu, Ting , Yang, Hui-li, Gu, Lan, Hui, Jie , Ojo, Omorogieva , Ren, Meng-xiao , Wang, Xiao-hua (2020), . BMC. In: , , , . BMC, BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 20: 22 1471-2261 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01330-6).
Pavithran, Nivedita , Kumar, Harish, Menon, Arun Somasekharan, Pillai, Gopala Krishna , Sundaram, Karimassery Ramaiyer , Ojo, Omorogieva (2020), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Nutrients, 12: 179 (1) ISSN: 2072-6643 (Print), 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12010179).
Ojo, Omorogieva , Wang, Xiaohua, Ojo, Osarhumwese, Ibe, Jude (2019), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16: 4795 (23) ISSN: 1661-7827 (Print), 1660-4601 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234795).
Brooke, Joanne and , Ojo, Omorogieva (2019), . Wiley. In: , , , . Wiley, Journal of Clinical Nursing ISSN: 0962-1067 (Print), 1365-2702 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15066).
Ojo, Omorogieva , Brooke, Joanne, Cronin, Camille (2019), . Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. In: , , , . Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, The Journal of Nursing Research, 28: e81 (2) ISSN: 1682-3141 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/JNR.0000000000000343).
Ojo, Omorogieva and , (2019), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Nutrients, 11: 2177 (9) ISSN: 2072-6643 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11092177).
Ojo, Omorogieva , Weldon, Sharon Marie, Thompson, Trevor, Crockett, Rachel , Wang, Xiao-Hua (2019), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Nutrients, 11: 1905 (8) ISSN: 2072-6643 (Print), 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11081905).
Ojo, Omorogieva , Ojo, Osarhumwese Osaretin, Wang, Xiao-Hua, Adegboye, Amanda Rodrigues Amorim (2019), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Nutrients, 11: 1584 (7) 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11071584).
Ojo, Omorogieva , Weldon, Sharon M., Thompson, Trevor, Vargo, Elisabeth J. (2019), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16: 1716 (10) ISSN: 1661-7827 (Print), 1660-4601 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16101716).
Ojo, Omorogieva , Keaveney, Edel, Wang, Xiao-Hua, Feng, Ping (2019), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Nutrients, 11: 1046 (5) ISSN: 2072-6643 (Print), 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11051046).
Brooke, Joanne , Cronin, Camille, Stiell, Marlon, Ojo, Omorogieva , Belcina Jr, Maria Theresa , Smajlovi膰, Sedina Kalender , Slark, Julia (2019), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Nurse Education Today, 77 . pp. 6-11 ISSN: 0260-6917 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2019.02.007).
Ojo, Omorogieva and , (2019), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Basel Nutrients, 11: 459 (2) . ISBN: 9783038976028 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11020459).