Niran Okewole

Chief consultant psychiatrist
Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro

Niran Okewole is chief consultant psychiatrist at Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro in Abeokuta, Nigeria.

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By Charles Q. Choi

28 November 2022

7 min read

Africa’s genomic role: Q&A with Conrad Iyegbe and Niran Okewole

Psychiatric genomics promises to shed light on the genetic basis of autism, but it’s vital to include Africa in this research, Iyegbe and Okewole say.

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Africa’s genomic role: Q&A with Conrad Iyegbe and Niran Okewole

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