Kome Gbinigie

Biography

Biography

Kome studied medicine at Cambridge University, graduating in 2010 with a clinical school prize in paediatrics. Thereafter, she carried out the usual foundation years internship duties in the North Central Thames deanery. These early years of clinical practice convinced her that her specialist passion lay in General Practice. Kome successfully secured a GP training post in the Oxford deanery. 

From the outset of Kome's specialist training, clinical questions have arisen in her mind, which she believes merited research resolution. The logical progression of this flux was to apply for an NIHR academic post. Through a national competitive application and interview process, she was appointed an Academic Clinical Fellow (ACF) at the ST3 level of her training. This post exposed Kome to various research modalities, facilities and opportunities in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences in Oxford. 

Kome's interests range from the use of novel technologies in the primary care setting, such as creatinine and malaria point of care devices; to alternative therapies, such as the role of oil-pulling in promoting oro dental hygiene. During Kome's ACF, she also developed a keen interest in the diagnosis of bacterial infections in older adults. Eager to explore this further in a holistic fashion, she applied for doctoral research funding. Happily, the Wellcome Trust awarded Kome a grant to fulfil this. Kome intends to use varied research methodologies, to improve the diagnosis and management of serious bacterial infections in older adults in the primary care setting.

Publications

Publications

• Gbinigie OA, Onakpoya IJ, Spencer EA. Evidence for the effectiveness of pomegranate supplementation for blood pressure management is weak: A systematic review of randomized clinical trials. Nutrition Research. 2017 Oct 1;46:38-48.
• Heneghan C, Spencer EA, Bobrovitz N, Collins DR, Nunan D, Plüddemann A, Gbinigie OA, Onakpoya I, O'Sullivan J, Rollinson A, Tompson A, Goldacre B, Mahtani KR. Lack of evidence for interventions offered in UK fertility centres. BMJ. 2016 Nov 27;355:i6295.
• Onakpoya, I. & Gbinigie, O. Further evidence is needed to assess the effectiveness of essential oils as adjunctive treatments for post-dental scaling and root planning. Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies. 2016 Jun; 21(2):116-117. – Commentary
• Gbinigie, O., Onakpoya, I., Spencer, E., MacBain, M.M. and Heneghan, C., June 2016. Effect of oil pulling in promoting oro dental hygiene: A systematic review of randomized clinical trials. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 26, pp.47-54.
• Gbinigie O, Price CP, Heneghan C, Van den Bruel A, Plüddemann A. Creatinine point-of-care testing for detection and monitoring of chronic kidney disease: primary care diagnostic technology update. Br J Gen Pract. 2015 Nov;65(640):608-9.
• Gbinigie O, Van den Bruel A, Price CP, Heneghan C, Pluddemann A. Point-of-care tests for malaria. Diagnostic Evidence Co-operative Oxford Horizon scan report 0040. January 2015.
• Gbinigie O, Thompson M, Price CP, Heneghan C, Pluddemann A. Point-of-care creatinine testing for the detection and monitoring of chronic kidney disease. Diagnostic Evidence Co-operative Oxford Horizon scan report 0038. March 2014.