Dr. Thomas B. L. Kokulo is the current Deputy Director (Deputy Inspector General) for Inspectorate, Post Market Surveillance and Head of Premise Licensing of the Liberia Medicines & Health products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA). Dr. Thomas B. L. Kokulo is a practicing Liberian Pharmacist with five years of experience in pharmaceutical services both in the private and public sector locally and internationally. Dr. Kokulo, before ascending to the current position of LMHRA Deputy Inspector General, has served in several positions at the Authority such as: Pharmaceutical Products Dossiers Assessor in the Department of Evaluation and Registration, the Scientific & Research Officer on Clinical Research and Pharmacovigilance at the LMHRA, the M&E Focal Person for the WA-MRH Projects and as well a Member of the Technical Working Groups (TWGs) for the West African Integrated Vectors Management WA-IVM for West Africa and the regional level. In 2005, Dr. Kokulo served as a Hospital Pharmacist at the Liberia’s biggest referrer hospital, the John F. Kennedy Medical Center where he was engaged with clinical practice.  

Dr. Thomas B. L. Kokulo, in February 2020, obtained a Doctor of Pharmacy Degree (PharmD) from the College of Pharmacy, University of Benin in Nigeria. Dr. Kokulo is a graduate of the School of Pharmacy, University of Liberia where he obtained a Bachelor Degree in Pharmacy (BPharm) in 2015. In 2009, he obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology as a Major and Chemistry as Minor from the Thomas J. R. Faulkner College of Science and Technology, University of Liberia. Dr. Kokulo has bagged several professional training certificates in the areas of Clinical Trials, Good Manufacturing Practice, Pharmacovigilance, Oncology Pharmacy, Marketing Authorization, Pharmaceutical Products Dossiers Assessment, etc.