Professor Aderonke Omobonike Akinpelu (nee Mosadomi) was born on the 21st of December, 1954 in Osogbo, to the family of late Mr Adediran Mosadomi and Chief Mrs Mogbolajo Mosadomi of Ile Olobado, Osogbo, Osun State. Her earliest education was in five different primary schools as she had to change schools each time her sister was transferred. She had her secondary education in St. Anne’s School, Molete, Ibadan between 1968 and 1972; and higher school education (A Levels) in Ibadan Grammar School between 1973 and 1974.

Prof. Aderonke Akinpelu studied physiotherapy at the University of Ibadan between 1974 and 1977, obtaining a B.Sc. degree in physiotherapy (Second Class Upper Division). She started her academic career as a Graduate Assistant in September 1978, after completing the compulsory one-year National Youth Service Corp. She studied Exercise Physiology at the postgraduate level in the Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan on a part-time basis and obtained her PhD in September 1990.

She was awarded Part A and B certificates in the McKenzie mechanical diagnosis and therapy by the McKenzie Institute International in June 1997. She became a regular staff of the University of Ibadan on 1st October 1984, when she was appointed a Lecturer Grade II in the College of Medicine. She gradually rose through the ranks and became a full Professor in 2011. Between February 1995 and June 1997, she worked as an Assistant Professor in King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, where she improved her clinical skills in Paediatric Physiotherapy. In 2005, she was appointed as an honorary consultant by the University College Hospital, Ibadan.

Prof Akinpelu has contributed a lot to physiotherapy education in Nigeria. She was Head of Department three times (Aug 1998-July 2000, Aug 2003-July 2005 and May 2012-July 2014). She was a three-time chairperson of Physiotherapy Undergraduate Curriculum Review Committee (1990-1991; 2011-2014; 2019-till date). One of these teams reviewed the 4-year B.Sc. Physiotherapy curriculum to a 5-year B. Physiotherapy curriculum (1990-1991) and has just concluded the revision of the 5-year B. Physiotherapy curriculum to a 6-year Doctor of Physiotherapy curriculum.

She has supervised over 50(fifty) undergraduate and more than 30(thirty) MSc, 2 MPhil and 8 PhD research projects in University of Ibadan. In addition, she co-supervised a PhD research project in University of Pretoria, South Africa. Prof. Akinpelu has served as external examiner to several universities in Nigeria both for the undergraduate and postgraduate examinations. She has also served as external examiner to universities in Ghana for undergraduate studies and Canada for a doctoral examination. It is heart-warming and worthy of note that four of her proteges have also become Professors of Physiotherapy including Prof. Daniel Olufemi Odebiyi (current Deputy Provost, College of Medicine, University of Lagos), Prof. Bosede Abidemi Tella (former Head, Department of Physiotherapy, University of Lagos), Prof. Adesola Christiana Odole (current Head, Department of Physiotherapy, University of Ibadan) and Prof. Fatai Maruf (former Head, Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi). In the 46 years of her work at the University of Ibadan, she has made major contributions to physiotherapy training and practice in Nigeria.

Prof Akinpelu’s research effort is in three major areas, health outcomes assessment and quality of life (QoL), musculoskeletal health and exercise physiology. In collaboration with other researchers, she successfully developed two Nigerian culture-centric and environment-friendly standardised outcome measures, the Ibadan Knee/Hip Osteoarthritis Measure (IKHOAM) and the Ibadan Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire (ILBPDQ). The IKHOAM is the first standardised outcome measure that was contributed by any group of researchers from Nigeria to English medical literature and it has been linguistically validated into Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. She generated data on quality of life of Nigerian stroke survivors and linguistically validated WHOQoL-Bref into Yoruba. She has cross-culturally adapted and validated many pain-rating, QoL and disability scales into Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. She generated an equation to facilitate isotonic muscle strength measurement. She developed the Nigerian Back School, provided community-based data on pattern and prevalence of knee osteoarthritis and on developmental pattern and reference values of tibio-femoral angle in Nigerian children and adolescents. She provided evidence that exercise training is effective as adjunct therapy in blood pressure control in patients with hypertension. She generated age-reference values of body mass index and physical fitness for Nigerian young adults.

She won several research grants including the Welcome Trust Fund for her doctoral research project in 1989; University of Ibadan, Senate Grant (twice) and International Association for the Study of Pain -Developing Countries Pain Education Grant. She has over 105 peer-reviewed articles in journals from all over the world, 3 chapters in books and several conference paper presentations. Prof. Akinpelu is best described as someone who translates her research work to clinical practice, a unique feature which stands her out as a translational practitioner, physiotherapist and Professor. She hits the mat when the need arises, joins the fitness class when such is required and demonstrates procedures during practical sessions to ensure that knowledge is not only communicated but that understanding is also acquired.

Prof Akinpelu is member of the International Association for the Study of Pain and an active member of the Society for the Study of Pain, Nigeria, (SSPN).She was SSPN Treasurer (2005-2009), Vice President (2013-2019) and President (2019-2023).

Prof. Akinpelu is married to Mr. Olakunle Akinpelu and she is a mother to Gbemisola, Busola Oyindamola and Feyisola. She is a grandmother. As a children’s teacher in her local assembly at All Saints Church, Jericho, Ibadan, she has been a mother to a hoard of other young people.

Dear Elders and Colleagues,

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor K.O. Adebowale, FAS, mni, cordially invites you to the 565th Inaugural Lecture, to be delivered by Professor John Ayodele Olaniyi a Professor of Haematology, Department of Haematology on behalf of Faculty of Basic Clinical Science, College of Medicine University of Ibadan (CoMUI)

Let us come together, both physically and virtually, to listen to Professor Olaniyi present this significant inaugural lecture.

The details of the lecture are as follows:

Topic: Blood Cells Eccentricity: Looking Out And Looking After The Afflicted

Date : Thursday, October 24, 2024

Time : 5p.m.

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Biography of Professor John Ayodele Olaniyi

Professor John Ayodele Olaniyi

Professor John Ayodele Olaniyi was born in Kumasi, Ghana, to the family of the late Mr. Nathaniel Olaniyi and the late Madam Susannah Titilade Olaniyi of Alala’s Compound, Oyan, Odo-Otin Local Government, Osun State. Although he began his early education in Ghana, he returned to Nigeria to attend St. Paul’s Anglican Primary School, Oyan, after the expulsion of Nigerians from Ghana. He later obtained a Modern School Certificate before advancing to class two at Fakunle Comprehensive High School, Osogbo, where he completed his West African School Certificate with distinctions in 1980.

In the same year, he gained admission to Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, to study Medicine and Surgery. He graduated in record time with a B.Sc. in Health Sciences (1984) and MBChB (1987). He completed his housemanship with the Oyo State Hospital Management Board in 1988 and served in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the then Plateau State in 1989.

Following his service, Professor Olaniyi briefly worked with the Oyo State Hospital Management Board as a medical officer. In June 1991, he joined the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, for Residency Training in Haematology (Laboratory Medicine). He became a Member of the National Postgraduate Medical College in 1994 and a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians in April 1998.

His academic career began in June 1998, when he was appointed Lecturer I and Consultant Haematologist at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso. In February 2000, he transitioned to the University of Ibadan (UI) and UCH as Lecturer I, and by June 2001, he became a Consultant Haematologist. Professor Olaniyi was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2003, earned an M.Sc. in Chemical Pathology from the University of Ibadan in 2007, became a Reader in 2013, and was promoted to Professor in 2016.

He has received several research grants from the University of Ibadan Senate, including Individual Research Grants in 2006 and 2007, and a Group Senate Research Grant in 2010. In the same year, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago, where he studied immunophenotyping through a joint UICC/Global Health Scholarship.

Professor Olaniyi is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the Medical and Dental Association of Nigeria (since 1988), the West African Postgraduate Medical College (since 1998), the Nigerian Society for Haematology and Blood Transfusion (since 1998), the African Society for Blood Transfusion (since 2001), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (since 2011), and the American Society of Haematology (since 2012).

As a Consultant Haematologist, Professor Olaniyi is actively involved in managing patients with various haematological disorders. He is also deeply engaged in the training of postgraduate students (residents) in Haematology through regular ward rounds, clinical teachings, seminars, and supervision of their research.

In his role as a resource person for the West African College of Physicians (WACP), he has been a trainer and an examiner at the Fellowship examinations in Haematology (Laboratory Medicine) since 2003. He currently serves as the Host Examiner for Haematology and was the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) Chairman for the 48th Nigerian Society for Haematology and Blood Transfusion, held from August 28–30, 2024.

Within the University of Ibadan, Professor Olaniyi has held various administrative positions. He has served as a member of the Curriculum Committee, represented the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences on the Appointments and Promotions Panel, and currently represents the Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences and the College of Medicine in the Appointments and Promotions Committee. He was also part of the organizing committee for the 7th Unibadan Conference of Biomedical Research (UCBR) in September 2021. He is a member of the University Senate and serves on several editorial boards, including the African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences and Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate Medicine.

With over 80 publications in both local and international journals, Professor Olaniyi’s research interests lie in Haematology Oncology, particularly in the study of leukemias, lymphomas, and multiple myelomas. He was awarded a Global Health Scholarship to understudy immunophenotyping at the University of Chicago in 2010, facilitated by Professor Funmilayo Olopade. He has attended numerous conferences and workshops globally, including the American Society of Haematology (ASH) meetings in Chicago, San Francisco, and California, and the WACP meetings in Dakar (Senegal), Liberia, and The Gambia.

Professor Olaniyi served as the Acting Head of the Department of Haematology from August 2017 to July 2019, and he currently holds the position of Head of Department, which he assumed in August 2023. He has also served as an external examiner for MBBS Part II Professional Examinations at several Nigerian universities, including the University of Maiduguri, Olabisi Onabanjo University, and Osun State University. Additionally, he has been a postgraduate (M.Sc.) external examiner at Obafemi Awolowo University.

Professor Olaniyi is married to Dr. Adenike Olaitan Olaniyi (Ph.D.), the current Principal of the School of Nursing, University College Hospital, Ibadan. They are blessed with two lovely daughters.

Dear Elders and Colleagues,

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor K.O. Adebowale, FAS, mni, cordially invites you to the 573rd Inaugural Lecture, to be delivered by Professor Elizabeth B. Dosumu of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan (CoMUI).

Let us come together, both physically and virtually, to listen to Professor Dosumu present this significant lecture.

TITLED: LIFE-LONG HEALTHY TEETH; THE PERIODONTIST INSTRUCTION IS NOT GRIEVOUS

DATE: THURSDAY, 16TH JANUARY, 2025

TIME: 3:00 P.M. West Central Africa

VENUE: TRENCHARD HALL, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN

TO BE DELIVERED BY: PROFESSOR ELIZABETH B. DOSUMU

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Prof. Temidayo Ogundiran FAS
Provost

PROFESSOR ELIZABETH B. DOSUMU BIODATA

Professor Elizabeth Bosede DOSUMU was born on 18^th January 1960 in Ilorin to Papa Thomas Oladeinde FATUDIMU of the royal family of Ajifolokun Idiaragba, Ijebu Jesha and Deaconess Grace Bolaji FATUDIMU whose mother was from the Arimoro royal family of Ilesha and her father from the Atobatele royal family of Ijebu Ijesa.

She had her elementary primary education at United Missionary School, Zuru, Kebbi State and  St Barnabas Anglican Primary School, Ilorin from 1966 to 1972. She then proceeded to St. Clare’s Girls’ Grammar School Offa, Kwara in 1972 for her secondary education.

She had her Advanced Level Education at Queens’ School Ibadan/Government College Ibadan from 1976 to 1978 and her undergraduate studies at University of Ibadan where she bagged the degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 1986.

Following this, she had her mandatory housemanship program at Oyo State Hospital Management Board from 1986 to 1987, after which she was posted to the Dental Center Military Hospital, Odogbo, Ojoo, Ibadan for her mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from 1987 to 1988.

Having worked at a private Dental Clinic ( Stadium Dental Services, Liberty Road, Ibadan ) as a dental officer from 1989 to 1993, she proceeded for her residency program at the University College Hospital and became a fellow of the National Postgraduate College of Nigeria  (FMCDS) in Periodontology in 1999. She also had the Doctor of Medicine (MD) of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria in 2022.

Professor Elizabeth Dosumu joined the services of the University of Ibadan, College of Medicine, Department of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology unit in 2000 as Lecturer I, Senior Lecturer in 2004, Reader in 2015 and Professor of Periodontology in 2019.

Professor Elizabeth Dosumu is a member of several international and national professional bodies such as the British Society of Periodontology (BSP), Pan Dental Society, European Federation of Periodontology (EFP), Italian Society of Periodontology, Belgium Society of Periodontology, International Association for Dental Research (IADR), Periodontal Association of Nigeria (PAN), Nigerian Medical Association, Nigerian Dental Association and Medical Women Association of Nigeria.

She attended the annual and biannual conferences of these societies where she presented papers at the EFP conference at Vienna in 2013 and the Italian Society of Periodontology conferences at Rimini & Torino in 2016 and 2017.

She was a foundation member of the International Association For Halitosis Research (IAFHR) founded at the EFP 9 conference in Amsterdam in 2018.

As a member of BSP, she was nominated into the membership of the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Nigeria round table committee on Dentine Hypersensitivity. She presented GSK Public Lecture titled: National Survey of Dentine Hypersensitivity & Severity of Periodontal Diseases Among Nigerians at the Annual Scientific Conference and All Fellows’ Congress (ASCAF) of National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria on  24^th May 2016.

Professor Elizabeth Dosumu has collaborated with other scholars to publish over 60 articles in reputable peer reviewed journals. She has taught as a visiting scholar to Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and she has served as external examiner to many Dental Schools in Nigeria till date.

She is happily married to Professor Oluwole Oyekunle Dosumu (Senior Prof D) of the Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry , University of Ibadan and their union is blessed with very lovely children.

Dear Elders and Colleagues,
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor K.O. Adebowale, FAS, mni, cordially invites you to the 564th Inaugural Lecture, to be delivered by Prof Adeniyi Abidemi Adenipekun a professor of Radiation Oncology in the College of Medicine University of Ibadan (CoMUI)
Let us come together, both physically and virtually, to listen to Professor Adenipekun present this significant inaugural lecture.

The details of the lecture are as follows:

Topic: Dealing With Rebellion Among Commonwealth Of Cells With Guided Missiles: That Obedient May Live

Time: Oct 17, 2024 05:00 PM West Central Africa

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Brief Biography

Professor Adeniyi Abidemi Adenipekun (MNIM)
MBBS, FMCR, FWACS, FUICC, MD

Professor Adenipekun is a distinguished Professor of Radiation Oncology at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, and a Consultant Radiation Oncologist at University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. He earned his MBBS in 1984 from the University of Ibadan and holds fellowships with the National Postgraduate Medical College (NPMC), West African College of Surgeons (WACS), Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

He has served as Chief Examiner in Radiation Oncology for the NPMC and previously held the position of Head of the Department of Radiation Oncology at UCH/UI. Prof. Adenipekun has also served as the former Chairman of UCH’s Medical Advisory Committee (2006-2011) and the immediate past Chairman of the Board of Management at Redeemer Health Center, Ibadan.

His areas of expertise include radiotherapy for breast, cervical, and prostate cancers, as well as pain management and palliative care. Additionally, he is a charter member of the National Association of Artificial Intelligence Practitioners (NAAIP) and serves in various leadership roles in healthcare, including Chairman of the Central Health Board for the Redeemed Christian Church of God.