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Name: Prof. Adesola OGUNNIYI |
Faculty: CLINICAL SCIENCES |
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NAME: OGUNNIYI, Adesola Position Title: Professor of Medicine (Neurology)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE YEARS(s) FIELD OF SYUDY
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria B.Sc(Hons) 1995 Health Science
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria MBChB 1978 Medicine
University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria FMCP 1985 Int. Medicine
/Neurology
University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria FWACP 1991 Int. Medicine
/Neurology
A. Positions and Honors.
Positions:
1978-1979 Internship training, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
1979-1980 Medical Officer, Saminaka General Hospital, Saminaka, Kaduna State (NYSC)
1980-1986 Residency training, (Internal Medicine) University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
1986-1987 Visiting Fellow in Neuroepidemiology, NIH, USA
1987-1988 Lecturer in Physiology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan
1987 to date: Consultant Physician/Neurologist, University College Hospital, Ibadan
1988-1990 Lecturer in Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Consultant, Univ. Col. Hospital, Ibadan
1990-1997 Senior Lecturer (Medicine), University of Ibadan, Nigeria
1997 to date Professor of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria;
Consultant, Univ. Col. Hospital, Ibadan
2000 – 2003 Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of Ibadan; Second tenure
(2006-2009).
2010 (Jan – March) Honorary Visiting Scientist, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University Sch. of Medicine, Indianapolis
2011 (Aug.1 to date): Director, Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training,
College of Medicine,University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Honors
1971-1972 Federal Government of Nigeria Bursary Award
1972-1978 Federal Government of Nigeria National Award
1986-1987 FAES Goldie Rubin Memorial Scholarship, NIH Graduate School, (Fall)
1986-1987 WHO-FIC-NINCDS International Neurosciences Fellowship Award at NIH
1991 Bruce S. Schoenberg International Neuroepidemiology Award
1992-1988 Project Director, Indianapolis-Ibadan Dementia of Elderly Research
1998 to 2009 Co-Principal Investigator, Indianapolis-Ibadan Dementia Research Project
1999 to date Member, World Federation of Neurology – Research Group in
Neuroepidemiology/Dementia
2004 Elected Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE)
2005 Appointed Regional Adviser (West Africa) for the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
2007 Elected Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of London.
2008 Recipient of Mellon Visiting Fellowship of the University of Cape Town,
South Africa
2010 (Feb). Member, Scientific Advisory Board of US National Institute of Mental Health and Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases on Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health
2011 (Apr) Member, World Health Organization Working Group on the Classification of Neurocognitive Disorders.
Researches
COMPLETED
R01-AG09956 Hall (PI) 09/15/06 through 08/31/11
National Institute of Aging, USA
The Indianapolis-Ibadan Dementia Project
A comparative community-based epidemiological study of Alzheimer’s disease among African Americans and Yoruba Nigerians to identify risk factors for the disease.
Role: Co-PI (Ibadan)/Investigator - February 2009- 7/20/13
Loyola University, USA and Ibadan University, Nigeria 06/01/09 through 05/31/11
Genetics of Hypertension in Blacks (GWAS) Study
Study of hypertension in Blacks – a cross-cultural study for genome wide association
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Ibadan)
1 RC2 AG036650 (Murrell) NIH 09/30/09-09/29/10
Genome-Wide Association Study of Cognitive Decline Among Older African Americans and Africans
CTSI (Hall) March 2010
Lipid Proteins, APOE, and Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease.
A pilot study conducting an exploratory analysis of the relationship between lipid proteins and Alzheimer’s disease in Indianapolis, Indiana and Ibadan, Nigeria.
RO1 AGO9956-13 (Hendrie) NIA 10/01/91 – 12/31/05
Indianapolis-Ibadan Dementia Project
A comparative longitudinal study of the dementias of the elderly in Indianapolis, Indiana and Ibadan, Nigeria.
Role: Director of Project (Ibadan).
GR069408MF Gureje (PI) 01/04/2003 – 31/03/2007
Wellcome Trust
Care of disabled elderly in a changing society
An epidemiological survey of community-dwelling elderly to determine the prevalence of disability, its impact, and the met and unmet need for care.
Role: Investigator
Publications
1. Ogunniyi A, Osuntokun B. Relatively low prevalence of Alzheimer's disease in developing countries and the racial factor in dementia research. Ethn Dis. 1991;1(4):394-5. PubMed PMID: 1842553
2. Osuntokun BO, Sahota A, Ogunniyi AO, Gureje O, Baiyewu O, Adeyinka A, Oluwole SO, Komolafe O, Hall KS, Unverzagt FW, et al. Lack of an association between apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 andAlzheimer's disease in elderly Nigerians. Ann Neurol. 1995;38(3):463-5. PubMed PMID: 7668835.
3. Hendrie HC, Osuntokun BO, Hall KS, Ogunniyi AO, Hui SL, Unverzagt FW, Gureje O, Rodenberg CA, Baiyewu O, Musick BS. Prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and dementia in two communities: Nigerian Africans and African Americans. Am J Psychiatry. 1995;152(10):1485-92. PubMed PMID: 7573588
4. Lahiri DK, Xu Y, Klaunig J, Baiyewu O, Ogunniyi A, Hall K, Hendrie H, Sahota A. Effect of oxidative stress on DNA damage and beta-amyloid precursor proteins in lymphoblastoid cell lines from a
Nigerian population. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1999;893:331-6. PubMed PMID: 10672260.
5. Hall KS, Gao S, Emsley CL, Ogunniyi AO, Morgan O, Hendrie HC. Community screening interview for dementia (CSI 'D'); performance in five disparate study sites. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2000;15(6):521-31. PubMed PMID: 10861918.
6. Hendrie HC, Ogunniyi A, Hall KS, Baiyewu O, Unverzagt FW, Gureje O, Gao S, Evans RM, Ogunseyinde AO, Adeyinka AO, Musick B, Hui SL. Incidence of dementia and Alzheimer disease in 2 communities: Yoruba residing in Ibadan, Nigeria, and African Americans residing in Indianapolis,Indiana. JAMA. 2001; 285(6):739-47. PubMed PMID: 11176911.
7. Perkins AJ, Hui SL, Ogunniyi A, Gureje O, Baiyewu O, Unverzagt FW, Gao S, Hall KS, Musick
BS,Hendrie HC. Risk of mortality for dementia in a developing country: the Yoruba in Nigeria.
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2002;17(6):566-73. PubMed PMID: 12112181.
8. Ogunniyi A, Hall KS, Baiyewu O, Gureje O, Unverzagt FW, Gao S, Hendrie HC. Caring for individuals with dementia: the Nigerian experience. West Afr J Med. 2005;24(3):259-62.
PubMed PMID:16276708.
9. Hall K, Murrell J, Ogunniyi A, Deeg M, Baiyewu O, Gao S, Gureje O, Dickens J, Evans R, Smith Gamble V, Unverzagt FW, Shen J, Hendrie H. Cholesterol, APOE genotype, and Alzheimer disease: an epidemiologic study of Nigerian Yoruba. Neurology. 2006;66(2):223-7. PubMed PMID: 16434658; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2860622.
10. Murrell JR, Price BM, Baiyewu O, Gureje O, Deeg M, Hendrie H, Ogunniyi A, Hall K. The fourth
apolipoprotein E haplotype found in the Yoruba of Ibadan. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatric
Genet. 2006; 141B(4):426-7. PubMed PMID: 16583434.
11. Unverzagt FW, Sujuan Gao, Lane KA, Callahan C, Ogunniyi A, Baiyewu O, Gureje O, Hall KS, Hendrie HC. Mild cognitive dysfunction: an epidemiological perspective with an emphasis on African Americans. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2007; 20(4):215-26. Review. PubMed PMID: 18004008; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2732396.
12. Kalaria RN, Maestre GE, Arizaga R, Friedland RP, Galasko D, Hall K, Luchsinger JA, Ogunniyi A, Perry EK, Potocnik F, Prince M, Stewart R, Wimo A, Zhang ZX, Antuono P; World Federation of Neurology Dementia Research Group. Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia in developing countries: prevalence, management, and risk factors. Lancet Neurol. 2008; 7(9):812-26. PubMed PMID: 18667359; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2860610.
13. Ogunniyi A, Gao S, Unverzagt FW, Baiyewu O, Gureje O, Nguyen JT, Smith-Gamble V, Murrell JR, Hake AM, Hall KS, Hendrie HC. Weight loss and incident dementia in elderly Yoruba Nigerians: a 10- year follow-up study. Int Psychogeriatr. 2010 Aug 25:1-8. [Epub ahead of printhttp://www.mdlinx.com/internal-medicine/news-article.cfm/3479996" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.mdlinx.com/internal-medicine/news-article.cfm/3479996
15. Collins PY, Patel V, Joestl SS, March D, Insel TR, Daar AS; Scientific Advisory Board and the Executive Committee
of the Grand Challenges on Global Mental Health, Anderson W, Dhansay MA, Phillips A, Shurin S, Walport M,
Ewart W, Savill SJ, Bordin IA, Costello EJ, Durkin M, Fairburn C,Glass RI, Hall W, Huang Y, Hyman SE, Jamison K,
Kaaya S, Kapur S, Kleinman A, Ogunniyi A, Otero-Ojeda A, Poo MM, Ravindranath V, Sahakian BJ,
Saxena S, Singer PA, Stein DJ. Grand challenges in global mental health. Nature 2011; 475(7354):
27 -30. doi:10.1038/475027a. PubMed PMID: 21734685.
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