Professor Oyindamola O. ABIODUN

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Name: Oyindamola O. ABIODUN

Faculty: BASIC CLINICAL SCIENCES

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 Department:Pharmacology and Therapeutics

 Designation: Professor

Brief Biography:

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  1. Name:Oyindamola Olajumoke ABIODUN

  (b). Department:                                           Pharmacology and Therapeutics

  (c). Faculty:                                                  Basic Medical Sciences

  (b). Present post (with date):                        Lecturer I (4 May, 2011)

II. Academic Qualification (with dates and granting bodies):

  BSc Biological Sciences, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta                   1995

  MSc. Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan        1999

  PhD Pharmacology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan,                                    2010

III.Scholarships, Fellowships and Prizes (with dates)

  (a). Handling and Managing of Biological Materials Malaria                    March 2000

  Research and Reference Reagent Resource Center (MR4),

  Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.  

  (b).WHO/TDR, Advanced Epidemiology Research Methods.                    July 2000

  Navrongo, Ghana.

  (c). MIM/TDR Antimalarial Drug Resistance Network                               Aug., 2002

  In vitro susceptibility testing of antimalarial drugs. Contonou,

  Republic of Benin.

  (d). PhD fellowship supported by MIM/TDR                                              Jan. 2000-April, 2006

  (e). Pre-doctoral training fellowship, supported by Medicines for              April, 2006 - July, 2007

  Malaria Venture (MMV) and Swiss Tropical and Public Health                            

  Institute Basel Switzerland

(f).Welcome Trust UK (Practical Aspects of Small Molecule Drug             April, 2010

  Discovery: at the Interface of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacology),

  Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.

  (g). Post-doctoral fellowship supported by INSA JRD TATA                    Feb-May, 2011

  Fellowship,Centre for International co-operation in science

  (CICS), Chennai, India.

  (h). Post-doctoral fellowship supported by COIMBRA                              Oct. - Dec., 2013

  Group Fellowship, Department of Pharmacology, University

  of Granada, Granada, Spain.

  (i). Post-doctoral fellowship supported by TWAS/DFG,                             March - June 2014

  Institute of Environmental Research of the Faculty of Chemistry

  (INFU), Dortmund University of Technology, Germany.

Selected Travel fellowships                                                                                                                       

(i). International Organization of Chemistry in Development (IOCD)        1 - 4 Oct., 2006,

(ii). Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH)              13 -15 Sept., 2007

(iii). Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation                                                   28 Jan -1 Feb., 2007

(iv). Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation                                                   20 - 28 Oct., 2008

(v). MIM/TDR                                                                                       13 -18 Nov., 2005.

(vi). Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation                                                   22 - 26 Mar., 2009

(vii). MIM/TDR                                                                                     1 - 6 Nov., 2009

  (viii). International Society of Antiviral Research (ISAR)                         11 - 15 May, 2013

IV. Honours, Distinction and Membership of Learned Societies

  Member, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene UK              2007

  Grant from International Federation of Science (IFS), Sweden               2012 -2015

V. Details of Teaching Experience at the University Level               2002 to date

(a). Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho            2002 - 2011

    • Lecturer                                                                                                  2002 - 2004
    • Lecturer II                                                                                              2004 - 2006
  • Lecturer I                                                                                               2006 - 2011

Undergraduate Teaching & Final Year Project Supervision

  • MBBS (Introductory, Block I & II postings) `                                         2002- 2011

(b). University of Ibadan, Ibadan                                                        2011 to date

  • Lecturer I2011 to date

Undergraduate Teaching & Final Year Project Supervision

  • MBBS (Introductory, Block I & II postings)                                           2011 – to date

Postgraduate Teaching & Supervision                                                     2011 – to date

  • PHA 701 - Investigative techniques
  • PHA 712 - Organ Pharmacology
  • PHA 707 - Inflammation
  • PHA 711 - Project

(c). Courses Taught at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho (LAUTECH)

  • Introduction to Pharmacology
  • Autonomic nervous system
  • Chemotherapy
  • Endocrine Pharmacology
  • Toxicology

(d) Courses Taught at University of Ibadan, Ibadan (UI)

MBBS (Introductory, Block I & II postings)

How drugs act, therapeutic index, factors affecting drug response, pharmacogenetics, dose-response relationships. Purgatives and anti-diarrheal drugs, anti-emetics, drug treatment of bronchial asthma. Drug treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Histamine and antihistamines, serotonin, kinins, anti-emetics, hematinics and purgatives, local and general anesthesia.

B. Pharmacy

(i).   PHA 301 - Introductory Pharmacology

(ii). PHA 302 - Autonomic Nervous System I

(iii). PHA 304 - Pharmacology of haemopoetic system and gastrointestinal tract

(iv). PHA 401 - Pharmacology of cardiovascular system

(v). PHA 502 - Toxicology

(vi). PHA 403 - Chemotherapy

B. Physiotherapy, B.Sc Nursing

(i). PHA 301 – Introductory Pharmacology

(e). Supervision of undergraduate final year projects                 

Number of B. Laboratory Science or B. Pharmacy Students supervised from 2009 to date            - 7

(f). Postgraduate Projects Supervision

6 M.Sc. project supervised                              2010 to date

1 M.Phil/Ph.D` being supervised                      2014

(d). Reviewer in peer review journals

Pharmaceutical Biology

Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

(e). Administrative appointments

(i). Acting Head of Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Ladoke            2010 - 2011

Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho (LAUTECH)

(ii). Member, Academic Board, College of Health Sciences, LAUTECH                 2010 – 2011

(iii). Member, Departmental Finance Committee                                                      2012 to date

(iv). Member, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences Finance Committee                      2014 to date

Researches

(A). Research Completed

1. Group development grant: Inter-institution collaboration and studies on combination therapy: drug resistance, immunology and vaccine development for malaria

Funding agency: MIM/TDR

Principal Investigator: Prof. AMJ Oduola

Role: MSc. Trainee

2. Antimalarial drug resistant network: defining and monitoring drug resistant

Plasmodium falciparum infections in southwest Nigeria

Funding agency: MIM/TDR

Principal Investigator: Prof . Grace Gbotosho

Role: Ph.D Trainee

3. Identification of potential antimalarial compounds from Nigeria Ethnomedicine

Funding agency: MIM/TDR

Principal Investigator: Prof. Edith Ajaiyeoba

Role: Ph.D Trainee

4. A multicenter, randomized parallel group study to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of a single 400mg PO dose of oxibendazole suspension versus a single 500mg PO dose of mebendazole tablet in the treatment of intestinal helminthic infections in children ages 2 -17 years.

Funding agency: GlaxoSmithKline

Principal Investigator: Prof. Catherine Falade

Role: Ph.D Trainee

5. Preclinical investigation of medicinal plants for antimalarial, antitrypanosomal and cytotoxicity activites and drug interaction studies

Funding agency: Medicines for Malaria Venture and Swiss Tropical Institute

Investigator: Dr. Oyindamola Abiodun

6. Isolation and structure elucidation of antioxidant and antimicrobial principles in Terminalia catappa and Vitex doniana

Funding agency: Centre for International co-operation in science (CICS), Chennai, India

Investigator: Dr. Oyindamola Abiodun

(B). In Progress (2013 - 2015) - Investigator

7. Identification of antiparasitic compounds in Terminalia catappa and Vitex doniana from Nigeria ethnomedicine    

Funding agency: International Federation of Science (IFS), Swedeen.

Principal Investigator: Dr. Oyindamola Abiodun

8.  Evaluation of the molecular mechanism of action of anti-inflammatory activity of four selected Nigerian plants in rat model of TNBS colitis

Funding agency: by COIMBRA group Fellowship, University of Granada, Spain

Investigator: Dr. Oyindamola Abiodun

9. Identification of antiplasmodial components of Terminalia catappa and Trema orientalis

Funding agency: TWAS/DFG, Technical University of Dortmund, Germany

Investigator: Dr. Oyindamola Abiodun

(C). Dissertations and Thesis

Oduola O.O. (1999). The efficacy and safety of chloroquine and promethazine combinations in the treatment of chloroquine resistant P. berghei in gravid albino mice. MSc.

Oduola O.O. (2010). Identification of antimalarial agents in Nigerian ethnomedicine and prolongation of clinical usefulness of standard antimalarial drugs. Ph.D

Publications

(a). Manuscript in peer – review journals 

1. Ajaiyeoba, E.O., Osowole, O.S., Oduola, O.O., Ashidi J.S., Akinboye, D.O., Gbotosho, G.O., Falade, C.O., Ogundahunsi, O.A., Fawole, O.I., Bolaji, O.M., Falade, M.O., Oladepo, O.O., Itiola, O.A and Oduola, A.M. (2002). Nigerian antimalarial ethnomedicine 2: Ethnobotanical surveys of herbal remedies used in the treatment of febrile illnesses in the middle belt of Nigeria. Journal of Phytomedicine and Therapeutics 7 (1&2): 26-39.

2. Ajaiyeoba, E.O., Oladepo, O., Fawole, O.I., Bolaji, O.M., Akinboye, D.O., Ogundahunsi, O.A., Falade, C.O., Gbotosho, G.O., Itiola, O.A., Happi, T.C., Ebong, O.O., Ononiwu, I.M., Osowole, O.S., Oduola, O.O., Ashidi, J.S. and Oduola, A.M. (2003). Cultural categorization of febrile illnesses in correlation with herbal remedies used for treatment in Southwestern Nigeria. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 85 (2-3): 179-85.

3. Oduola, O.O., Happi, T.C., Gbotosho, G.O., Ogundahunsi, O.A., Falade, C.O., Akinboye, D.O., Sowunmi, A. and Oduola, A.M. (2004). Plasmodium berghei: efficacy and safety of combinations of chloroquine and promethazine in chloroquine resistant infections in gravid mice. African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 33 (1): 77-81.

4. Ajaiyeoba, E., Ashidi, J., Abiodun, O., Okpako, L., Ogbole, O., Akinboye, D., Falade, C., Bolaji, M., Gbotosho, G., Falade, M., Itiola, O., Houghton, P., Wright, C. and Oduola, A. (2004). Antimalarial Ethnobotany: In vitro antiplasmodial activity of seven plants identified in the Nigerian middle beltPharmaceutical Biology, 42(8): 588-591.

5. Ajaiyeoba, E.O., Falade, C.O., Fawole, O.I., Akinboye, D.O., Gbotosho, G.O., Bolaji, O.M., Ashidi, J.S., Abiodun, O.O., Osowole, O.S., Itiola, O.A., Oladepo, O., Sowunmi, A. & Oduola, A.M. (2004). Efficacy of herbal remedies used by herbalists in Oyo State Nigeria for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum infections--a survey and an observationAfrican Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 33(2): 115-9.

6. Awe, E.O., Adeniyi, B.A., Olajide, O.A., Wakeel, O.K., Abiodun, O.O and Makinde J.M. (2004). Studies on antibacterial properties of Russelia equisetiformis (Schlect & Cham) Scrophulariacae. Science Focus 6: 131-133.

7. Dada-Adegbola, H.O., Falade, C.O., Oluwatoba, O.A., Abiodun, O.O. (2004). Gastrodiscoides hominis infection in a Nigerian-case report. West African Journal of Medicine, 23 (2): 185-6.

8. Osowole, O., Ajaiyeoba, E., Bolaji, O., Akinboye, D., Fawole, O., Gbotosho, G., Ogbole, O., Ashidi, J., Abiodun, O., Falade, C., Sama W., Oladepo, O., Itiola, I. and Oduola, A. (2005). A survey of treatment practices for febrile illnesses among Traditional Healers in the Nigerian Middle Belt Zone. African Journal of Traditional Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, 2 (3): 337 – 344.

9. Ajaiyeoba, E. O., Bolaji, O. M., Akinboye, D. O., Falade, C. O., Gbotosho, G. O., Ashidi, J. S., Okpako, L. C., Oduola, O. O., Falade, M. O., Itiola, O. A., Houghton, P. J., Wright, C. W., Ogundahunsi, O. A. and Oduola, A. M. J. (2005). In vitro anti-plasmodial and cytotoxic activities of plants used as antimalarial agents in the southwest Nigerian ethnomedicine. Journal of Natural Remedies, 5/1: 1-6.

10. Ogungbamigbe, T.O., Ogunro, P.S., Elemile, P.O., Egbewale, B.E., Olowu, O.A. and Abiodun, O.O. (2005). Prescription patterns of antimalarial drugs among medical practitioners in Osogbo metropolis, south -west Nigeria. Tropical Medicine and Health, 33(4): 201-208.

11. Ebong, O.O., Ajaiyeoba, E.O., Ononiwu, I. M., Eteng, M. J., Akinboye, D.O., Gbotosho, G.O., Falade, C.O., Osowole, O.S., Happi, C, Fawole, O.F., Ogundahunsi, O.A.T., Agbadwa, I. M., Oduola, O. O & Oduola, A.M.J. (2005). Contribution of indigenous health care givers to the herbal management of febrile illnesses in Rivers state, south-South Nigeria. West African Journal of Pharmacology and Drug research 21: 48-54.

12. Ajaiyeoba, E.O., Abiodun, O.O., Falade, M.O., Ogbole, N.O., Ashidi, J.S., Happi,C.T. & Akinboye, D.O. (2006). In vitro cytotoxicity studies of 20 plants used in Nigerian antimalarial ethnomedicinePhytomedicine13(4): 295-298.

13. Akinboye, D.O., Ovansa, J.U., Okwong, E., Fawole, O., Agbolade, O.M., Akinboye, O.O., Amosu, A.M., Atulomah, N.O.S, Happi, T.C., Oduola, O.O., Owodunni, B.M., Rebecca, S.N., Falade, M. and Okwong, E. (2009). Malaria and genetic polymorphisms of haemoglobin genotypes and ABO Blood groups. Acta SATECH 3(1): 122-131.

14. Kiboi, D.M., Irungu, B.N., Langat, B., Wittlin, S., Brun, R., Chollet, J., Abiodun, O., Nganga, J.K., Nyambati, V.C.S., Rukunga, G.M., Bellf, A., and Nzila, A. (2009). Plasmodium berghei ANKA: Selection of resistance to piperaquine and lumefantrine in a mouse model. Experimental Parasitology, 122 (3): 196–202.

15. Akinboye, D.O., Okwong, E., Ajiteru, N., Fawole, O., Agbolade, O.M., Ayinde, O.O., Amosu, A.M., Atulomah, N.O., Oduola, O., Owodunni, B.M., Rebecca, S.N and Falade, M. (2010) Onchocerciasis among the inhabitants of Ibarapa local government community of Oyo state, Nigeria. Biomedical Research, 21(2): 174-178.

16. Abiodun, O.O., Gbotosho, G.O., Ajaiyeoba, E.O., Happi, C.T., Hoefer, S., Wittlin, S., Sowunmi, A., Brun,R. and Oduola, A.M.J. (2010). Comparison of SYBR Green I-, PicoGreen-, and [3Hhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Abiodun%20O%22%5BAuthor%5D">Abiodun, O.Gbotosho, G., Ajaiyeoba, E., Happi, T., Falade, M., Wittlin, S., Sowunmi, A., Brun, ROduola, A (2010). In vitro antiplasmodial activity and toxicity assessment of some plants from Nigerian ethnomedicine. Pharmaceutical Biology, 49(1):9-14.

18. Awe, E.O., Kolawole, S.O., Wakeel, K.O., Abiodun, O.O. (2011). Antidiarrheal activity of Pyrenacantha staudtii Engl. (Iccaci naceae) aqueous leaf extract in rodents. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 137(1): 148-53.

19. Abiodun, O.O., Gbotosho, G.O., Ajaiyeoba, E.O., Brun, R., Oduola, A.M. (2012). Antitrypanosomal activity of some medicinal plants from Nigerian ethnomedicine. Parasitology Research, 110(2): 521-6.

20. Gbotosho, G.O., Happi, C.T., Woranola, O., Abiodun, O.O., Sowunmi, A. and Oduola, A.M. (2012) Interaction between ciprofloxacin and chloroquine in mice infected with chloroquine resistant Plasmodium berghei : Interaction between ciprofloxacin and chloroquine. Parasitology Research, 110(2): 895-9.

21. Abiodun, O.O., Brun, R. and Wittlin, S. (2013). In vitro interaction ofartemisinin derivatives or the fully synthetic peroxidic anti-malarial OZ277 with thapsigargin in Plasmodium falciparum strains.  Malaria Journal, 12: 43. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-43.

22. Ajaiyeoba, E.O., Ogbole, O.O., Abiodun, O.O., Ashidi, J.S., Houghton, P.J., Wright, C.W. (2013). Cajachalcone: An Antimalarial Compound from Cajanus cajan Leaf Extract. Journal of Parasitology Research, 703781. doi: 10.1155/2013/703781. Epub 2013 Jul 18.

23. Fadare, D.A., Abiodun, O.O. andAjaiyeoba, E.O. (2013). In vivo antimalarial activity of Trichilia megalantha harms extracts and fractions in animal models. Parasitology Reasearch, 112 (8):2991-5.

24. Ojurongbe, O, Lawal, OA, Abiodun, OO, Okeniyi, JA, Oyeniyi, AJ, Oyelami, OA. (2013).  Journal of Infectious Disease of Developing Countries, 7 (12): 975-82.

25. Badejo, J.A., Abiodun, O.O., Akinola, O., Happi C.T., Sowunmi, A., Gbotosho, G.O. (2014).                                                                               Interaction between rifampicin, amodiaquine and artemether in mice infected with chloroquine resistant Plasmodium berghei. Malaria Journal, 13(1): 299.

26.Abiodun O.O.Akinbo J., Ojurongbe O. (2014). The effect of lopinavir/ritonavir on the antimalarial activity of artemether or artemether/lumefantrine in a mouse model of Plasmodium berghei. Journal of Chemotherapy, 2014 Jan 16:1973947813Y0000000158. [Epub ahead of printhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Agnihotri%20VK%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=22780302">Agnihotri V.K., Gulati A. Ajaiyeoba E.O. and Singh B.Antimicrobial activity of Terminalia catappa and Vitex doniana (Accepted for publication in African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences).

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