OAU DON IJADUNOLA EMERGES ELIZADE UNIVERSITY VICE CHANCELLOR
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OAU DON IJADUNOLA EMERGES ELIZADE UNIVERSITY VICE CHANCELLOR
Elizade University, Ilara -Mokin in Ondo State has appointed an erudite professor of Medicine from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Prof Kayode Ijadunola as its new Vice-Chancellor.
This was contained in a statement by the institution’s Head, Public Relations, Mr. Williams Olufunmi.
According to the statement: “The Board of Trustees of Elizade University, on the recommendation of the Governing Council, has approved the appointment of a Nigerian leading Professor of Medicine as the 4th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the University.
“He is Professor Kayode Thadius Ijadunola whose research and service in Nigeria birthed the first ever Nigerian/West African taught course in Population and Reproductive Health Training.
“A statement by the Institution’s Registrar, Omololu Adegbenro says the appointment takes effect from 1st February, 2024.”
Ijadunola was until his appointment a Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria and parades over 25 years of national and international experience as a University Professor, Research Advisor, Practicing Physician, Project Director and Multidisciplinary Consultant.
A renowned scholar and accomplished physician, the new Vice-Chancellor has won numerous prestigious scholarships, fellowships, and research grants from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; the Harvard University Chan School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts; the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, among several others.
Born in 1965, Ijadunola was also at various times the Chairman of the Faculty of Clinical Sciences Postgraduate Board; Director of the Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, College of Health Sciences and Provost, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
He holds the degrees of MBChB, MSc, FWACP (Board Certification in Public Health Medicine) and Doctor of Medicine (MD).
Ijadunola who has served as Head of Department of Community Health, Director, Institute of Public Health and Provost, College of Health Sciences, all at the OAU, Ile-Ife, was the pioneer Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilesa, Nigeria between 2022 and 2023.
He is a consultant for several government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) as well as major development partners, notably the Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, the WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, the World Bank, DFID, USAID, the Ford Foundation and Malaria Consortium, managing programs, leading research, providing service and conducting evaluations.
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