This is a very useful list that can be update and organized for a deliberately designed multi-disciplinary Biomedical Science Program (research, training, teaching, capacity-building etc) that can be targeted to Nigeria. The Gates, Ford, or other foundations or public/private agencies such as the NIH, NSF etc may be interested in such skill/expertise-packed program. The extent to which Nigerian Govt will warm up to such an idea is unclear; leaders like Mallam Nasir el-Rufai understand the importance of such a group or the programs they present.
Besides, if somebody starts such a group/program, I will humbly follow and contribute my quota. I am tired of pursuing things with a single-minded objective to win for the group or community, while my colleagues have different PERSONAL agendas. I have seen myself labor and waste time and resources, only to end up differring philosophically and operational from some of my colleagues in Nigerian groups because they take steps that are antipathic and that are anti-theses of what our groups stand for. Take care. Joe Igietseme
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Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] Distinguished Nigerians in America in the Biomedical field based solely on accomplishment and verifiable impact record
Chicago Inquirer compilation by Field- Nigerian Biomedical Leaders in America- based on verifiable contribution to knowledge and impact
Celebrating Nigeria's global accomplishments in its Jubilee year !
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Subject: DistinguishedNigerianAcademicsinAmerica-1
Medicine, Biomedical and life science fields
1.Professor Funmi Olopade MD - Professor of Medicine(Hematology/oncology) University of Chicago, IL
Research work on Triple negative breast cancers in African-Americans and African women. Many publications.
McAuthur Fellow (Genius award), Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2. Professor Sam Dagogo-Jack MD. Professor of Medicine(Endocrinology and Metabolism)
Diabetes pathophysiology involving leptin -University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Authored Book ; Drug interactions with Antidiabetic drugs. 2008
3. Dr Bola Adamolekun - MD Neurology and Epileptology - Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center -Memphis, TN.
Previous work highlighted the mechanisms of Ijesa shakes (seasonal ataxia).
Recipient of Bruce Schonberg prize in Neuro-epidemiology.
Deans Prize for outstanding Research, Obafemi Awolowo University (Ijesa shakes)
Book authored : Clinical localization of neurological disease
Current RESEARCH :Intractable epilepsy, Ataxic Neuropathy (Konzo)
4 Professor Elizabeth O Ofili MD, FACC - Professor of Cardiology, Morehouse School of Medicine
Research :Hypertension and trials of new drugs in Africans and obese people Fellow of American College of Cardiology.
5. Professor Adesuyi A L Ajayi . MD, Ph.D. Professor of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Chicago State University, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston , Texas
Previously : Professor of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Visiting Prof /Snr Scientist - Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Texas Southern University, Prof of Pharmacology and Medicine, Ross Univ Med School, Dominica.
Wellcome Trust Clinical Fellow, Queens Medical Center, University of Nottingham, UK
Merck International Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina. SC.
Books Authored : Diaspora Medicine (2001) Immigration and health(2008).
Member, International order of Merit (IOM), The outstanding Young person of Nigeria Award (TOYP) for academic accomplishments and leadership (1996-Junior Chamber International)
Investigator Award for Scientific research excellence, American Federation of Clinical Research/ Am Soc Clinical investigation.
Invited Symposium Speaker - FASEB (Experimental Biology) CONFERENCE, San Diego, CA.
Fellowships : Elected Fellow of British Pharmacological society (FBPharmacolS)
Editorial medical journal boards- The open Journal of heart failure, Current Diabetic Reviews, The open journal of hypertension
RESEARch work ;Clinical pharmacology of ACE-inhibitor drugs, hypertension therapeutics& pathophysiology of heart failure in blacks, platelet and receptor pharmacology, mechanism of chloroquine itching, Sex hormone regulation of vascular endothelial function in diabetes mellitus.
6. Professor Adebayo Oyekan DVM , PHD -Professor of Pharmacology Texas Southern University, Director Center for Cardiovascular Diseases. Associate Provost for Research, Texas Southern University, Houston.
Fellow and Established Investigator of American Heart Association. NIH RO1 grant recipient
Fogarty International Fellow. Previously-Associate Professor of Pharmacology, New York University, Valhalla.NY
Work on : Eicosanoids in renal disease and hypertension. NIH reviewer
7. Prof Sunny E Ohia, Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology. Provost, Texas Southern University. FORMERLY -Dean of Pharmacy University of Houston. RESEARCH work : ocular pharmacology
8. Prof Charles N Rotimi Ph.D. - National institute of Genomic research - The National Institute of Health, Bethesda
Formerly Director, National Center for Genetic Epidemiology at Howard University, Washington DC.
WORK :Genetics of hypertension, diabetes and obesity in Africans and African Americans.
9. Professor Kunle Odunsi MD, PHD, -Professor of Gynecological oncology -Rosewell Park Cancer Center Buffalo, NY
Research work : Genetics of cervical and ovarian cancers. Development of vaccines against ovarian cancers.
10. Professor Nelson M Oyesiku MD, Ph.D. Al Lerner Chair and Professor , Department of Neurosurgery
Emory University Medical School , Atlanta GA. Fellow, American College of Surgeons.
Director, Molecular Neurosurgery and Biotechnology Labs.
Past President American Society of Neurological Surgeons
Editor -in Chief Neurosurgery
Research work : Brain cancer, pituitary tumors.
11. Professor Anthony O Okorodudu Ph.D., MBA. Professor and Director of Clinical chemistry, UTMB Hospitals, Galveston , Texas. Diplomate of American Board of Clinical Chemistry. Recipient of Distinguished Alumni Award university of New Jersey School of Medicine and Dentistry. Editorial Board Member - Clinica Chimica Acta, Point of Care
12. Dr Mukaila Raji MD, MS. Associate Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics), Chief , Section of Gerontology Department of Internal Medicine, UTMB , Galveston. Research : Geriatric psychotherapeutics, memory loss, frailty in the elderly.
Faculty Distinguished Teaching Award, Osler Award. Recipient of grants from NIH and Geriatric societies.
Editorial board - Case report journal.
13. Dr James E Essien MD, DrPH . Associate Professor of Public Health and Administration, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston. Director of HIV /AIDS center. Visiting Professor, University of Calabar, Nigeria. Recipient of 2 RO1 grants from NIMH. NIH. REVIEWER FOR BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AND HIV PREVENTION.
Fellow, Royal Society of Public Health
Research : Video taped based intervention for prevention of HIV transmission. HIV transmission in the military.
14. Dr Oluyinka O OLutoye . MD, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Surgery (Pediatric and Fetal Surgery) , Debakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar.
Fellow American College of Surgeons.
Research work : Wound healing , scarless wound healing in utero, and role of thromboxanes , platelets and adhesion molecules.
15. Dr Henry T Akinbi MD. Associate Professor of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, UC.
Pediatrician and Neonatologist. Awards from UPENN Fellowship, Procter and Gamble. Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics. Member , American Thoracic Society.
Research : Neonatal pulmonary biology, role of lysozyme in airways defences
16. Dr Sarki Abdulkadir MD, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pathology & Associate Professor of Cancer Biology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
Research : Molecular and genetic analysis of cancer initiation and progression. Prostate Cancer.
17. Professor Joseph U I Igietseme Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology, Morehouse School of Medicine,
Researcher, Molecular pathogenesis Laboratory, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC Atlanta, GA.
Research : Vaccine development, Vaccine against Chlamydia infections.
18. Professor Ayotunde S Adeagbo. Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology, Touro Commonwealth Medical College, New Jersey. Fogarty International Fellow. Previous Faculty positions at University of Ibadan, University of Calgary, University of Louisville , KY.
Research : Endothelial derived factors in hypertension , diabetes, Aging.
19. Dr Hilary C Onyiuke MD. Associate professor of Surgery, Chief of Neurosurgery University of Connecticut Health Center
Director, Comprehensive Spine and Musculosketal institute. Fellowship, Royal College of Surgeons of Canada.
Research : Clinical : Management of head injury, Cervical and lumbar spine surgery. Basic : Spinal cord Injury and repair
20.Professor Flora A Ukoli, MD MPH, Professor of Public Health, Department of Surgery, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN. Director Prostate cancer Screening program. Distinguished Graduate Clinical Educator, MMC.
Previous Faculty positions at University of Benin, Howard University. Fellow, West African College of Physicians in Community health
Research : Prostate cancer screening, Association of anthropometric indexes with prostate cancer in African-Americans.
21. Dr Olakunle Akinboboye , MD, MPH, MBA. Associate Professor of Nuclear Cardiology at State University of New York. Stony Brooks. Director of Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac MRI. Fellow : American Heart Association, American College of Physicians, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. Voted among New York Top Heart Doctors.
Research : Nuclear cardiology, Hypertension
22. Dr Anelechi Anyawu MD. Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic and Heart -Lung Transplant Surgery, Mount Sinai , Medical Center, New York. NY. Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons (London).
Research : Heart- Lung transplant , Left Ventricular Assist Devices, Heart failure management.
23. Dr Bolanle Asiyanbola MD. Assistant Professor of Surgery (Pancreatico-duodenal) and General, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) United Kingdom.
Inventor of Self- cleaning unit for the decontamination of small instruments (SUDS) , prototype built with engineers and scientists at Johns Hopkins University hospital, capable of self -cleaning and reducing hospital infection rates and costs.
Patent pending.
Research : medical instrumentation, Surgical oncology with nanoparticles
24. Professor Ifeanyi Arinze Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry, Division of Cardiovascular Biology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee. Editorial Board Member : Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Research : Signal transduction mechanisms of metabolic processes by hormones. Molecular Mechanisms of the expression of G-proteins. Regulation of gene expression.
25.Dr Anthony Archibong Ph.D. Associate Professor of Reproductive Physiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meharry Medical School . Nashville TN.
Research : Reproductive endocrinology and Toxicology. Andrology and Assisted reproductive technology. Transgenic Sickle cell animal studies.
26. Dr Chike Nzerue MD. Associate Professor of Nephrology & Associate Dean for clinical affairs , Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN.
Research : Clinical nephrology, nephrotoxic agents.
27. Professor Joseph A Balogun. Ph.D. Distinguished University Professor & Dean, College of Health Sciences, Chicago State University, IL. Fellow , American College of Sports Medicine.
Research and Discipline : Physical Therapy, Exercise Physiology.
28. Dr Soji Adeyi MD, MPH, Ph.D. Communicable Disease Coordinator, World Bank, Washington DC.
Cicely Williams Gold Medal, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Rotary Scholar.
Research :Global research initiative and support for research on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis.
29. Professor TO Obisesan MD. Professor of Geriatrics, Howard University, Washington DC.
Research : Psychogeriatrics, Neurodegenerative disorders .
30. Dr John Vincent MD, Ph.D. Senior Director, Pfizer Inc New York.
Forgaty International Fellow.
Research : Development of novel cardiovascular drugs :amlodipine (CCBs) for pharmaceutical company
31. Dr Timi Edeki MD, Ph.D. Senior Director of Clinical Pharmacology, Zeneca , Delaware
Formerly Director Abbott Laboratories, Chicago IL. Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta GA. Fellow of Clinical Pharmacology (FCP), American College of Clinical pharmacology.
Formerly Director of Clinical Pharmacology Training program, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN.
Research : Drug Metabolism and pharmacogenetic variation.
32. Dr Adebayo Laniyonu Ph.D. Team Leader, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food & Drug Administration, Bethesda Maryland.
33. Dr Emmanuel Fadiran Ph.D. Office of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacology. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD.
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