A distinguished Clinician, Teacher, Mentor, Author & Administrator, Professor Adesola Ogunniyiwas in the First Set of Undergraduate Medical students at the then University of Ife, Ile-Ife [graduating in 19781 and a Pioneer Recipient of the Doctor of Medicine degree of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria [NPMCNI based on his research contributions.
Among other professional trainings, there were a Residency in Internal Medicine at the University College Hospital [UCH], Ibadan and a Neuro-Epidemiology Fellowship at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders, Stroke & Communicative Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
His full-time career progression has taken him through quite a number of strategic appointments.
These include: Professor of Neurology, Director, Institute for Advanced Medical Research Training, and Pioneer Chairman, College Research & Innovation Management Unit — College of Medicine, University of Ibadan; Consultant Neurologist to the University College Hospital, Ibadan [UCH]; and VC’s Representative on the Board of Management of UCH.
Other special assignments include:
- A Trustee of Benjamin Oluwakayode Osuntokun Trust;
- Chairman, Faculty of Internal Medicine of NPMCN;
- Head of Neurology sub-specialty for both the West African and National Postgraduate Medical Colleges;
- Regional Adviser (West Africa) to the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh;
- Council Member, Academy of Medicine Specialties of Nigeria;
- and Adviser to the World Health Organization on Dementia and ICD-11.
His rather intimidating array of professional affiliations include: Fellowship of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria in Internal Medicine, West African College of Physicians, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Royal College of Physicians of London, Nigerian Academy of Science, Nigerian Academy of Medicine, and Academy of Medicine Specialties of Nigeria.
To the credit of Professor Adesola Ogunniyi are some 300 Journal Articles and over 100 Abstracts. His research focus is analytic neuroepidemiology with special interests in neurodegenerative diseases, epilepsy, and stroke. He received numerous research and training grants from the National Institute of Aging, USA and Grand Challenges Canada and was the Principal Investigator of many of these studies. He was appointed a member of the Lancet Commission on Dementia in October 2018 in recognition of his contributions in the field of dementia. There have also been several editorial appointments on African Journal of Medicine & Medical Sciences, Journal of Clinical & Applied Neurosciences, and European Journal of Neurology.
The Mellon Fellow of the University of Cape Town for Mentoring PG Students in Neurosciences, our Celebrant also earned the Bruce S. Schoenberg Award of the American Academy of Neurology for his work on the
“Epidemioloqic Studies of Dementia of the Elderly in a Developing Country, Nigeria”.
He is happily married with children.
Ladies & Gentlemen, we are pleased to invite Professor Adesola Ogunniyi to receive the Hallmarks of Labour Role Model Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Medicine.
Hearty Congratulations, Sir!