Governing Council appoints Agboola as Vice Chancellor Olabisi Onabanjo University University

The Governing Council of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye has approved the appointment of Professor, Agboola, Ayodeji Johnson as the 11th Vice-Chancellor of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye.

Penpushing reports that, a statement reference number OOU/REG/01/VOL.IX by Registrar and Secretary of the council Femi Ogunwomoju said the appointment was ratified at the university 206th (Special) Meeting held on Wednesday.

The Vice Chancellor, a Professor of Cancer Pathology was born on 4th July, 1970, admitted into Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University) Ago-Iwoye, where he obtained his M.B. Ch. B. degree in 2001,thereafter had his mandatory Housemanship at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu between 2001 and 2002 and got fully registered with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN)

Penpushing further reports that,he joined the services of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye as lecturer II, in May 2002., and was at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom where he bagged his Master and Doctorate degrees in 2007 and 2012 respectively, and later  rose through the ranks and became a Professor of Cancer Pathology in 2016.

The Professor apart from teaching various courses in his area of specialization, has to his credit over 50 publications in peer-reviewed Journals locally and internationally, and  has attended several Professional Conferences and successfully supervised Ph.D theses in Cancer Pathology, and apart from being the first to conceptualise racial difference in Breast Cancer biology in Nigeria compared to British women, he won the University of Nottingham Developing Solution award in 2006, and the British Council Linkages Award in 2012 among others in recognition of his cutting edge researches in his area of specialisation.

Penpushing also reports that,his ingenuity equally earned him the global recognition of being part of the International Consortium for Advancing Research on Triple Negative Breast Cancer (CART) with the goal of reducing global cancer health disparity, while currently the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the University, has served the Institution meritoriously in different capacities.

The new Vice Chancellor was the Acting Head, Department of Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology between 2005 and 2006, 2008 and 2009, and 2012-2017; Cognate Representative on the Board of Faculties of Pharmacy and Clinical Sciences (2014-2017), Director of Research, Linkages and Advancements, and Chairman, Research, Linkages and Advancements Committee (2017 – 2018), and had earlier served as the Dean, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences (BMS) in June, 2018; Member, Editorial Board of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Sciences (2012-2017); Member, Research Committee (2010-2016); Member, Linkages and Advancement Committee (2015-2017) and Convener, University Cancer Research Committee (2012).

Penpushing reports that Agboola was at a time, the gun State Facilitator, National Programme on Immunisation

(2005-2006), Member, Visitation Panel, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (2018) and has served as an External Examiner to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and the University of Ibadan for -PhD examinations in 2019 and 2021 respectively.

Penpushing further reports that hev is currently, member, Olabisi bOnabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) management Board, and also belongs to many Professional Bodies including the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland (2008 to date), European Pathological Society (2008 to date), Nigerian Medical Association (2001 to date), International Consortium for Advancing Research on Triple Negative Breast Cancer (2016 to date); and International Academy of Pathology, West Africa Chapter (2018 to date).

The statement explained that Agboola is happily married and blessed with children,while the  appointment takes effect from Thursday, 13′ October, 2022 and it is for a period of five years.

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