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Eyitope Ogunbodede

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Eyitope Ogunbodede
11th Vice-chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University
In office
June 2017 – 6 June 2022
Preceded byAnthony Elujoba (acting)
Succeeded byAdebayo Simeon Bamire
Personal details
Born
Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede

(1957-01-23) 23 January 1957 (age 67)
Owo, Western Region, British Nigeria (now in Ondo State, Nigeria)

Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede (born 23 January 1957) is a Nigerian academic and professor of Dentistry who was the 11th substantial Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria from 2017 to 2022.[1] He is also the founder of Dema Foundation Dental Museum, the first dental museum in Africa commissioned in 2015 which contains relics of modern Nigerian dental history.[2]

Education

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Ogunbodede attended Owo High School where he obtained the West African School Certificate in 1976. He then proceeded to Obafemi Awolowo University where he received a BSc in Health Sciences and a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BchD) in 1981 and 1985 respectively. He also has a Masters in Public Health degree from the University of Lagos (1989) and was a Commonwealth Medical Fellow at University College London between 1991 and 1993.[1]

Career

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Ogunbodede joined the services of Obafemi Awolowo University as a Medical Training Fellow in 1987 and became a professor in 2000. As an academic, he has published approximately 100 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles. He has authored over 40 conference abstracts and 2 books.[1] On 8 May 2017, he was appointed the 11th Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University which ended in May 2022.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Prof. Eyitope O.O. - Vice-Chancellor". oauife.edu.ng. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Facial marks in a dental museum". The Nation Newspaper. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  3. ^ "BREAKING: Ogunbodede named OAU's new vice chancellor". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 8 June 2019.