Prof. Oyetunde T. Oyeyemi
TMDD Lab Principal Investigator
Professor of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine
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- ooyeyemi@unimed.edu.ng
Biography
Prof. Oyetunde Oyeyemi is the Director Central Office for Research and Development, University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Nigeria. He is a Public Health expert with several years of experience in tropical medicine. He has a bias for neglected tropical diseases and he has applied several approaches ranging from epidemiology, immunology, and drug discovery to address the transmission of parasitic infections. He has coordinated and implemented several projects at national, regional, and global levels. He facilitates several mentoring activities to build the capacity of young African scientists.
Specialty
Public Health expert
Education and credentials
Ph.D. in Parasitology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria (2014).
M.Sc. in Parasitology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria (2008)
B.Sc. (Hons.) Zoology, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria (2005)
Postdoctoral and visiting scientist research
1.Fulbright African Research Scholar Programme – Old Dominion University,
Virginia, United States of America (2023)
2.Rene Rachou Institute Fundação Oswaldo Cruz – FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2020)
3.University of Essex International Visiting Fellowship (2019)
4.Product Development Cell, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India (2014).