Eyitope Ogunbodede

Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede (born 23 January 1957) is a professor of Dentistry and the current Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.[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]

Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede
vice chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University
Assumed office
June, 2017
Preceded byProf. Anthony Elujoba
Personal details
Born23 January 1957
Owo, Ondo State Nigeria
Political partyNon-Partisan

Education

Eyitope 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

Eyitope joined the services of Obafemi Awolowo University as a Medical Training Fellow in 1987 and rose through the ranks to become a professor in 2000. As an academic, he has published about 100 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles. He has also authored over 40 conference abstracts and 2 books.[1] On 8 May 2017, he was appointed the 11th Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University.[3]

References
  1. "Prof. Eyitope O.O. - Vice-Chancellor". oauife.edu.ng. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  2. "Facial marks in a dental museum". The Nation Newspaper. 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  3. Published. "BREAKING: Ogunbodede named OAU's new vice chancellor". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
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