Olanike Adeyemo

rdf:langString Olanike Adeyemo

rdf:langString Olanike Adeyemo

rdf:langString Olanike Adeyemo

rdf:langString University of Ibadan

rdf:langString Olanike K. Adeyemo DVC University of Ibadan 2018

rdf:langString Professor

rdf:langString PhD, FAS, FAAS, FCVSN, FTWAS

rdf:langString Deputy Vice Chancellor at University of Ibadan

rdf:langString Professor of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine at University of Ibadan

rdf:langString Olanike Kudirat Adeyemo (17 July 1970, Ibadan, Nigeria) is a Nigerian professor of veterinary public health and preventive medicine at the University of Ibadan. She is the current Deputy Vice Chancellor of research, innovation and strategic partnership, the first person to attain the role at the university. Olanike's research focuses on aquatic and wildlife epidemiology and toxicology, food safety (including fish food safety), global public health, aquatic toxicology, and aquatic veterinary medicine. Adeyemo is the first female veterinarian to be inducted into the African Academy of Sciences and the Nigerian Academy of Science. In 2007, she was named a Fellow of the Eisenhower Fellowship Program and in 2002 she was named a Fellow of the Leadership for Environment and Development program in the UK. In 2010, she was named a Fellow of the African Scientific Institute (California, USA) and listed in ASI's 2011 edition of “Black Achievers in Science and Technology. In 2011, Adeyemo was appointed an epidemiological and toxicological expert on the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee (JECFA). In 2012, she was named a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences. In 2016, she was named a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science. In 2019 she was named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries, and Fellow at the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Pollution Mitigation.