Professor of Medicine is new Elizade University VC

A Professor of Medicine, Kayode Thadius Ijadunola has been appointed as the 4th substantive Vice Chancellor of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, Nigeria.

His appointment was approved by the University’s Board of Trustees based on the recommendation of the Governing Council.
According to a statement by the Institution’s Registrar, Omololu Adegbenro, the appointment takes effect from 1st February, 2024.

Prof. Ijadunola’s research and service in Nigeria birthed the first ever Nigerian/West African taught course in Population and Reproductive Health Training.

Until his appointment, he was a Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria and parades over 25 years of national and international experience as a University Professor, Research Advisor, Practicing Physician, Project Director and Multidisciplinary Consultant.

A renowned Scholar and accomplished Physician, the new Elizade University Vice-Chancellor has won numerous prestigious scholarships, fellowships, and research grants from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; the Harvard University Chan School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts; the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, among several others.

Born in 1965, Professor Kayode Ijadunola was also at various times Chair of the Faculty of Clinical Sciences Postgraduate Board; Director of the Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, College of Health Sciences and Provost, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.