IBIYEMI IBILOLA OLATUNJI-BELLO (Secretary General)
Professor
Ibiyemi Ibilola Olatunji-Bello was born
in Lagos on the 23rd of April
1964 to Mrs Jadesola Ibidapo nee Abraham of Ita Kose , Lagos Island and Mr
Emiola Ibidapo-Okunrinboye of Owo, Ondo State. She attended Anglican Girls
Primary School, Surulere, from 1970 to 1974 and then Lagos Anglican Girls
Grammar School, Surulere, between 1974 and 1979. Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello
then proceeded to Methodist Girls High School, Yaba, and Lagos State College of
Science and Technology, Ikosi Campus where she did her “A” levels in 1982.
Prof
Olatunji-Bello thereafter attended the prestigious University of Ibadan where
she bagged a BSc (Hons) Physiology in the year 1985. After her NYSC at the
University of Lagos, she was awarded MSc Physiology in 1987 at the University
of Lagos. She attended a 6-month research training in the University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio in the US in 1994. After which she bagged
a Ph.D in Physiology of the University of Lagos in 1998.
She obtained a
Postgraduate Diploma in Theology from the Bible College of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God in the year 2001 and a Postgraduate Diploma in
Education PGDE of the Lagos State University in 2018. In the year 2012,
Professor Olatunji-Bello attended the Course 34 of the National Institute for
Policy and Strategic Studies Kuru, the highest policy advisory body of the
Federal Government, as a nominee of the National Universities Commission NUC
where she was awarded the certificate as a Member of the National Institute (mni). She was awarded a fellowship of the Physiological Society UK in
the year 2017 which was shortly followed by the Fellowship award of the
Physiological Society of Nigeria. She was appointed a Fellow of the society for
Environmental Toxicology and Pollution Mitigation in the year 2019.
An
astute academic, Professor Olatunji-Bello rose through the ranks from Assistant
Lecturer (1988-1991), Lecturer II between 1991 and 1996, Lecturer I from 1996
to 1999, Senior Lecturer (1999 – 2005), Associate Professor between 2005 and
October 1, 2007, all in the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos,
Idiaraba. She assumed duty as the First Professor of Physiology in Lagos State
University College of Medicine on the 2nd of October, 2007
Ibiyemi
Olatunji-Bello has held several professional and administrative positions both
at UNILAG and LASU. Until her election as the First female Deputy Vice
Chancellor of LASU, she was the First substantive Head of the Department of
Physiology, LASUCOM. Other University managerial positions held by Professor
Olatunji-Bello include: ·
i) Acting Vice Chancellor (July –December 21,
2010, January 30 – October 31st, 2011). ·
ii) Deputy Vice Chancellor (Dec 2008 to
December 2010) ·
iii) Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), LASU
(November 2011- January 2013 ·
iv) Head, Department of Physiology, LASUCOM
(October 2007 to December 2008)
Currently
she is the pioneering Director of LASU Directorate of Advancement which was
established by the Vice Chancellor Prof Lanre Fagbohun in the year 2016.
She
is a member of many professional bodies and she was the first female Second
Vice President, Physiological Society of Nigeria, and the First Vice President, also first female
to hold that position up to year 2019..
Prof
Olatunji-Bello was Government representative on the Lagos State University
(LASU) Governing Council, 2004 to October 2008 and currently a Senate
Representative on the Governing Council of Lagos State University.
Professor
Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello has graduated 4Ph.Ds and 37 MSc candidates, while still
supervising more PhD students. This distinguished scientist is known for her
very brilliant academic work and she has over 53 publications to her credit;
excluding papers she has read at both local and international conferences. She
has served as Chairman Organizing Committee of an International Conference of
the International Union of Physiological Sciences and Association of African
Physiological Societies in 2016. She has also contributed chapters in some textbooks
and e-learning materials.
Prof.
Yemi Olatunji-Bello is happily married to Tunji Bello, a journalist and lawyer,
and the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, and the former Secretary to Lagos State
Government. They are blessed with 3 children.
Pastor
Professor Olatunji-Bello is the Area Pastor in charge of the Testimony Chapel,
an area under Lagos Province 1 of the
Redeemed Christian Church of God.
Executive Committee
