Dr. OMISORE, Akinlolu Gabriel
Senior Lecturer, Department of Community Medicine
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Dr. Omisore, Akinlolu Gabriel is a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians, Faculty of Community Health since April 2010. He joined the Osun State University in September 2011 as a Lecturer 1 and was promoted Senior Lecturer in October 2014 and became a confirmed staff on 25th February 2015. In line with the vision and mission of the University, he has been actively involved in research, provision of community service and the teaching and training of students towards producing high quality graduates of high academic standard who could hold their own anywhere in the world. He has had the opportunity of heading two different departments (Pharmacology and Community Medicine) since joining the University. He is one of the investigators of the just concluded Gestational Diabetes project (Grant) in Osun State sponsored by the World Diabetes Foundation (WDF 13-764) and he is a current beneficiary of the TetFund Institutional Research Grant (2016).
In the 2016/2017 session alone, he is teaching over 20 courses. The teaching time now averages a minimum six hours per week. He is the course coordinator for seven different courses including COM 201, the course with the largest number of students in the College of Health Sciences. He is also a Course Advisor to many students with whom he interacts frequently.
Research: He is an avid researcher with about twenty five publications and many other manuscripts are under review and/or are work in progress.
Committee Membership: He is a member of various committees especially at the departmental and College levels. He heads at least two committees as of June 2017
Community Service: Provided through the community relations committee which he heads.
Research Interests: Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Education and Promotion, Non communicable Diseases (including injuries and violence prevention and care), Adolescent Health and School Health.
Research Achievements:
Prevalence of usage of modern contraceptives among physically challenged in-school adolescents in Osun State. (2009 State wide study). Findings from this study were presented at the 2nd International Family Planning Conference in Dakar Senegal in December 2011
Prevalence of school violence in Osun State, south western Nigeria (2010 State wide study).
Findings from this study were presented at the National Forum on the Health and Development of Young People in Nigeria coordinated by the Federal Ministries of Health and Youth Development and UNFPA in June 2010 at Abuja. The findings are part of what is being used to advance young people’s health and development in Nigeria.
Grant Awarded: Three grants in all, of which he is Principal Investigator in one, currently ongoing.