Affiliation

Professor of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

 

Address

Department of Medicine,
University College Hospital,
PMB 5116,
Ibadan
Nigeria

 

Contact

aogunniyi53@yahoo.com
aogunniyi@comui.edu.ng

 

Biosketch

Professor Ogunniyi graduated as a medical doctor from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria in June 1978; Residency training in Internal Medicine and Neurology at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Neuroepidemiology Fellowship at the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland USA (1986-87); Appointed Consultant Physician (Neurologist) in October 1987 and Professor of Medicine, University of Ibadan in October 1997. Involved with community-based research on dementias of the elderly since 1992, and currently serving as PI of study.

 

Key research/capacity building interests

 

Research Interests

• Dementia Epidemiology
• Tropical Neurology
• Stroke surveillance with the WHO

Capacity Building Interests

• Development of curriculum on Geriatric training for developing countries
• Recognition of the various types of dementia at primary care settings

Key methodological skills

• Community –based studies of older people
• Epidemiological methods

Current/planned research

• Risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease in migrant African populations
• Empowering caregivers of demented subjects on home-based care
• Preservation of cell lines for Alzheimer disease genetic studies
• Health promotion for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases

Engagement in capacity building

None