Professor Adaramoye Assumes Office as Dean, UI Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences
Professor Oluwatosin Adekunle Adaramoye has assumed office as the Dean of the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Ibadan (UI)
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Professor Oluwatosin Adekunle Adaramoye has assumed office as the Dean of the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Ibadan (UI).
Professor Adaramoye is a Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Ibadan and holds a Ph.D. degree from the institution. His areas of expertise include Molecular Drug Metabolism and Toxicology, with over two decades of experience in research and teaching.
He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry with Second-Class Upper Division Honours from the University of Ilorin and a Master of Science degree in Biochemistry from the University of Ibadan.
Professor Adaramoye is an accomplished researcher whose work has focused extensively on the chemopreventive effects of medicinal plants, particularly flavonoids from Garcinia kola (bitter kola seeds), turmeric, Artocarpus altilis and other medicinal plants against chemically induced pathologies in rodent models.
He is a recipient of several fellowships and research grants, including the Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Research Grant for pre-doctoral training at UAE University, Al Ain, UAE; Federal Government of Nigeria Postgraduate Scholarship; TETFUND-IBR; INSA JRD-TATA Fellowship; TWAS/CNPq Postdoctoral Fellowship; TWAS-UNESCO Associateship Scheme; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur grants; Short-term EMBO Fellowship; Sir Mobolaji Bank-Anthony Fellowship in Urology; Charite University of Medicine research support; DAAD Scholarship; and TETFUND-NRF Grant in 2025.
Professor Adaramoye has held several administrative positions within and
outside the University of Ibadan.
His administrative experience includes serving as:
- MBBS/BDS Programme Coordinator
- B.Sc. Biochemistry Course Coordinator
- Departmental Postgraduate Coordinator
- Sub-Dean (Postgraduate), Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences
- Assistant Hall-Warden, Independence Hall
- Provost, College of Postgraduate Studies, BOWEN University, Iwo
- Head of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Ibadan
He has also served as a Visiting Professor at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa; University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; and Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil.
In addition, he has served as an Assessor and External Examiner for several universities in Nigeria.
Professor Adaramoye assumed office as Dean of the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Ibadan, on August 1, 2026.
