UNILAG Prof Ogunsola Charges Clinical Scientists
University of Lagos, Prof Ogunsola charges clinical scientists, to “Go But Come Back To Fix Africa's Challenges”.
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University of Lagos, Prof Ogunsola charges clinical scientists, to “Go But Come Back To Fix Africa's Challenges”.
Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Folasade Ogunsola OON, FAS, has advocated the need for experts in the Clinical Sciences to look beyond the alluring offers abroad and focus on gaining more grounds with a view to addressing the critical health needs of Nigerians and Africa at large.
She gave the charge at the opening session of the 18th Annual Scientific Conference and Gathering of the Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, held on Tuesday, July 25, 3032 at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.
The event saw Prof. Ogunsola emphasizing the indispensability of Nigerian health professionals in the wholesome task of mobilizing their colleagues across Africa to conduct collaborative researches which would help to solve pressing health challenges across the world.
She challenged all attendees at the conference to look inward, gird their loins and put efforts into conducting and publishing ground-breaking research findings which will in turn, transform local journals into purveyors of contemporary research data for Nigeria and Africa.
Prof. Ogunsola particularly applauded members of the faculty for their commitment to research, teaching and community service being their core mandates and charged them to do more in the mentoring of junior faculty members.
MySchoolNews reporting.
