Dr. Akinyinka Omigbodun Akinyinka O. Omigbodun, clinician and scientist, is Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the
College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Professor of Reproductive Health Sciences at the Pan African
University Life & Earth Sciences Institute (PAULESI) and Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist at the
University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science (FAS),
Foundation Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Medicine and Fellow ad eundem of the Royal College of
Obstetricians & Gynaecologists of the United Kingdom. He is a former Provost of the College of
Medicine, University of Ibadan and the pioneer Chairman of the Board of Management of the
Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA), founded to strengthen research
capacity in Africa’s higher educational institutions. He was the President of the West African College of
Surgeons (WACS), the largest surgical College in Africa, from 2015 to 2017. He was the Chairman of the
Regional Council for Health Professionals’ Education (RCHPE), in the Economic Community of West
African States’ (ECOWAS) Region from 2017 to 2020. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of
the global science programme on Urban Health and Wellbeing of the International Science Council
(ISC). Professor Omigbodun has practised as a gynaecological oncologist, for nearly 35 years. He was
the Editor-in-Chief of the Tropical Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology from 1999 to 2010 and he has
served n the editorial board of numerous journals. He has researched into cellular mechanisms of
trophoblastic invasion of the uterus, prevention of cervical cancer, surgical safety and urban health.
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