Lateef Akinola Salako

Lateef Akinola Salako
Born July 5, 1935
Lagos State, Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian
Ethnicity Yoruba
Citizenship Nigerian
Occupation
  • educator
  • pharmacologist
  • Therapeuticist
Awards
NNOM
CON

Lateef Akinola Salako NNOM, CON ( July 5, 1935) is a Nigerian Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of Ibadan.[1]

Early life

Professor Salako was born on July 1935 in Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria. He attended Methodist Boys High School, Victoria Island, Lagos where he obtained the West African Senior School Certificate in 1953.[2] He trained at the University College Hospital, Ibadan before he proceeded to University of Sheffield where he received a doctorate degree in 1969.[3]

Career

He began his career in 1962 at the University College Hospital, Ibadan where he rose to the position of Senior Registrar in 1965 and in 1966, he became a Medical Research Training Fellow, University of Ibadan. He was a Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology at the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Sheffield for two years, between 1967 to 1969.[4] In 1969, he was appointed as Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan where he rose to the position of senior lecturer in 1970 and in 1973, he was appointed a Professor of Clinical Pharmacology.[5] In 1997, he was elected President of the Nigerian Academy of Science to succeeded Professor Awele Maduemezia.[6]

Awards and honor

References

  1. ↑ "Lateef Akinola Salako (born July 5, 1935), Nigerien educator". Prabook.org. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ "When Sultan donned the gown". The Nation News. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Professor Lateef Akinola Salako". Musmen.com. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ "SALAKO, Lateef Akinola, Professor". Notable Nigerian. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Alumni Association - University of Sheffiel". sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Members of Council". Nigerian Academy of Science. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  7. ↑ "[General] Back 2 School for OBJ". Nigerian Village Square. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
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