Babatunde Kwaku ADADEVOH

Biographical record

Title

Prof.

Surname

ADADEVOH

First Name

Babatunde

Other Names

Kwaku

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

Wednesday, October 4, 1933

Status

Died

Date of Death

October 5, 1997

Place of Birth

Lagos

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Deborah Regina Mcintosh 1956

Number of Children (Male)

1

Number of Children ( Female)

3

Profession

Chemical Pathologist

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

MB, BS, MD; Baptist Academy, Lagos, 1939-45, Igbobi College, Yaba, 1946-51, University College (now University of Ibadan), Ibadan, 1952-56, University of Birmingham Medical School, London, 1956-59, Post-graduate Medical School, London, 1960-61, London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, England, 1961, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1962-64; House Surgeon, University of Birmingham Medical School, 1959-60; House Physician, Post graduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, 1960-61;

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Member, Royal College of Physicians, London, 1959; fellow, Nigeria Medical Council of Physicians, 1969; fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London, since 1975; member, International Society of Endocrinology; member, Commission on World Standards, since 1969; member, International Society for Research in Reproduction; member, International Society of Clinical Pathology;

Previous Appointments

Appointed Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, 1962-64; appointed Lecturer, and later Senior Lecturer, University of Lagos, 1964-68; Consultant Physician, Lagos University Teaching Hospital and University College Hospital, Ibadan, 1964-75; appointed Professor of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 1968; Head, Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Ibadan, 1970-73; Visiting Scientist, Rockfeller University, New York, USA, June-September, 1972; appointed Director, Medical Research Council of Nigeria, 1975; Secretary, National Research Council of Nigeria, 1975; Director, ThisWeek Limited (Publishers of ThisWeek magazine), since 1987; former Consultant and Adviser, World Health Organisation; Vice chancellor of the University of Lagos (November, 1978 – 1980)

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

numerous articles in national and international scientific journals,

Hobbies

Reading, Cricket, Music.