{"id":7397,"date":"2017-01-10T09:34:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T08:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7397"},"modified":"2017-12-11T13:14:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T12:14:38","slug":"ebie-prof-john-chukunyelu","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ebie-prof-john-chukunyelu\/","title":{"rendered":"EBIE, Prof. John Chukwunyelu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> medical practitioner, University tea cher, Associate Professor of Mental Health, University of Benin, Con sultant Psychiatrist, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Chairman, Bendel State Hospitals Management Board; Born: May 5, 1936 at Agbor, Ika Local Government area of Bendel State; Education: Govern ment College Umuahia, 1950-56; Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria, 1956-58; University of Ibadan, 1958-64; Uni versity of Edinburgh, Scotland, 1966-69; obtained M.B.B.S. Ibadan, Diploma in Psychological Medicine D.P.M. and M.Sc. in Psychiatry &#8211; M.R.C. Phych., U.K., and fellow of the medical Council in Psychiatry \u2014 F.M.C., Psych. Nigeria; appoint ed senior registrar in Psychiatry, University College Hospital, Ibadan, 1969; lecturer in Psychiatry, Uni versity of Ibadan, 1970-71, senior lecturer and later assciate professor in mental health, University of Benin, 1972 to date; acting head of the Department of Mental Health, 1974 to date; was commissioner for health in the executive council of former Midwestern State, January 1972-July 1974 when he resigned; one time chairman of the Midwestern State Rural Electricity Board and director of the Midwest Pharmaceu tical Company Limited; currently adviser to the World Psychiatric Association on the History of Psy chiatry in Nigeria; presented many scientific and medical papers in professional journals and at confere nces, Married and has two children; Address (Home): Staff Quarters, University of Benin Teaching Hos pital, Benin City, Bendel State, (Office): Department of Mental Hea lth, University of Benin, Benin City, Hobby: table tennis and hockey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7397","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7397"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}