{"id":9254,"date":"2017-02-02T14:53:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T13:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9254"},"modified":"2017-05-12T14:41:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T13:41:48","slug":"essien-dr-essien-udo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/essien-dr-essien-udo\/","title":{"rendered":"ESSIEN, Dr. Essien Udo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, university teacher, born March 30, 1943, Idua, Eket, Akwa Ibom State; married Gloria Tim Ekpe 1975, two sons, two daughters; Educa tion: Public School, Okobo, Oron, 1949-53, Public School, Calabar, 1954-57,West African People&#8217;s Institute, Calabar, 1958-59, Duke Town Secondary School, Calabar, 1960-62, Howard University, Washington D.C, USA, 1966-70, 1974-79, University of the District of Columbia, Washington D.C, USA, 1973-74; Public Health Inspector, former Eastern Nigeria, 1963-66; Medical Research Assistant, District of Columbia, Washington, USA, 1971; Laboratory Technician, American Food Processors, Association Research Laboratory, Washington D.C, USA, 1971-72; Teaching Assistant in Chemistry, University of The District of Columbia, Washington, USA, 1972-74; Graduate Assistant, Howard Univer sity, Washington D.C, USA, 1975-79; Parttime Lecturer, College of Nursing, Howard University, 1976-78; Lecturer, Technical Training for Peace Corps, ACTION (US Government Agency), USA, 1978-79; Lec turer, The Polytechnic, Calabar, 1980-82; Lec turer, Department of Biochemistry, University of Calabar, since 1982; Senior Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, University of Calabar;member, American Chemical Society, 1966-70; member, Nutritional Society of Nigeria, 1980; member, Science Association of Nigeria, 1981; member, Biochemical Society of Nigeria, 1982; member, Physiological Society of Nigeria, 1986; Publications: Over 28 scholarly articles in national and international journals; Hobbies: sports, farming, photography, reading; Official Address: Department of Biochemistry, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar; Telephone: (087) 222855, 224750 extension 67; Home: QF 3\/5, University Staff Quarters, Calabar, Cross River State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9254","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9254","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\/9254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9254"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}