{"id":9339,"date":"2017-02-03T08:52:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T07:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9339"},"modified":"2017-05-16T13:37:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T12:37:34","slug":"essien-prof-essien-udo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/essien-prof-essien-udo\/","title":{"rendered":"ESSIEN, Prof. Essien Udo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A., B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D.. university teacher, biochemist; b: March 30, 1943; ht: Idua, Eket, so:Akwa Ibom; m: Gloria Tim Ekpe, 1975; nc: two s, two d; ed: Public School. Okobo, Oron, 1949-53; Public School, Calabar, 1954-57; West AfricanPeople&#8217;s Institute, Calabar, 1958-59; Duke Town Secondary School, Calabar, 1960-62; Howard University, Washington, 1966-70, 1974-79; University of the District of Columbia, Washington, USA. cr: Public Health Inspector, Health Department, defunct Eastern Nigeria, 1963-66; Teaching asst.. University of the District of Columbia, 1972-73; Graduate asst, Howard University, 1975-76; Instructor, College of Nursing, Howard University, 1976-78; Lecturer 1, School of Applied Sciences, College of Technology, Calabar, 1980- 82; Lecturer 1, Department of Biochemistry, University of Calabar, 1982-86; snr. Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, University of Calabar, 1986-92; Reader, Department of Biochemistry, University of Calabar, 1992-95; Deputy Provost, School of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, since 1995; Head, Department of Biochemistry, University of Calabar, since 1996; mm. University Senate, National Universities Commission Accreditation Panel, 1991; ch. Departmental Graduate Committee; mm: Departmental Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery Examinations Board; mm. Departmental Nutrition Biochemistry Research Group; ch: Biological Sciences Biochemistry Service Programme; member, Sciences Association of Nigeria, 1980; mm: Biochemical Society of Nigeria, 1980. ah: Daleware School Auxiliary Association Scholarship, 1968- 70; Howard University Graduate Assistantship, 1975-76; Pillsbury Foundation Scholarship, 1977;- International Union of Biochemistry Fellowship Award, 1988. hob: sports, farming, photography, reading. off: Department of Biochemistry, College of Medical Sciences. University of Calabar, tel: 087-222855 ext. 67. res: QC 26, University Staff Quarters, University of Calabar, 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-9339","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9339","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\/9339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9339"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}