Fatiu Ademola Akesode

He began his career as a Chief Resident in Paediatrics at Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He later became a lecturer of Public Health at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C, Canada in 1978. He left the university for University of Lagos^[7] where he lectured as a Senior Lecturer in Pediatrics for five years (1982-1987). He was appointed Professor of Paediatrics on June 1, 1988 at Ogun state university, now Olabisi Onabanjo University. He was later appointed as Chief Medical Director of the Ogun state university teaching hospital, a position he held until his appointment as Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University in 1997.^[8] He died on 30 March 2001.^[9][10][11]

• United States National Institute of Health Research Award in Paediatrics(1975-1976).
• Fellow of the Nigerian Medical College (Public Health) (1978)
• Fellow of the West African College of Physicians (1980)
• World Health Organization, WHO Research Award on Breast-Feeding (1988–93)
• British Overseas Development Agency Award for the study of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (1996)