Professor AkinolaAlada is an alumnus of the famous
Cairo University, Egypt and University of Ibadan. He graduated with BSc (Hons)
in Anatomy and Physiology (Cairo) in 1985, MSc (1988) and PhD (1992) in
Physiology (Ibadan). He was promoted Professor of Physiology in 2005.
He has been Head, Department of
Physiology (2001-2003 and 2010-2012) and Dean, Student Affairs Division,
University of Ibadan. He is currently a member of the University of Ibadan
Governing Council and the Chairman, Council Committee on Security. His areas of
research interest include Endocrinology and Metabolism, Gastrointestinal and
Cardiovascular Physiology. He is a member of several learned societies
including American
Physiological Society, Physiological Society,
London, and West African Society of Pharmacology. He is a Fellow of
Physiological Society of Nigeria and Honorary Fellow, Nigerian Society of
Cooperative Professionals. He is presently the Editor-in-Chief, Nigerian
Journal of Physiological Sciences.
Professor Alada has travelled widely presenting
scholarly lectures in Europe and America at conferences, seminars and
workshops. He has over eighty publications in scholarly journals and chapters
in books.
He is happily married
with children. His hobbies are reading, travelling and listening to music. He
has a rare passion for supporting good causes especially taking care of the
less privileged.