Prof.
Adetanwa Odebiyi became a Professor of Medical Sociology in 1991 at the Obafemi
Awolowo University. She has to her credit over 60 articles in peer reviewed
journals both locally and internationally. She has co-edited a book on Nigerian
women and has several chapters in Scholarly books both foreign and local.
She
is a recipient of the USIS Tour for University Teachers, June- August 1996, USA
and an awardee of the Association of Commonwealth University Academic Exchange Fellowship
Award 1991. She was president of Nigerian Anthropological and Sociological
Association (NASA) 1995-2000; Executive member of the International
Sociological Association RC 49 (1996-1998). She has received grants from
different local and international agencies such as Carnegie Corporation of New
York (1991), WHO (1991), Association of Commonwealth Universities (1991), World
Bank (1993), IDRC (1996) etc. She has supervised several postgraduate students
both for the MSc and PhD and has served as external examiners for both
undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at various Universities in Nigeria.
She has also served to assess colleagues to Readership and Professorial Positions
in different Nigerian Universities. She has served as consultant to local and
international agencies such as the World Bank on the Poverty Assessment Studies
(2000), National Planning Commission, The Presidency, (1999/2000) etc. She is
widely traveled attending Conferences and Workshops not only to present papers
but as keynote speaker.
At
Sickle Cell Hope Alive Foundation, she is an advisory board member and has been
involved with writing proposals, organizing outing, supporting the Sickle Cell Disease
patients morally, materially and financially, supporting advocacy programmes
etc.