Lateef Akinola Salako

Lateef Akinola Salako
Born 5 July 1935
Lagos State, Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian
Citizenship Nigerian
Occupation
  • educator
  • pharmacologist
  • therapeuticist
Children Noimot (1966), Tayo (1968), Babajide (1970), Omolara (1973)
Awards
NNOM
CON
DSc (Sheffield)

Lateef Akinola Salako NNOM, CON (5 July 1935) is a Nigerian academic who is Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of Ibadan.

Early life

Lateef Akinola Salako was born on 5 July 1935 in Lagos State, south-western Nigeria. He attended Methodist Boys High School, Victoria Island, Lagos where he obtained the West African Senior School Certificate in 1953.[1] He trained at the University College Hospital, Ibadan before he proceeded to University of Sheffield where he received a doctorate degree in 1969.[2]

Career

He began his career in 1962 at the University College Hospital, Ibadan where he rose to the position of Senior Registrar in 1965 and in 1966, he became a Medical Research Training Fellow, University of Ibadan. He was a Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology at the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Sheffield for two years, between 1967 and 1969.[3] In 1969, he was appointed as Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan where he rose to the position of senior lecturer in 1970 and in 1973, he was appointed a Professor of Clinical Pharmacology.[4] In 1997, he was elected President of the Nigerian Academy of Science to succeeded Professor Awele Maduemezia.[5]

Awards and honor

References

  1. ↑ "When Sultan donned the gown". The Nation News. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Professor Lateef Akinola Salako". Musmen.com. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "SALAKO, Lateef Akinola, Professor". Notable Nigerian. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Alumni Association - University of Sheffiel". sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Members of Council". Nigerian Academy of Science. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "[General] Back 2 School for OBJ". Nigerian Village Square. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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