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KOKO Women In Education: Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello Makes Nigerian Academics Look Damn Good
Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello is a Nigerian academic. She is a professor of physiology and the 9th Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University. Her works and exploits speak for her even before she steps into the room and she is one of KOKO’s women in education doing great things. She was born in Lagos on the 23rd […]
Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello is a Nigerian academic. She is a professor of physiology and the 9th Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University. Her works and exploits speak for her even before she steps into the room and she is one of KOKO’s women in education doing great things.
She was born in Lagos on the 23rd of April, 1964, and hails from Owo in Ondo State. She attended Anglican Girls Primary School in Surulere from 1970 to 1974 and Lagos Anglican Girls Grammar School in Surulere from 1974 to 1979. Prof. Ibiyemi then attended Methodist Girls High School in Yaba and Lagos State College of Science and Technology, Ikosi Campus, where she earned her “A” level diploma in 1982. This goal-getter attended the University of Ibadan from 1982 to 1985, earning a BSc (Hons) in Physiology and earned an MSc in 1987 from the University of Lagos (Physiology). 
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Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello also earned a Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Lagos in 1998, following a six-month research fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas, in 1994. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello has held a variety of administrative and professional positions at UNILAG and LASU.
Between 2000 and 2003, Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello served as Chairman of the Biomedical Communications Management Committee and as a member of the Medical Education Committee. From 1999 to 2004, she served as an elected member of the Academic Board of the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos (CMUL).
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From June 2001 to September 2007, Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello was a member of the Medilag Consult of the University of Lagos College of Medicine and a member of the University of Lagos Women Society Nursery School Board from December 2000 to March 2005. Until her election as LASU’s first female Deputy Vice-Chancellor, she served as the department’s first substantive head. She progressed through the ranks of Assistant Lecturer (1988-1991), Lecturer II (1991–1996), Lecturer I (1996–1999), Senior Lecturer (1999–2005), and Associate Professor (2005–October 1, 2007) at the University of Lagos, Idiaraba’s College of Medicine.
On October 2, 2007, she began her tenure as the First Professor of Physiology at Lagos State University College of Medicine. The following year, she was elected Deputy Vice-Chancellor for a two-year term. Professor Yemi Olatunji-Bello was re-elected to a second term as Deputy Vice-Chancellor on January 27, 2011. Between January 2011 and October 31, 2011, she served as acting Vice-Chancellor of LASU. 
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Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello also earned a Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Lagos in 1998, following a six-month research fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas, in 1994. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello has held a variety of administrative and professional positions at UNILAG and LASU.
Between 2000 and 2003, Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello served as Chairman of the Biomedical Communications Management Committee and as a member of the Medical Education Committee. From 1999 to 2004, she served as an elected member of the Academic Board of the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos (CMUL).READ ALSO: KOKO Magazine: Top 20 Nigerian Women In Science 2022
From June 2001 to September 2007, Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello was a member of the Medilag Consult of the University of Lagos College of Medicine and a member of the University of Lagos Women Society Nursery School Board from December 2000 to March 2005. Until her election as LASU’s first female Deputy Vice-Chancellor, she served as the department’s first substantive head. She progressed through the ranks of Assistant Lecturer (1988-1991), Lecturer II (1991–1996), Lecturer I (1996–1999), Senior Lecturer (1999–2005), and Associate Professor (2005–October 1, 2007) at the University of Lagos, Idiaraba’s College of Medicine.
On October 2, 2007, she began her tenure as the First Professor of Physiology at Lagos State University College of Medicine. The following year, she was elected Deputy Vice-Chancellor for a two-year term. Professor Yemi Olatunji-Bello was re-elected to a second term as Deputy Vice-Chancellor on January 27, 2011. Between January 2011 and October 31, 2011, she served as acting Vice-Chancellor of LASU. Trending video of the day;
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