Professor Olanrewaju Timothy Adedoyin
Professor
Paediatrics & Child Health
Olanrewaju Timothy ADEDOYIN is a Professor in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, with more than three decades of teaching, research, community service, and administrative experience. He has served as Head of Department, Dean, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, and Provost of the College of Health Sciences. He was Chairman of the Committee of Provost and Deans, Chairman of the Board of the School of Preliminary Studies, and Member of the Board of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital. His research interests include Paediatric Nephrology and Infectious Diseases. He has successfully supervised 30 Postgraduate Medical College dissertations and has to his credits over one hundred publications comprising original articles and chapters in books. He is an Associate Editor of a foremost textbook of Paediatrics in the Tropic (Paediatrics and Child Health in a Tropical region) . He served as Principal Investigator and Co-PI in some grant-aided research. He is a member of many professional bodies.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) 1987
- Fellow of the West African College of Physician (FWACP Paed.) 1995
- Fellow of the International Society of Nephrology/American Society of Nephrology (ISN/ASN Fellow) 2003
- Certificate in Health Planning and Management 2011
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCP Edin.) 2013
- Doctors as Educators Certificate 2020
- Doctor of Medicine (MD) 2021
Professional Affiliations
- Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)
- Pediatrics Association of Nigeria (PAN)
- Nigerian Association of Nephrology (NAN)
- Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN)
- International Society of Nephrology (ISN)
- Association of Paediatric Nephrology of Nigeria (APNA)
- American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
Undergraduate Teaching
- Paediatric Nephrology
- Hypertension in Children
- Congenital abnormality of the Kidney and Urinary tract (CAKUT)
- Enuresis
Postgraduate Teaching
- Paediatric Nephrology
- Hypertension in Children
- Congenital abnormality of the Kidney and Urinary tract
- Enuresis
Research Interests
- Paediatric Nephrology
- Infectious Diseases
Research Affiliations
- Co-investigator, Congenital Malaria project in Nigeria sponsored by Applied Research on Child Health (ARCH) based in Boston State University, USA-2003-2005.
- Principal investigator (Ilorin center), Community acquired Septicaemia; a multicenter study sponsored by First Bank, Nigeria, 2006-2007
- Co-Principal Investigator, African Quinine and Artesunate Trial in the Treatment of Severe Malaria (AQUAMAT) sponsored by the Wellcome Trust, Thailand, 2007-2009
- Co-Investigator (Paediatrics), Human Health and Heredity (H3 Africa) Kidney Research Network (Ilorin, Nigeria Site) 2015 to Date
Links to Publications
Get in Touch
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Office Address
Room , Floor 1, Senior Consultant Building, University of Ilorin

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Block B, Old College Building, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
08033841268
hodpediatricsandchildhealth@unilorin.edu.ng