Adekunle Sanyaolu, PhD
- Chair of Microbiology
- Professor
Biography
Dr. Sanyaolu is a Medical Microbiologist with several years of work experience in the area of public health, clinical and teaching duties. His expertise and research interest lie in the area of clinical and public health microbiology with a specialized focus on communicable diseases (infectious/tropical diseases) of humans.
Education & Training
- Post Doc, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, 2006
- PhD, Medical Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, 2000
- MSc, Medical Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, 1992
- BSc, (Hons) Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Lagos, 1989
Awards & Honors
- Nominated for the commonwealth awards for action on HIV/AIDS (UNILAG, 2000).
- ASCP 2016 Best International Poster Winner and Finalists Award.
- Foundation Travel Grant award for ASCP 2018 annual conference in Baltimore, Maryland
- Guerrant International Awards; IDSA (USA) Abstract, 2020
Research Interests
My research interest is focused on the study of epidemiology, diagnosis, immunology, molecular, host-pathogen interaction, and control of communicable diseases of clinical and public health significance. Over the years, I have been involved in studies on endemic tropical and emerging communicable diseases like Malaria, HIV / AIDS, and opportunistic parasitic infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD), Tuberculosis, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika, Schistosomiasis and Helminthic infection in school children.
More recently, the sudden emergence, ceaseless human-to-human transmission, and rapid spread of Sars-Cov-2, the causative agent of the Covid-19 has led to continuous global pandemicity of the diseases. My research is currently focused on the disease.