University of Medical Sciences, Ondo
University of Medical Sciences, Ondo is a university of medical sciences in Ondo City, Nigeria, owned by the Ondo State Government, established in 2015. It is the third specialized medical university in Africa and Nigeria's first specialized medical university to be accredited by the National Universities Commission.
The pioneer substantive Vice Chancellor of the University is Professor Friday Okonofua, a Nigerian professor of gynecology and the founder of Women Health and Action Research Centre, a non-profit and charitable organization headquartered in Benin City, which focuses on promoting female reproductive research.History
The establishment of the university was as a result of the bill signed into law in 2014 by Olusegun Mimiko, the executive governor of Ondo State, to establish a state university of medical sciences. The bill was proposed by the Ondo State House of Assembly under the Schedule 1, Section 5, and Article 39 of Ondo State Laws.
The university's first substantive Chancellor, Professor Friday Okonofua, was appointed on March 11, 2015 following the approval of the university by the National University Commission, NUC. The current Vice chancellor of the university is Professor Adesegun FatusiFaculty
The university consists of seven faculties:
Departments under Faculty of Sciences are
Animal Science,
Environmental Science,
Microbiology,
Plant Biology.
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
Faculty Basic Medical Sciences
Departments are listed below;
- Anatomy
- Biochemistry
- Physiology
Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences
Departments are listed below
Morbid Anatomy,
Histopathology.
- Chemical Pathology
- Haematology
- Microbial Pathology
Medical Microbiology,
Parasitological.
- Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Faculty of Clinical Sciences
Departments are listed below
- Community Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Paediatrics & Child Health
- Radiology
- Surgery
Departments are listed below
- Child Dental Health
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Oral/Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology and Oral Medicine
- Preventive and Community Dentistry
- Restorative Dentistry
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology
- Pharmaceutical Microbiology
- Pharmacology
- Clinical Pharmacy and Biopharmacy
- Pharmacognosy
Faculty of Public Health
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Public Health Nutrition
- Health Economics and Health Management
- Women's Studies and Reproductive Health
- Demography
- Health Informatics
- Health Education and Primary Health Care