Elizade University Gets New VC
Professor Kayode Thadius Ijadunola has been appointed as the vice chancellor of Elizade University.
According to a statement released by, Mr. Williams Olufunmi, the head of the university’s Public Relations.
The Board of Trustees of Elizade University, on the recommendation of the Governing Council, approved the appointment of the Nigerian leading Professor of Medicine as the 4th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the University.
Professor Kayode Thadius Ijadunola’s research and service in Nigeria birthed the first ever Nigerian/West African taught course in Population and Reproductive Health Training.
A statement by the Institution’s Registrar, Omololu Adegbenro says the appointment takes effect from 1st February, 2024.
Professor Ijadunola was until his appointment a Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria and parades over 25 years of national and international experience as a University Professor, Research Advisor, Practicing Physician, Project Director and Multidisciplinary Consultant.
A renowned Scholar and accomplished Physician, the new Elizade University Vice-Chancellor has won numerous prestigious scholarships, fellowships, and research grants from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; the Harvard University Chan School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts; the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, among several others.
Born in 1965, Professor Kayode Ijadunola was also at various times Chair of the Faculty of Clinical Sciences Postgraduate Board; Director of the Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, College of Health Sciences and Provost, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
