Lateef Akinola Salako

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Emeritus Lateef Akinola Salako
Born5 July 1935
Lagos State, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
CitizenshipNigerian
Occupation
  • educator
  • pharmacologist
  • therapeuticist
ChildrenNoimot Salako-Oyedele (1966), Tayo Salako (1968), Babajide Salako (1970), Omolara Adetunji (1973)
Awards
NNOM
CON
DSc (Sheffield)

Lateef Akinola Salako NNOM, CON (5 July 1935-8 December 2017) was a Nigerian academic who is Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of Ibadan.

Early life[]

Lateef Akinola Salako was born on 5 July 1935 in Lagos State, south-western Nigeria. He attended Methodist Boys High School, Victoria Island, Lagos where he obtained the West African Senior School Certificate in 1953.[1] He trained at the University College Hospital, Ibadan before he proceeded to University of Sheffield where he received a doctorate degree in 1969.[2]

Career[]

He began his career in 1962, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan where he rose to the position of Senior Registrar in 1965, and in 1966, he became a Medical Research Training Fellow, University of Ibadan. He was a Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology at the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Sheffield for two years, between 1967 and 1969.[3] In 1969, he was appointed as Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan where he rose to the position of senior lecturer in 1970, and in 1973, he was appointed a Professor of Clinical Pharmacology.[4] In 1997, he was elected President of the Nigerian Academy of Science to succeed Professor Awele Maduemezia.[5]

Awards and honor[]

References[]

  1. ^ "When Sultan donned the gown". The Nation News. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Professor Lateef Akinola Salako". Musmen.com. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  3. ^ "SALAKO, Lateef Akinola, Professor". Notable Nigerian. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Alumni Association - University of Sheffiel". sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Members of Council". Nigerian Academy of Science. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  6. ^ "[General] Back 2 School for OBJ". Nigerian Village Square. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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