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Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry and Toxicology in the Department of Biochemistry, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Babcock University (BU), Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State. Olutayo Sunday Shokunbi, will deliver the institution’s 62nd inaugural lecture on Thursday, June 4, 2026 at the institution’s Business School Main Auditorium.
According to BU Registrar, Dr. Patience Chioma, Prof. Shokunbi lecture is titled, “Food as Medicine, Food as Poison: Navigating the double-edge Plate”, while BU Vice Chancellor, Prof. Afolarin Ojewole, will be the chairman of the occasion.”
Dignitaries, academicians, nutritionists, food experts, scientists, and agriculturists are expected to grace the inaugural lecture.
Chioma exlained that inaugural lecture is an auspicious occasion for the university to acknowledge the appointment or promotion of new, full professors, introduce them to the academic and non-academic community of BU, and to provide opportunity for further engagement with the larger community.
According to her, the presentation of an inaugural lecture is a significant milestone in the academic career of a full professor and provides a platform to share past researches and introduce new ideas to a diverse academic and non-academic audience.
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With over two decades of research and academic experience spanning Nigeria and South Africa, Shokunbi’s work focuses on the surveillance of essential minerals, toxicants, and emerging contaminants in commonly consumed foods and underutilised legumes; complementary food formulation; dietary intake assessment; maternal and child nutrition; food safety; and the biochemical effects of plant bioactive compounds.
He currently leads multidisciplinary research on the development of functional foods for the management of diabetes, obesity, lactation challenges, and related metabolic conditions.
He has authored and co-authored 40 peer-reviewed publications, including 18 in Scopus-indexed international journals, with an h-index of 13 and i10-index of 16.
Dr. Chioma disclosed that Shokunbi has published in several international academic journals and has supervised numerous undergraduate, masters’ and doctoral candidates.
