Grace Oladunni Taylor

**Grace Oladunni Taylor** (dem also dey call am **Grace Oladunni Lucia Olaniyan-Taylor**; 1937-2025) be biochemist woman, wey she work for University of Ibadan, Nigeria before. She be de second woman wey dem put insyd Nigerian Academy of Science, wey she be de first African person wey dem give L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women insyd Science.

## Early life den education
Dem born Grace Oladunni Lucia Olaniyan for Efon-Alaiye, Ekiti State, Naija, give Elizabeth (dem dey call am née Olatoun) den R. A. W. Olaniyan as poppie den mommie. From 1952 go 1956, she go school for Queen's School wey dey Ede insyd Osun State.

She start ein university matter for 1957 for Nigerian College of Arts and Science for Enugu, then 1959 she comot go University College of Ibadan (wey now be University of Ibadan). Olaniyan finish sharp plus first class honour for chemistry for 1962.

## Career den research
Right after she comot school plus chemistry degree, she no waste time at all, she go straight go work for de Regional Agricultural Research Station (wey now be National Root Crops Research Institute) for Moor Plantation for Ibadan area.

For 1963, dem hire am as research assistant for di department of chemical pathology for Ibadan University, den she grab her PhD (doctorate) for chemical pathology for 1969. 1970, di university hire am as lecturer, then 1975 she go do visiting research fellow for Northwest Lipid Research Laboratory for Seattle, Washington side. She come back go Ibadan University, dem promote am go senior lecturer for 1975, and 1979 dem make am reader (like associate professor level). By 1979 wey she start to dey publish plenty papers, she marry plus Professor Ajibola Taylor. In 1980, she go do visiting scientist for metabolic research unit for University of West Indies for Kingston, Jamaica. Then 1984, Taylor climb go full professor of chemical pathology for Ibadan University. Same year, she go back do second research fellowship for Northwest Lipid Research Laboratory for Seattle, plus she do visiting scientist posting for Port of Spain, Trinidad for di department of chemical pathology. In 1990, dem hire am as associate professor for University of Zimbabwe School of Medicine for Harare, wey she teach for pathology department. 1991 she return go Ibadan University, from 1991 to 1994 she head de department for chemical pathology, wey she dey serve as honorary consultant for University College Hospital, Ibadan. She retire proper for 2004, but she no stop she continue to lecture part-time for Ibadan for di same chemical pathology department.

Her main speciality be di analysis of lipids (fats wey dey inside body) for cardiovascular disease (heart and blood vessel wahala), and di way she compare lipid metabolism show say cholesterol level no be something wey come from race or tribe, but edey depend on wetin person dey chop plus how much exercise dem dey do. She chop plenty honours and awards for her research work, like Shell-BP Scholarship for Chemistry, World Health Organization Fellowship, Fulbright–Hays Fellowship, Ciba-Geigy Fellowship, and Association of African Universities Fellowship. For 1997, dem induct am for de Nigerian Academy of Science as Fellow, and she be di second woman ever wey dem honour like dat for di academy inside. For 1998, de L'Oréal-UNESCO prize start proper, wey dem dey give one woman from each of five regions (Africa and Arab states, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, North America) for demma big scientific work wey dey help improve humanity. Grace Taylor be di African woman wey dem pick for di very first set of winners for L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science, so she became di first African person wey win am. In 2012, Ekiti State Government honour am pass for di way she mentor den teach medical students. 

## Ein selected works

* Taylor, Grace Oladunni; Bamgboye, Afolabi E. (December 1979). "Serum cholesterol and diseases for Nigerians" (PDF). *The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition*. 32 (12): 2540–2545. doi:10.1093/ajcn/32.12.2540. .
* Taylor, G. Oladunni; Agbedana, E. O.; Johnson, A. O. K. (May 1982). . *British Journal of Nutrition*. 47 (3). The Nutrition Society: 489–494. doi:10.1079/BJN19820061. .
* Taylor, Oladunni Grace; Ahaneku, Joseph Eberendu; Agbedana, Olu Emmanuel (October 1995). "How body mass index (BMI) dey connect with changes for plasma total and HDL-cholesterol levels when dem dey treat high blood pressure for African patients" (PDF). *Acta Medica Okayama*. 49 (5). Okayama University Medical School. ISSN 0386-300X. (Dem archive di original PDF since 2016-02-01).
* Taylor, Grace O.; Orimadegun, Bose E.; Anetor, John I.; Adedapo, Deborah A.; Onuegbu, Jude A.; Olisekodiaka, Japhet M. (July–September 2007). "Plenty serum iron dey link with coronary heart disease among Nigerian adults". *Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences*. 23 (4). Professional Medical Publications: 518–522. ISSN 1681-715X.
* Taylor, Grace Oladunni; Ebesunun, Maria Onomhaguan; Agbedana, Emmanuel Oluyemi; Oladapo, Olulola O. (September–December 2013). "How plasma lipids and lipoproteins dey vary among people wey get cardiovascular disease for South-western Nigeria". *Biokemistri*. 25 (2). Nigerian Society for Experimental Biology. ISSN 0795-8080.
* Taylor, G. O. (1971). Serum triglycerides and fatty acids for kwashiorkor. *The American journal of clinical nutrition*, 24(10), 1212–1215.
* Taylor, J. Communities of practice: A way of leading. *Teaching and Learning*, 40.
* Cheraskin, E. "If High Blood Cholesterol Be Bad—Low One Good?" *Journal of orthomolecular medicine* 1.3 (1986): 176–183.
* Bock, U. (2000). How dem dey put Women's Studies inside German Universities for end of di century. *European Education*, 32(4), 14–32.

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## External links

* WorldCat Publications list