Chinedum Babalola

**Chinedum Peace Babalola** (née **Anyabuike**) FAS, FAAS na Nigerian Professor of Pharmaceutical chemistry and Pharmacokinetics. She dey teach pharmacy for University of Ibadan, FAS, and FAAS, and she serve as vice-chancellor of Chrisland University from 2017 reach 2024.

## Backround
**Education**

Babalola get Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.) degree for 1983, Master of Science for Pharmaceutical Chemistry for 1987, and Doctor of Philosophy for Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Pharmacokinetics option) for 1997 from University of Ife, wey now be Obafemi Awolowo University. She win World Bank/NUC scholarship for staff training and she complete her pre-doctoral fellowship for University of British Columbia between 1994 and 1995.

In 2012, Babalola earn postgraduate Diploma for Industrial Pharmacy Advanced Training (IPAT) wey Kilimanjaro School of Pharmacy for Tanzania and Purdue University for USA issue together.

**Career**

Babalola start her academic career as Junior Trainee/Graduate Assistant for Obafemi Awolowo University in 1985. For 1994, she move go University of British Columbia to complete pre-doctoral fellowship. She rise reach Lecturer I for Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Obafemi Awolowo University before she join University of Ibadan as Senior Lecturer in 1998. By October 2006, Babalola become University of Ibadan first female Professor of Pharmacy.

Since 2002, Babalola don dey work as adjunct Researcher for Institute of Advanced Medical Research and Training (IAMRAT) under Genetic & Bioethics Research Unit; College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. Na the same unit she head from 2010 reach 2012.

Before dem appoint Babalola as Vice Chancellor for Chrisland University, she don serve as the first female Dean for Faculty of Pharmacy University of Ibadan (2013–2017), and she also be adjunct Professor for Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Olabisi Onabanjo University. She be two-term Director of General Studies (2005–2010) for University of Ibadan. She be the first pharmacist wey dem appoint as specialist adviser and consultant for Nigerian hospital—University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. From 2018 to 2019, she spend thirteen months as Doctor of Pharmacy for University of Benin. In 2024, Babalola finish her role as Principal Investigator for the USAID sponsored USP PQM+ project wey dey promote Quality of Medicines for LMIC inside CDDDP, UI core-flex (na cooperative agreement – $160M Global).

From 2017 reach 2024, Babalola serve as vice-chancellor for Chrisland University, Abeokuta wey dey Ogun State.

Since she become professor, Babalola don supervise hundreds of undergraduate students and over 30 postgraduate students (PGD, MSc, M.Phil. & PhD). She get more than 150 scholarly articles for academic journals plus books, book chapters, conference abstracts and monographs.

For 2024, her h-index na 22.

## Academic contributions
Babalola research focus na ethics of human research, pharmacogenetics, clinical trials, drug interaction PK/PD, and non-communicable diseases like sickle cell disease and cancer. She develop High-performance liquid chromatography method wey dem dey use analyze quinine for biometrics. This method help show the pharmacokinetics of quinine. Her feasibility studies on drug interactions and metabolism show say some antibiotics dey lose bio-availability and bacterial activity when dem combine with certain anti-malaria drugs.

Her report on how Nigerians dey use proguanil show say some Nigerians dey carry mutant CYP2C19 genes, and dem no dey metabolize drug well.

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