Joseph Abiodun Balogun

**Joseph Abiodun Balogun**, , (má bì ọjọ kochu eju-odudú nólu kàà efú ọdọ, 1955) ì kwì ojìane Nigerian-American academic, ì chẹ nì pròfẹssoo efu yé cóllégí yé Health Sciences at Chicago State University, Illinois kpaì emeritus professor yé  physiotherapy at University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Nigeria. ì sẹ́rve kwì efú ọdọ 1999 ló tì ọdọ 2013 kì chì Dean yé ì Cóllégí yé í Health Sciences ùgbo  Chicago State University (CSU). While at CSU as Dean, Balogun established the HIV/AIDS Research and Policy Institute to address the disproportionate incidence and complex burdens of HIV/AIDS in minority populations.

## Ìsakulu kì che.
Má chẹ bì Balogun efu ojìane Naijẹria kpaì ì chanẹ ẹlì ùkocha-wń kwì  western kpì yé  Kabba Division Joint Education Council Primary School in Idofin kpaì ì kpì òtákìda cèrtìfìcẹtì -ùn kwì ísakulu ẹdọ mẹfa kwọ ECWA/ísakulu yá ẹdọ mẹfa kì chì yà SIM  efu  Makutu, Kogi State, Nigeria. ì chẹ kpadufu efú ọdọ  1972 kwì  St. Kizito's còllẹ̀gì càthólíc ìsakulu ẹdọ megwẹ́gí  (Ordinary level), efu  Itedo; kpaì efu ọdọ  1973 ì chẹ kpa kwì high school (Advanced level) education kwo  Offa Grammar School. Ì nì Bácẹló yé scìyancì (Honors) dìgìrì efu physiotherapy efu ọdọ 1977 kwì Naijẹria unìbàcìtì ya ìbàdàn. Balogun mù pákì lò tì ojìane amenefu yé í US efu ọdọ 1980 kpaì ì nì master dìgìrì-un efu  Orthopedic kpa Sports Physical Therapy (1981) kpaì Ph.D. efu  Exercise Physiology Manyú yà  Minor efu Research Methodology kwì unìbàcìtì yé  Pittsburgh efu ọdọ in 1985. Takì ì ya mudì omà American  efú ọdọ  1998.

## Career
Balogun ì chanẹ  chàná-wn kpì physiotherapist efú ọdọ  1978 kpì  Mubi acìbìtì zànarẹl úgbo ku ma dù tù  kì chì ọdọ okáá kì chì National Youth Service and established the first Physiotherapy Department in the defunct Gongola State. He joined the Kwara State Civil Service as Basic Physiotherapist in 1979 and worked at the General Hospital in Ilorin until 1980 when he left for his postgraduate education in the USA. Balogun has held faculty, visiting, and administrative positions at Russell Sage College; Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife; University of Florida, Gainesville; Texas Woman's University, Houston; State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn (SUNY-HSCB); Barry University, Florida; and King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. He served for six years as Chairman of the Physical Therapy Program (1993–1999) and Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs (1994–1999) at SUNY-HSCB. He also served as Consultant Physiotherapist (1988–1991) and Vice-Dean in the Faculty of Health Sciences at OAU (1990–1991).

Balogun's publications have appeared in journals in Physical Therapy, Ergonomics, and HIV Behavioral Research.  He has authored two books, five book chapters, five monographs/technical compendia, 136 full manuscripts and 59 abstracts/conference proceedings in peer-refereed journals. Among his top research collaborators is Friday Okonofua, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo.

In 2015, Balogun delivered the third Christopher Ajao's keynote speech at the 55th Annual Conference of the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy. In 2017, he gave the second Distinguished University Guest Lecture at the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo City, Nigeria. Balogun serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Physiotherapy Theory and Practice.

Balogun is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH), Fellow of the Academy of Science (FAS),  Fellow of the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (FNSP), and Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM). Balogun is the first physical therapist to receive the FAS award.  In 2003, he was awarded the J. Warren Perry Distinguished Author's Award by the *Journal of Allied Health*.

## Personal life
Balogun is married to Dr. Adetutu Olusola Balogun (Nee Olotu), an occupational therapist and entrepreneur in Tinley Park, Illinois, USA. They have four children.

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