Given the question: Facts: - work institutions: university of ibadan harvard school of public health - birth date: 1931 - period: 20th and 21st centuries - caption: adetokunbo oluwole lucas - subject: public health disparities health in africa , global health , international - genre: public health disparities health in africa , global health , international - field: global health - awards: institute of medicine , usa - name: adetokunbo oluwole lucas - birth place: lagos , nigeria - known for: global health , tropical disease research - notableworks: '' tropics '' a short textbook of preventive medicine for the - ethnicity: african , nigerian - citizenship: nigeria - nationality: nigeria nigeria - alma mater: durham university , england durham university , england - occupation: physician advocate physician , professor of public health , global health , advocate professor of public health , global health - residence: greater nigeria boston , massachusetts , usa ; ibadan , - religion: episcopalian Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of adetokunbo lucas .
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adetokunbo oluwole lucas , ofr md , dsc , frcp , ffph , frcog , -lrb- 1931 , lagos -- -rrb- of ibadan in the nigeria federal republic of nigeria and the harvard school of public health in boston , is a global health leader for africa and a recipient of both the annual prince mahidol award in 1999 for his support of strategic research on the tropical diseases , such as malaria , schistosomiasis , the filariases , leishmaniasis , chagas disease , african trypanosomiasis , and leprosy , and the 2013 jimmy and rosalynn carter humanitarian award from the national foundation for infectious diseases -lrb- nfid -rrb- .often known simply as ade lucas , he has also served for ten years as the director of special programmes for research and training in tropical diseases based at the world health organization in geneva , switzerland .he is currently adjunct professor of international health department of global health and population of the harvard school of public health .he works largely in his home nation of nigeria and travels frequently to the united kingdom and to the harvard school of public health in the united states .