From Sade Adewale, Ondo
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The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo City, Prof. Adesegun Fatusi and nine other scholars have been inducted as fellows of the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS).
A statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of UNIMED, Temitope Oluwatayo, notes that Fatusi, a professor of Public Health and Community Medicine and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Medicine (FNAMed), is a global expert in the field of adolescent health and has served in key global and regional agenda-setting bodies including the Lancelet Commission on Adolescent Health, where he was the only African-based scholar.
He has published 102 articles in peer-reviewed journals and contributed 11 book chapters with 10,821 citations.
While admitting the new fellows, the President of NAS, Professor Ekanem Braide, FAS, said the academy has, over the years, maintained an enviable standard and thereby charged the new fellows to sustain it by adding more value to the academy.
