Professor Oyeronke Adunni Odunola of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Ibadan will tomorrow, Thursday, 19th of September deliver the much awaited University of Ibadan 468th Inaugural Lecture.

The title of the Inaugural lecture is “The Bigger is the Sadder: Cancer Burden as a Challenge to Sustainable Health”.

Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka, Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan will be the Chairman for the inaugural lecture as management team of the noble institution, researchers, policy makers, family members, friends and well-wishers are expected to enliven the inaugural lecture.

The inaugural lecture will take place at the Lakeside Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Science, University of Ibadan by 5:00 pm prompt.

Professor Odunola was born on 28th August, 1963 in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. She is the Director, Cancer Research and Molecular Biology Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry, University of Ibadan and the immediate past Director, Research Management Office, University of Ibadan. She received her B.Sc, M.Sc and Ph.D degrees in Biochemistry from University of Ibadan, and has over thirty (30) years teaching and research experience in environmental toxicology, biochemical oncology, nutritional genomics and climate change.

The erudite professor is a member of several learned societies and organizations. She has over seventy- five (75) publications in reputable international peer-reviewed journals and over fifty -one (51) abstracts in conference proceedings to her credit.