National Conference on Environmental Health(NCEH 2013)

Professor MKC Sridhar during the Press Conference

Its less than 24hrs and all is set for the kick off of the 1st National Conference on Environment. The Conference with the theme: "ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: Protecting The Ecosystems Beyond The Millenium Development Goals"; is organised by the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
      Opening Ceremony:
      Date: 25th Nov. 2013
      Venue: Supreme Management Training Centre, 64 Francis Street By Davies Hotel, Old Bodija, Ibadan.

      Plenary/Parallel Sessions & Exhibition
      Venue: CESDEV Suites 20 Awolowo Avenue, Old Bodija Estate, Ibadan.

Ese's Blog is the Official Blogger for this conference. Follow @eseblogger with the hashtag#NCEH2013 for real time updates as proceedings unfolds. Make out time to be there as its going to be expository and educative.
I share with you some profile of just a few scholars expected amongst the many erudite scholars who would be pouring out knowledge from their cistern to Conference participants.


Professor Magaret Okorodudu-Fubara

 Professor Margaret Okorodudu-Fubara is a 1972 graduate of the University of Lagos with a distinguished record in environmental law consulting and university teaching. She was called to the Bar in 1973. She obtained the LL.M and SJD degrees in 1977 and 1980, respectively, from Harvard Law School, USA, after a first LL.M. degree from the University of London, UK in 1975. Professor Okorodudu-Fubara, a former Dean of the Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria (1995 – 2000), is widely published in reputable national and international journals and is the author of the first Nigerian text book on environmental law. Professor Okorodudu-Fubara was granted the Senior Fulbright Scholar Award, 1990/91 and the Robert S. McNamara (World Bank) Fellow,1990/91 to undertake overseas sabbatical as Visiting Scholar at the St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 1990/91. She was appointed Visiting Professor at the School of Law, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA, 2001/02 where she taught Comparative Environmental Law. She was appointed Consultant for the United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, 2002/03 engaged as part of the team to prepare a Draft Manual on the UNEP Guidelines on Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements. Professor Okorodudu-Fubara is a member of the IUCN and Associate Member of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law. She was appointed by the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Member of the National Universities Commission in 2009. In 2012 she was appointed Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Professor of Taxation (Professorial Chair).

 Professor MKC Sridhar

Professor Mynepalli Kameswara Chandra Sridhar was born in Vellatur (Andhra Pradesh, India). He obtained a M.Sc. (1964) in Biochemistry from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda and Ph.D. degree (1971) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He moved to the University of Ibadan, Nigeria in October 1977 and became Professor of Environmental Health in 1986.  He occupied several positions in the College of Medicine, Head of Environmental Health Unit, Director of Ibarapa Primary Healthcare Programme, First Head of Epidemiology, Medical Statistics and Environmental Health, and others. He initiated MPH (Environmental Health) programme in 1993 and trained over 200 students at postgraduate level. He developed ‘Waste to Wealth’ initiatives, notable among them are organic fertilizer from wastes, biogas, and renewable resources recovery and utilization. He has been a Consultant for Federal Ministry of Health, Federal and State Ministries of Environment, UNICEF, UNDP,  World Bank (ALCO – Abidjan-Lagos Corridors Project), some NGOs and industries. He has several patents and over 250 publications in books and international Journals and is a Member / Fellow of professional bodies and Societies in Environmental Health Sciences. 

Professor Jerome Nriagu

Jerome Nriagu got his degrees from the Universities of Ibadan, Nigeria (BSc and meritorious DSc), MS (University of Wisconsin, Madison) and PhD (University of Toronto, Canada).  His research and teaching programs center around three main issues: (i) sources, behavior, fate and effects of metals in the natural and contaminated environments; (ii) environmental injustice; and (iii) environmental health problems in the developing countries. He has been involved in global health research and training in many countries. He has published over 300 scientific articles (including 12 in Nature and Science journals), authored/edited 30 books and one encyclopedia of five volumes.  He is listed as one of the most cited scientists in the fields of Environmental Studies and Ecology. Before joining the University of Michigan in 1993, he was a senior research scientist with Environment Canada in Ontario. Prof. Nriagu was Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Science of the Total Environment and Founding Editor of Global Health Perspectives(soon to be launched). Prof. Nriagu is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and has received a Senior Fulbright Fellowship and the Alexander van Humboldt Distinguished Research Prize in 2009.