Background
Ibe, Basil Obijiaku was born on April 20, 1949 in Rafin Kada, Nigeria. Arrived in United States, 1981, naturalized, 1996. Son of Dennis Ibe and Katrina Amole Okafor.
Ibe, Basil Obijiaku was born on April 20, 1949 in Rafin Kada, Nigeria. Arrived in United States, 1981, naturalized, 1996. Son of Dennis Ibe and Katrina Amole Okafor.
Bachelor of Science, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, 1977. Master of Science, Idaho State University, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1984.
Assistant instructor Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 1984—1987. Research associate College of Pharmacy, University Colorado, Boulder, 1987—1988. Assistant professor pediatrics David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1988—1995, associate professor pediatrics, professor pediatrics, since 2001.
Director cell culture facilities Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California, since 1998, director summer research fellowship program, California, since 2003.
Deacon First Christian Church, Torrance, since 1996, elder, since 1996. 2d vice moderator Disciples of Christ, Pacific Southwest Region, Altadena, 2000. Member of Association African Biomedical Scientists, Inc.
(vice president), American Chemical Society (associate), American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (associate), Toastmasters International (associate. President 1991, Able Toastmaster 1994), Rho Chi, Pharmacy Society (associate), Phi Kappa Phi (associate).
Married Mary Lynn Anderson, August 18, 1979. Children: Solomon Ajika, Bronze Obinna, Ndukaku Dayton, Nnejiuwa Ugochukwu.