Background
Adu, Festus Doyin was born on July 11, 1944 in Okeagbe, Ondo, Nigeria. Son of Gabriel Arinkaye and Maria Iyaniwura (Ale) Adu.
virologist biomedical researcher
Adu, Festus Doyin was born on July 11, 1944 in Okeagbe, Ondo, Nigeria. Son of Gabriel Arinkaye and Maria Iyaniwura (Ale) Adu.
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Ukranian Agricultural Academy, Kiev, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1973. Master of Science, University Wisconsin, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, University Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria, 1987.
Certified, Walton Jones Cell Science Center.
Research officer II, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom Plateau State, Nigeria, 1973-1976;
research officer I, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom Plateau State, 1976-1978;
principal research officer, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vont Plateau State, 1978-1988;
chief research officer, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom Plateau State, 1989;
senior lecturer, College of Medicine U. Ibadan, since 1990;
head department virology, College of Medicine U. Ibadan, 1996. External assessor Nigerian Raw Material Research Council, Lagos, since 1991. Consultant virologist University College Hospital, Ibadan, since 1992.
Consultant poliomyelitis World Health Organization, chief National Polio Laboratory, Nigeria. Member expert committee eradication of poliomyelitis. Member National Task Force Expanded Programme on Immunization, member monitoring, evaluation, information.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Microbiologists, Nigerian Veterinary Medicine Association, New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Ruth Mojirade Adetunbi, May 1, 1976: children: Olufunmilayo Adeolu, Adewole, Oluwaseyi.