Jethro Enyakawonci Ekuta

Background

Ekuta, Jethro Enyakawonci was born on October 27, 1963 in Emi-Eronu, Kogi, Nigeria. Son of Samson Abaniwo and Florence Adiberem Ekuta. came to the United States, 1990.

Education

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello U., Zaria, Nigeria, 1986; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Mississippi, 1995.

Career

Veterinary consultant, Nigerian Tobacco Company, Iseyin, Nigeria, 1986-1987; veterinary officer, Nigerian Army, Iseyin, Nigeria, 1986-1987; lecturer pharmacology, toxicology, Ahmadu Bello U. School of Veterinary Medicine, Zaria, Nigeria, 1987-1989; research fellow pharmacology and toxicology, National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Abuja, Nigeria, 1989-1990; graduate assistant, U. Mississippi, Oxford, 1991-1995; instructor physiology and pharmacology, U. Mississippi, Oxford, 1995; heart, lung and blood fellow department pharmacology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, 1995-1996; clinical pharmacology fellow, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, since 1996. Summer intern toxicology Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1991. Summer extern toxicology Monsanto Company, St. Louis, 1993.

Guest worker neurotoxicology National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas, 1994.

Achievements

• Jethro Enyakawonci Ekuta has been listed as a noteworthy Toxicologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society Toxicology (Graduate Student award 1994), Society Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, The Gideons International, Sigma Xi, Rho Chi Pharmaceutical Honor Society.

Connections

Married Roseline Asibi Akpa, December 24, 1988. Children: Victor, Joy, Peace, Patience.

Father:

Samson Abaniwo Ekuta

Mother:

Florence Adiberem Ekuta

Spouse:

Roseline Asibi Akpa

child:

Patience Ekuta

child:

Peace Ekuta

child:

Joy Ekuta

child:

Victor Ekuta