…As Five LASU Professors Make Latest Stanford Ranking Of Top 2% Scientists In Nigeria.
Ati’gba t’alaye ti da’ye, ko s’omo LASU t’o s’ori buruku (Since the time of Creation, no bonafide LASU product has been rated unfortunate) Prof Olatunji-Bello loves this LASU-customised song to heart and professes it at any given opportunity in a prophetic demeanour.
LAGOS – Even as the Lagos State University (LASU) community members and stakeholders still bask in the euphoria of victorious joy for conveying a basket of medals and still counting, this resilient, stubborn-achiever of a citadel of academic excellence has been ranked again as the Best State University in Nigeria.
This latest ranking has been released by AD Scientific Index Ranking.
It is irrisistibiy note worthy that for the third consecutive year, LASU has maintained this status to the envy of it contemporaries in the comity of Nigerian Ivory Towers.
Diligent followers of developments in this fountain of knowledge will recall that in the 2024 universities’ ranking released recently, the Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello-piloted institution emerged the second most sought-after university by admission seekers.
Not only that, LASU was rated the best among state universities, the 10th best among 174 public universities and the 12th best overall among 237 ranked universities in Nigeria.
The latest ranking reinforces the institution’s place as one of the top research hubs in the country, a credence to the efforts of the university administration’s drive to promote research culture in the university.
In a related development, five professors from the College of Medicine of the University (LASUCOM) have made it to the list of the latest Stanford Ranking of the Top 2% Scientists in Nigeria.
The scientists include Prof. Adejuwon A. ADENEYE (Department of Pharmacology, Therapeutics & Toxicology, who was ranked number 157), Prof. Idowu O. SENBANJO (Department of Pediatrics & Child Health, who was ranked number 213), Prof. Anthonia O. OGBERA (Department of Medicine, who was ranked number 219) Prof. Olumuyiwa O. ODUSANYA (Department of Community Health & Primary Health Care, who was ranked number 220) and Prof. Olayinka O. OGUNLEYE (Department of Pharmacology, Therapeutics & Toxicology, who was ranked number 229 on the list.
The Stanford University publication, the world’s most prestigious ranking, is published annually to recognise the most cited scientists for the year.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, mni, NPOM congratulates the professors for being so recognised and for bringing honour to the university as a whole and the Lagos State University College of Medicine in particular.
She hopes that the feat will further spur more academic staff in the university to pursue their primary responsibility of teaching and research and take it a step further by publishing their research outputs in recognised platforms for visibility.
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