Taiwo Olayemi Elufioye

Taiwo Olayemi Elufioye is a Nigerian pharmacologist and researcher. Elufioye works as a professor at the University of Ibadan in the department of pharmacognosy.[1] Elufioye is also a Fulbright Scholar at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she is investigating drugs for neurodegenerative diseases.[2]

Taiwo Olayemi Elufioye
NationalityNigerian
AwardsElsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Ibadan

Career

Elufioye was awarded a research grant by the MacArthur Foundation in order to conduct research on several Nigerian medicinal plants in order to test for compounds that may be used to counteract neurodegenerative diseases.[3]

In 2014, Elufioye was one of five women who won the Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World.[4] Elufioye won the award for her work on the pharmacological properties of Nigerian plants.[5] Her research is especially focused on compounds that could be used to treat malaria, wounds, memory loss, leprosy and cancer.[6] The Elsevier Foundation Awards was presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Chicago and included a prize of $5000.[7] When she won the award, the Vice Chancellor at the University of Ibadan, Isaac Adewole, said that Elufioye's accomplishments "would inspire other women in science" and that she is "a pride of Nigeria and the African continent as a whole."[8]

Elufioye is published in the African Journal of Biomedical Research,[9] Pharmacognosy Research,[10] the International Journal of Pharmaceutics,[11] and the African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines.[12]

Personal life

Elufioye was born into an educated family where her mother was a teacher and her father was an administrator at a university.[13] Her entire family, including her siblings have attended college.[13]

References
  1. "Awards Honor Five Early-Career Women Chemists Studying Medicinal Properties of Natural Compounds in Developing Regions". States News Service. 19 February 2016. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016. – via HighBeam Research (subscription required)
  2. "USciences Hosts Fulbright Scholar Studying Drugs to Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases". University of the Sciences. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  3. "Doctoral Grantees (Taiwo Olayemi Elufioye)". MacArthur Grants Awardees. University of Ibadan. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  4. "The Elsevier Foundation honors Early Career Women Scientists from Developing Countries for Research into the Medicinal Properties of Natural Compounds". The Elsevier Foundation. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  5. Obayendo, Temitope (11 March 2014). "UI Pharmacognosy Lecturer, Wins Women Global Award". Pharmanews. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  6. "Nigerian woman, Elufioye, wins 2014 scientists award". Blueprint. 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  7. "Taiwo Elufioye, UI Chemist Celebrated in U.S." Nigerian Tribune. 11 October 2014. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  8. "UI Scientist, Dr. Taiwo Olayemi-Elufioye Wins Women Global Award". Naijalog. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  9. Elufioye, Taiwo Olayemi; Alafe, Atinuke Omoyeni; Faborode, Oluwaseun Samuel; Moody, Olanrewaju Jones (2014). "Anti-Inflammatory and Analgesic Activity of Secridaca Longepedunculata Fers (Polygalaceae) Leaf and Stem Bark Methanolic Extract". African Journal of Biomedical Research. 17 (3): 187–191. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  10. Onasanwo, Samuel Adetunji; Emikpe, Benjamin Obukowho; Elufioye, Taiwo Olayemi; Ajah, Austin Azubuike (2013-07-01). "Anti-ulcer and ulcer healing potentials of Musa sapientum peel extract in the laboratory rodents". Pharmacognosy Research. 5 (3): 173–178. doi:10.4103/0974-8490.112423. PMC 3719258. PMID 23900937.
  11. Mojisola, Cyril-Olutayo Christiana (2012). "Ethnobotanical Survey of Plants Used as Memory Enhancer and Antiaging in Ondo State, Nigeria" (PDF). International Journal of Pharmaceutics.
  12. Olayemi, E. T.; Arabela, A. O. (2015-01-01). "Quality evaluation of Poza bitters, a new poly herbal formulation in the Nigerian market". African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines. 12 (1): 17–22. doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v12i1.3. ISSN 0189-6016.
  13. Brink, Susan (5 August 2014). "Against All Odds: Women in Developing Countries Succeed in STEM Fields". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
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