NIHR GSU, CMUL Hosts Annual Meeting, September 12
The Nigeria Hub of the National Institute of Health Research Global Surgery Unit (NIHR GSU), domiciled in the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL) is set to host the Annual Meeting of NIHR GSU, as scheduled below: Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2023Time: 2:00 p.m.Venue: Lagos Marriot Hotel, Joel Ogunnaike Street, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. The NIHR Global Surgery Unit Annual Meeting is a significant international event that brings […]
UNILAG Model Herbal Clinic Celebrates African Traditional Medicine Day
“Nature itself is the best physician; every disease has its own cure within the realms of the natural world”. – Hippocrates The Model Herbal Clinic of the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, on Thursday, August 31, 2023, held its 6th African Traditional Medicine Day Celebration. This celebration coincided with World Health Organisation (WHO) commemoration of African Traditional Medicine Day marked annually on August 31. With the theme “Herbal Medicine Sustainability […]
CMUL Reaffirms Commitment Towards Meeting Nigeria’s Manpower Needs in Health
The College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL) officially rolled out another set of Physicians and Dental Surgeons into the Medical Profession with the formal Induction Ceremony for the 2019/2020 Class of Medical and Dental Science Students on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. The Old Great Hall of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos was agog for several hours as parents, relatives, guardians, well-wishers and admirers of the MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery) and […]
CMUL Holds Medical and Dental Induction Ceremony, August 30
The induction ceremony for the 2019/2020 Medical and Dental Science Students of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, will hold as follows; Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2023. Venue: Old Great Hall, College of Medicine, Idi Araba, Lagos Time: 10:00 am prompt. The inductees and invited guests are expected to be seated for the ceremony by 9:45 am prompt.
UNILAG Researchers Collaboration with Global Consortium Unravels Novel Parkinson’s Genetic Risk Factor in Africans and African Admixed Populations
Researchers from the University of Lagos are key collaborators in the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2) that uncovered a genetic variant that increases the risk of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) in Africans and African admixed populations. The research finding was the result of teamwork by an international team including the Nigeria Parkinson Disease Research (NPDR) network, the International Parkinson’s Disease Genomics Consortium (IPDGC)-Africa, University College London, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US, and […]
