Essien Etim Moses ,

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(31 December 1934 - 12 November 2020) was a Nigerian Professor of

Hematology Hematology ( always spelled haematology in British English) is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. It involves treating diseases that affect the produc ...

and Chairman of the Governing Board of the

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. Professor Essien began his career in 1970 at the

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as a lecturer and Consultant of Hematology. In 1977, he became a professor of Hematology in same university. He is a member of the WHO Expert Panel on Blood and a member of the

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Fellowship

*Fellow,

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*Fellow,

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*Fellow,

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Awards

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(1993)

References

1934 births 2020 deaths Academic staff of the University of Ibadan Nigerian hematologists TWAS laureates Recipients of the Nigerian National Order of Merit Award Fellows of the African Academy of Sciences {{Nigeria-academic-bio-stub