University of Medical Sciences, Ondo (UNIMED) is a university of

medical sciences Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practice ...

Ondo City Ondo Town is the second largest town in Ondo State, Nigeria. Ondo Town is the trade center for the surrounding region. Yams, cassava, grain and tobacco are grown. Cotton is also grown, and is used to weave cloth called Aso Oke fabric which is w ...

, Nigeria, owned by the Ondo State Government, established in 2015. It is the third specialized medical university in Africa and Nigeria's first specialized medical university to be accredited by the National Universities Commission. The pioneer substantive vice chancellor of the university is Professor Friday Okonofua, a Nigerian professor of

gynecology Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined are ...

and the founder of Women Health and Action Research Centre, a non-profit and charitable organization headquartered in

Benin City Benin City is the capital and largest city of Edo State, Edo State, Nigeria. It is the fourth-largest city in Nigeria according to the 2006 census, after Lagos, Kano (city), Kano, and Ibadan, with a population estimate of about 3,500,000 as of ...

, which focuses on promoting female reproductive research.

History

The establishment of the university was a result of the

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signed into law in 2014 by

Olusegun Mimiko Olusegun Rahman Mimiko ( yo, Olúṣẹ́gun Mímikò ; born 3 October 1954), is a Nigerian doctor and politician, he was the senatorial candidate of the Zenith Labour Party for Ondo Central District in the 2019 Senate elections. He served as t ...

, the executive governor of Ondo State, to establish a state university of medical sciences. The bill was proposed by the Ondo State House of Assembly under Schedule 1, Section 5(2), and Article 39(1) of Ondo State Laws. The university's first substantive Chancellor, Professor Friday Okonofua, was appointed on March 11, 2015, following the approval of the university by the National University Commission, NUC. The current Vice-chancellor of the university is Professor

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Faculty

The university consists of seven faculties: *Faculty of Sciences *Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences *Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences *Faculty of

Clinical Science Clinical research is a branch of healthcare science that determines the safety and effectiveness ( efficacy) of medications, devices, diagnostic products and treatment regimens intended for human use. These may be used for prevention, treatm ...

s *Faculty of Dental Sciences *Faculty of

Nursing Sciences Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ...

*Faculty of

Allied Health Sciences Allied health professions are health care professions distinct from optometry, dentistry, nursing, medicine, and pharmacy. They provide a range of diagnostic, technical, therapeutic, and support services in connection with health care. Defin ...

*Faculty o
Medical Rehabilitation

Faculty of Sciences

Departments under Faculty of Sciences are *Biosciences and Biotechnology Animal Science and Environmental Biology, Environmental Management and Toxicology, Plant Biology, Environmental Control and Toxicology *Microbiology *Physics (Physics Electronics) *

Chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

*Food Science *Science Laboratory Technology *

Mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

* Computer Science

Faculty Basic Medical Sciences

Departments are listed below; * Anatomy * Biochemistry * Physiology

Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences

Departments are listed below * Anatomic Pathology Morbid Anatomy, Histopathology. * Chemical Pathology * Haematology *Microbial Pathology Medical Microbiology, Parasitological. *

Pharmacology Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemica ...

and

Therapeutics A therapy or medical treatment (often abbreviated tx, Tx, or Tx) is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a medical diagnosis. As a rule, each therapy has indications and contraindications. There are many different ...

Faculty of Clinical Sciences

Departments are listed below * Community Medicine * Internal Medicine *

Obstetrics Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgi ...

and

Gynecology Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined are ...

* Paediatrics & Child Health * Radiology *

Surgery Surgery ''cheirourgikē'' (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via la, chirurgiae, meaning "hand work". is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pat ...

Faculty of Dental Science

Departments are listed below * Child Dental Health * Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery * Oral/Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology and Oral Medicine *Preventive and Community Dentistry * Restorative Dentistry

Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Pharmaceutical Chemistry Medicinal or pharmaceutical chemistry is a scientific discipline at the intersection of chemistry and pharmacy involved with designing and developing pharmaceutical drugs. Medicinal chemistry involves the identification, synthesis and developmen ...

*Pharmaceutics and

Pharmaceutical Technology Pharmaceutics is the discipline of pharmacy that deals with the process of turning a new chemical entity (NCE) or old drugs into a medication to be used safely and effectively by patients. It is also called the science of dosage form design. The ...

* Pharmaceutical Microbiology *

* Clinical Pharmacy and

Biopharmacy A biopharmaceutical, also known as a biological medical product, or biologic, is any pharmaceutical drug product manufactured in, extracted from, or semisynthesized from biological sources. Different from totally synthesized pharmaceuticals, t ...

Pharmacognosy Pharmacognosy is the study of medicinal plants and other natural substances as sources of drugs. The American Society of Pharmacognosy defines pharmacognosy as "the study of the physical, chemical, biochemical, and biological properties of drug ...

Faculty of Public Health

* Epidemiology and

Biostatistics Biostatistics (also known as biometry) are the development and application of statistical methods to a wide range of topics in biology. It encompasses the design of biological experiments, the collection and analysis of data from those experime ...

Environmental A biophysical environment is a biotic and abiotic surrounding of an organism or population, and consequently includes the factors that have an influence in their survival, development, and evolution. A biophysical environment can vary in scale f ...

and Occupational Health *

Public Health Nutrition ''Public Health Nutrition'' is a monthly peer-reviewed public health journal covering nutrition-related public health topics. It was established in 1998 and is published by Cambridge University Press. The editor-in-chief is Marilyn Tseng ( Cali ...

* Health Economics and

Health Management Health administration, healthcare administration, healthcare management or hospital management is the field relating to leadership, management, and administration of public health systems, health care systems, hospitals, and hospital networks ...

*Women's Studies and Reproductive Health * Demography *

Health Informatics Health informatics is the field of science and engineering that aims at developing methods and technologies for the acquisition, processing, and study of patient data, which can come from different sources and modalities, such as electronic hea ...

* Health Education and Primary Health Care Faculty of Medical Rehabilitation * Physiotherapy * Occupational Therapy * Prosthetic and Orthotics * Speech Therapy * Audiology

References

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