POSITION TITLE (PROF/DR): PROF.

NAME: DOSUMU, OLUFUNKE OLUBUSOLA

POSITION: PROFESSOR

SPECIALIZATION: Reproductive Biology/ Neuroscience

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)

Personal Statement

Over the years, I have studied the regeneration of spermatocytes following testicular assaults using rat models and have been able to identify herbal therapies that could ameliorate the deleterious effects of testicular gonadal toxicants.

Following the scourge of HIV infection in Africa and particularly Nigeria, the rollout of HIV care and treatment services as well as the WHO’s “test and treat” guideline has enabled many people living with HIV (PLHV) to start antiretroviral therapy (ART) early. However, a lot of possible side effects that could trail this lifelong therapy is still very much neglected. Hence, I began to study the impact of ART as single therapy and as combined therapy (cART) on the brain and reproductive health. My long-term goal is to improve fertility and pregnancy outcomes in PLHV who desire procreation and have the right to do so and by extension contribute to the UNAIDS core principle of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3 (which aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all, at all ages), and to the AIDS response, that “no one should be left behind”.

Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honors

1. Vice Chairperson, Local Organizing Committee, 23^rdAnnual Conference of the Society of Experimental and Clinical Anatomists of Nigeria (SECAN) CMUL, 8th–11th April, 2025
2. Facilitator for TReND workshop organization and Scientific Equipment donation to the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, 2019
3. FNIH and TReND Fellowship for participation in gene editing, ICIPE Campus, Nairobi, Kenya. 2019
4. Overall Best Teacher Award, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, 2017/2018 session.
5. IBRO, Grass foundation and ISN joint award for the 10th Teaching Tools Workshop and SONA Conference, Uganda 2017.
6. Journal Reviewer, Andrologia
7. Journal Reviewer, Drug Metabolism and Personalized Therapy

Selected Most Recent Publications/Contributions to Knowledge

1. Olumayowa K. Idowu, Ademola A. Oremosu, Olufunke O. Dosumu& Abdullahi A. Mohammed (2024) Ribose-cysteine and levodopa abrogate Parkinsonism via the regulation of neurochemical and redox activities in alpha-synuclein transgenic Drosophila melanogastermodels, Fly, 18:1, 2306687, DOI: 10.1080/19336934.2024.2306687
2. Akang EN., Dosumu O.O., Ogbena A.A., Akpan U.U., Ezeukwu J.C., Odofin M.O. Oremosu A. A., Akanmu A. S. (2022). The impact of dolutegravir-based combination antiretroviral therapy on the spermatozoa and fertility parameters of men living with human immunodeficiency virus. Andrologia, e14621. https:// doi.org/10.1111/and.14621.
3. Dosumu OO., Akang EN., Okoko IE., Olowo OT. Oremosu AA., Akanmu AS. (2021). Testicular toxicological effects of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART): an x-ray on the therapeutic potential of bioflavonoids. Journal of Scientific Research and Development, 20 (1): 110-122
4. Dosumu O,Akang E, Faniyan O, Akanmu A. (2020). Therapeutic activities of naringenin on efavirenz-induced sleep-like disorder in the midbrain of white albino mice. Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 23: 1462-1470.
5. Akang E, Dosumu O, Afolayan S, Agumah R, Akanmu A. (2020). Modelling cerebellar limb dysmetria and impaired spatial memory in rats using lamivudine: A preliminary study. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 109: 101838

Collaborators/Networks (International inclusive)

1. Dr. Julia Arand, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
2. Dr. Mark Wossidlo, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
3. Dr. Edidiong Akang, Department of Anatomy, CMUL
4. Prof. Ayodele Oremosu, Department of Anatomy, CMUL
5. Prof. Akanmu, Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, CMUL.