Academic rank:
Academic Leadership Position:
Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Email:
a.adedeji@ur.ac.rw
Telephone:
+250791944625
Published Papers :
| 1. Adedeji AA, Abdus-Salam IA, Adedeji AA, et al. Rationale, principles and global health implications of establishing public health pharmacology as a distinct discipline. Discover Medicine (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44337-025-00395-6 Linked SDG(s): SDG 3 – Good Health and Well-being 2. Adedeji AA, Elhabib EM, Adeyemo RO. Confronting Vaccine Production, Efficacy, Safety, and Accessibility Challenges in Africa. Arch Mol Biol Genet. 2024;3(1):20-23. https://doi.org/10.33696/genetics.3.016 Linked SDG(s): SDG 3 – Good Health and Well-being; SDG 17 – Partnerships for the Goals 3. Sinumvayo JP, Munezero PC, Adegboyega AT, Adeyemo RO, Bale MI, Nyandwi JB, Haakuria VM, Mutesa L, Adedeji AA. Advancing Vaccinology Capacity: Education and Efforts in Vaccine Development and Manufacturing across Africa. Vaccines. 2024; 12(7):741. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12070741 Linked SDG(s): SDG 3 – Good Health and Well-being; SDG 9 – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure 4. Jean Paul Sinumvayo, Pierre Celestin Munezero, Adegboyega Tope, Adeyemo RO, Muritala Bale, Jean Baptiste Nyandwi, Kudirat Aderonke Adedeji, Leon Mutesa, Ahmed Adebowale Adedeji. Vaccination and vaccine-preventable diseases in Africa. Scientific African. 2024;24:e02199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2024.e02199 Linked SDG(s): SDG 3 – Good Health and Well-Being; SDG 17 – Partnerships for the Goals |
Brief profile:
"Prof. Ahmed Adebowale Adedeji is a Professor of Pharmacology and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Rwanda. He is a pharmacologist and translational scientist with extensive academic, research, and leadership experience, and collaborative networks across multiple countries. His research interests span drug development, treatment response monitoring, precision medicine, and preventive medicine for population health, with particular relevance to infectious diseases, oncology, neurobehavioural disorders, and vaccine use in health systems.
He has received advanced training in pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences, including postdoctoral training with the World Health Organization Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (WHO/TDR), Geneva. Prof. Adedeji is actively involved in research capacity building and mentorship, having supervised over 66 undergraduate and postgraduate students and published over 70 peer-reviewed articles. He leads and participates in several pan-African and international research initiatives aimed at strengthening research productivity, innovation, and leadership among African scientists
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Research Area:
Drug development, treatment response monitoring, precision medicine, and preventive medicine for population health
Research ID number (ORCID):https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8058-4098