TITLE: DR

NAME: JOSEPH OISEMUZEIMEN OISEOGHAEDE

POSITION: LECTURER II                                                SPECIALISATION: PHARMACOGNOSY

EDUCATION

Personal Statement

“I am an early career researcher and public health enthusiast, with a passion for discovering medicinal properties in Nigerian medicinal plants using instrumentation. My work focuses on discovering medicinal plants that can provide medicinal properties that can be harnessed to produced drugs from bioactive metabolites from these plants. My ultimate goal is to translate research into safe, effective and affordable herbal products that will address Africa’s challenges in healthcare to achieve good health and well-being (Sustainable Development Goal 3) to achieve Universal health coverage.”

Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• Team Lead, CEO, JoFidel Consult Enterprises Ltd, a health and wellness startup (2024-date)
• Lecturing students in undergraduate classes, leading undergraduate laboratory sessions as well as mentoring undergraduate project students in coming up with research ideas for final year research projects (2014-date)
• Coordinator, General studies (GST) in The Faculty of Pharmacy (2024-date)
• Coordinator, Advanced Diploma Programme in Herbal Medicine, UNILAG (2024-date)
• Faculty of Pharmacy, Research Adjunct in the University of Lagos (2024-date)
• Project i2M (Innovation to Market) Seed grant (N1,600,000:00) (2024)

       Title of Innovation: JoFidel MG Herbal Teas

       Funder: UK International Development/Research and Innovation Systems for Africa

• Project i2M (Innovation to Market)t Startup grant ((N1,300,000:00)

       Title of Innovation: JoFidel MG Herbal Teas

       Funder: UK International Development/Research and Innovation Systems for Africa

• Fulbright Fellowship Award, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA ($18,000)

     “Phytochemical investigation and antiproliferative activity of compounds from Motandra paniculata (Poir) I.M. Turner.”

• Honorable Mention Marcus Foundation Prize in the 2021 Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition (Member of the University of Lagos team)
• Vice Chancellor’s Award for Best Graduating student in Pharmacy (January 2008)
• Best Graduating student in Pharmaceutical chemistry in Pharmacy (January 2008 )
• Pharmacists’ Council of Nigeria (PCN) Best Graduating student Award 2006/2007 session (December 2007)
• Academics/Researcher – Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lagos, Nigeria (January 2014 till date
• Fulbright Visiting Scholar/Researcher (August 2022 – June 2023)
• Senior Programme Officer, LiveWell Initiative (Non-governmental Organisation) [2008 – 2017]
• Pharmaceutical Sales Representative, Pfizer Specialties Limited (May 2010 – January 2013)
• Production Pharmacist (NYSC), Dana Pharmaceuticals Minna, Niger state (February 2009 – February 2010)
• Regulatory Pharmacist (Intern), National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) [January 2008 – December 2008]

Selected peer reviewed publications

• Oyawaluja, A. A., Oyawaluja, B. O., Oiseoghaede, J. O., & Odukoya, O. A. (2025). Isolation and characterization of compounds from Argemone mexicana (Papaveraceae) with Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor (PPAR). West African Journal of Pharmacy 36(1): 144-159. https://doi.org/10.60787/wajp.vol36no1.385
• Oiseoghaede, J.O., Oyawaluja, A.A., Sowemimo, A.A., Odukoya, O.A. and Che, C-T. (2024). Antiproliferative Potential of Ethanol Leaf Extract of Motandra guineensis (Thonn.) A.DC. (Apocynaceae) against Human Melanoma and Ovarian Cancer Cells. Tropical Journal of Natural Products Research 8(3):6700-6704. https://doi.org/10.26538/tjnpr/v8i3.33
• Oiseoghaede, J. O., Oyawaluja, A. A., Odukoya, O. A., Ilomuanya, M. O. and Raji, O. K. (2021). Formulation and evaluation of effect of mucilage of Corchorus olitorius leaves on antioxidant activity of Spondias mombin Nigerian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Applied Science Research 10(2): 33-40.
• Oiseoghaede, J.O., Oyawaluja, A.A., Odukoya, O.A., Ilomuanya, M.O., Yinusa, O.I. and Raji, O.K. (2020). Formulation and Antioxidant Activity Evaluation of Spondias mombin – Abelmoschus esculentus Mucilage Emulsion. Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Journal 24(1): 17-25.
• Oiseoghaede, J.O., Ajayi, G. O., Akinlotan, F.A., Nwosu, I.C., Badmus, M.A. and Oluwasina, O.S. (2018). Antioxidant activity of Selected Edible Cucurbitaceous Fruit Peels. The Nigerian Journal of Pharmacy 52(1): 28

Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive)

• Dr. Chun-Tao Che, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,

       College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

• Peculiar F, Onyekere, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,

       College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA