TITLE: PROF

NAME: BOLAJOKO AINA

POSITION: PROFESSOR                                   SPECIALISATION: PHARMACY PRACTICE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PHARMACY

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Personal Statement 

“I am an advanced career researcher. My ultimate goal is to translate research into improvement in pharmacy practice and quality of life of patients and clients”

Significant Contributions to Knowledge of my Publications

• Identification of gaps in pharmacy practice
• Educational interventions improved practice
• Identification of irrational use of medicines in hospitals and community
• Educational interventions improved rational use and this was sustained over one year
• Identification of areas in which pharmacists can contribute to health promotion and their willingness to be involved
• Identified risk behaviours among pharmacy and medical students
• Management of some disease conditions
• Identification and resolving drug related problems
• Identifying and addressing public health issues

Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• Acting Head of Department
• Dean of Faculty of Pharmacy
• Fellow West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists (FPCPharm) 2015
• Fellow of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (FPSN) 2018
• Fellow Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy (FNAPharm) 2021
• Fellow Nigerian Association of Foreign Trained Pharmacists (FNAFTraPh) 2024
• Peer reviewer for American Public Health Association

Selected Most Recent Publications /Contributions to Knowledge

• Ayeni FA, Samuel OD and Aina BA. Impact of Pharmacist-Based Educational Intervention on the Knowledge of Patients with Combined Tuberculosis and Diabetes Mellitus (TBDM) In Lagos State, Nigeria. Journal of Basic and Social Pharmacy Research, 2025;1(1):36-48 ISSN: 2705-3245

• Aina, B. A., Ismail, F. B., Adediran, O. E., Sheba, O. O., & Fasoyin, M. O. (2024). The importance of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in the mitigation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). West African Journal of Pharmacy, 35(2),1-10. https://doi.org/10.60787/wajp.vol35no2.349
• Aiyegbajeje KJ, Aina BA, Soremekun RO and Olugbake OA (2024). Pharmaceutical authentication in Nigeria: importers and manufacturers’ perspectives on mobile authentication services. West African Journal of Pharmacy, 35(2), 31- 40. https://doi.org/10.60787/wajp.vol35no2.353
• Ogbo PU, Aina BA, Soremekun RO. Barriers to acute management of diarrhea in the home setting: An explorative study of under-five caregivers in southwestern Nigeria. Am J Pharmacother Pharm Sci 2023;018. doi: 10.25259/AJPPS_2023_018
• Foluke Adenike AYENI*, Yewande Patricia AMBEKE, Bolajoko Ajoke AINA (2023) Drug Related Problems in Type 2 Diabetic Patients With Tuberculosis: A Prospective Study. IUO J Pharm Sci, volume 2, no. 1, pp, 001-012 (September 2023). ISSN (online): 2992-5746

Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive)

• Martins Emeje  Director General/Chief Executive · Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA)