{"id":1516,"date":"2025-06-05T09:59:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T09:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=1516"},"modified":"2025-06-05T10:09:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T10:09:26","slug":"joy-odimegwu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=1516","title":{"rendered":"JOY ODIMEGWU"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1516\" class=\"elementor elementor-1516\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fc79dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3fc79dc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc9b522\" data-id=\"fc9b522\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24e719f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"24e719f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.12.1 - 02-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ODIMEGWU-300x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1515\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ODIMEGWU-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ODIMEGWU-1024x921.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ODIMEGWU-768x691.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ODIMEGWU-1536x1381.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ODIMEGWU.jpg 1818w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdfdf02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdfdf02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.1 - 02-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>TITLE: <strong>DR.<\/strong><\/p><p>NAME: <strong>JOY ODIMEGWU<\/strong><\/p><p>POSITION: <strong>SENIOR LECTURER\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>SPECIALISATION<strong>: PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NANOMEDICINE<\/strong><\/p><p>EDUCATION\/TRAINING<\/p><table width=\"722\"><thead><tr><td width=\"332\"><p><strong>INSTITUTION AND LOCATION<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"129\"><p><strong>DEGREE<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"90\"><p><strong>COMPLETION DATE<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"171\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>FIELD OF STUDY<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td width=\"332\"><p>University of Nigeria, Nsukka<\/p><\/td><td width=\"129\"><p>B.Sc.<\/p><\/td><td width=\"90\"><p>08\/1996<\/p><\/td><td width=\"171\"><p>Botany<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"332\"><p>University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria<\/p><\/td><td width=\"129\"><p>M.Sc.<\/p><\/td><td width=\"90\"><p>12\/2007<\/p><\/td><td width=\"171\"><p>Pharmacognosy<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"332\"><p>Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants CIMAP, INDIA and University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria<\/p><\/td><td width=\"129\"><p>Ph.D.<\/p><\/td><td width=\"90\"><p>01\/2014<\/p><\/td><td width=\"171\"><p>Pharmacognosy<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"332\"><p>ICS-UNIDO, Eskisehir, TURKEY<\/p><\/td><td width=\"129\"><p>Trainee<\/p><\/td><td width=\"90\"><p>04\/2012<\/p><\/td><td width=\"171\"><p>Extraction and modification of bioactive components and specialty chemicals from plants<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"332\"><p>International Centre of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) Trieste, Italy<\/p><\/td><td width=\"129\"><p>Trainee<\/p><\/td><td width=\"90\"><p>04\/2014<\/p><\/td><td width=\"171\"><p>Structure and functions of RNAs<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"332\"><p>Center for Pharmacological and Botanical Studies (CEFYBO) -CONICET. School of Medicine. University of Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/p><\/td><td width=\"129\"><p>TWAS-UNESCO Associate<\/p><\/td><td width=\"90\"><p>05\/2019<\/p><\/td><td width=\"171\"><p>Cancer Tumor Immunopharmacology<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"332\"><p>NanoChemistry Laboratory. University of Castilla La Mancha. Ciudad Real Spain<\/p><\/td><td width=\"129\"><p>Mujeres por Africa Fellow<\/p><\/td><td width=\"90\"><p>08\/2024<\/p><\/td><td width=\"171\"><p>Nanotechnology\/Nanomedicine<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3><strong>Personal Statement<\/strong><\/h3><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;I am a herbal medicine conservation and development Expert. Currently, I merge ancestral herbal remedies with modern technology through polymeric nanoparticles drug formulations loaded with Cytotoxic natural products from plants which are effective against cancers. I do botanical drugs bio-prospecting for Pharmaceutical Leads for cancers and pain. I work on biological drug discovery for solutions to drug resistance and metastases in cancer therapy.<\/p><p>I am a product owner of the Start-up; <strong>Gaudium Natural Health Limited <\/strong>initiated from my solution-oriented research and have two main products; <strong>CITRUTOX<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong>an all-natural hand and surface sanitizer and <strong>PAINOMO<sup>\u00ae <\/sup><\/strong>Essential oils infused painkiller for moderate to severe muscular and joint pains.&#8221;<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h4><strong>Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours\\<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li>Chairperson, Herbal Medicine Annual Symposium of Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Lagos, Nigeria. 2021<\/li><li>Head of Herbarium Committee, Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos. Nigeria 2015- 2020<\/li><li>Department of Pharmacognosy Model Herbal Clinic Coordinator, University of Lagos. Nigeria 2011-2016<\/li><li>Examination Officer, Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy. University of Lagos 2015-2023<\/li><li>Steering Committee member, Nigerian Women in Agricultural Research for Development 2015- 2020.<\/li><li>Member of Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos Time table and student results collation committee 2013-2015<\/li><li>Fellow: African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) fellowship from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.<\/li><li>PhD Fellow: Organization of Women in Science in the Developing World (OWSD)<\/li><li>Postdoctoral Fellow: TWAS-UNESCO ASSOCIATESHIP at the College of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.<\/li><li>Early Careers Researcher Training Grant Awardee: Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)<\/li><li>Mentor: New York Academy of Science (NYAS) 1000 Girls 1000 Futures Mentoring Program<\/li><li>Mentor: West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE) for Food Security Program.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><h4><strong>Selected Most Recent Publications \/Contributions to Knowledge<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h4><ul><li>Odimegwu Joy (Apr. 2024). PAIN KILLER PLANTS. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0D2P4DWDW\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0D2P4DWDW<\/a><\/li><li>Odimegwu Joy Ifunanya (2020). FOODS AND HORMONES: Phytoestrogens in Edible Plants and Human Reproductive Health. https:\/\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Foods-Hormones-Phytoestrogens-Reproductive-Health-\">amazon.com\/Foods-Hormones-Phytoestrogens-Reproductive-Health-<\/a> <a href=\"ebook\/dp\/B084RXL5NX\">ebook\/dp\/B084RXL5NX<\/a>.<\/li><li>Rajeev K. Singla\u2026..Odimegwu, Joy Ifunanya et al., (2025). Exploring Nutritional Supplement Use for Countering Respiratory Tract Infections Through an\u202fX\u202f(formerly Twitter)-Based Survey. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.crbiot.2025.100282\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.crbiot.2025.100282<\/a><\/li><li>Odimegwu, J.I., Nkemehule, F.E., Eke, Jane-Sharon E. E, Okunnuga J , Buhari AO , Okwuegbuna SN and Duru, Chidinma R (2021). Pharmaco-Chemical Analysis and <em>In vivo<\/em> toxicity assays of edible clays mined in Nigeria and Consumed Globally. Clays Clay Miner. 69, 155\u2013166.<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s42860-021-00111-2\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s42860-021-00111-2<\/a><\/li><li>Odimegwu, Joy I. Olukemi Odukoya, Alejandro Espa\u00f1ol, Maria Elena Sales (2020) Human Breast Tumour Cells Viability Effect of African <em>Dioscorea rotundata<\/em> tuber extracts in MCF-7 and MDA-MB231 cell lines. <a href=\"DOI:%2010.4172\/Rep%20cancer%20Treat.6.2.001\">DOI: 10.4172\/Rep cancer Treat.6.2.001<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><h4><strong>Collaborators\/ Networks<\/strong><strong> (International inclusive)<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li>Richardson Okechukwu, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA, Ibadan. Nigeria<\/li><li>Maria Elena Sales Center for Pharmacological and Botanical Studies (CEFYBO) -CONICET. School of Medicine. University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Dr. J\u00fcrg Gertsch Deputy Managing Director Infrastructure and Research, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine. University of Bern. Switzerland<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>DR. KEMAL H\u00dcSN\u00dc CAN BA\u015eER; <a href=\"https:\/\/neu.edu.tr\/academic\/faculties\/faculty-of-pharmacy\/?lang=en\">Faculty of Pharmacy<\/a>, Near East University Turkey\\<\/li><li>Prof. Ester V\u00e1zquez Fern\u00e1ndez-Pacheco, Director of IRICA. MSOC NanoChemistry Group Head. University of Castilla La Mancha. Ciudad Real. Spain<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TITLE: DR. NAME: JOY ODIMEGWU POSITION: SENIOR LECTURER\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SPECIALISATION: PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NANOMEDICINE EDUCATION\/TRAINING INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE COMPLETION DATE \u00a0 FIELD OF STUDY \u00a0 University of Nigeria, Nsukka B.Sc. 08\/1996 Botany University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria M.Sc. 12\/2007 Pharmacognosy Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants CIMAP, INDIA and University of Lagos- Akoka, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1516","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1516"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1529,"href":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1516\/revisions\/1529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}