Abraham Osinubi
Abraham Adewale Adepoju Osinubi is a Nigerian medical doctor, anatomist, and academic. His work spans reproductive endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, and the study of oxidative stress, particularly involving glutathione and free radicals in human health and disease.
Early life and education
Born on May 12, 1963, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, Osinubi is the son of Chief Zacchaeus Adeyemi Osinubi and Chief Alice Afolake Osinubi. He began his education at All Saints’ Anglican Primary School in Yaba and attended Government College, Ketu, Lagos, where he was Head Boy and earned a Division One Distinction in the West African School Certificate Examination. He proceeded to the University of Ibadan, graduating in 1987 with an M.B.B.S. degree in Medicine and Surgery. He later obtained a Masters in Anatomy from the University of Lagos in 2000 and a Ph.D. in 2006. He also completed an MBA from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.Career
Osinubi began his academic career at the University of Lagos in March 1, 2001. After earning his doctorate in 2006, he joined Lagos State University, where he served as Head of the Department of Anatomy at the Lagos State University College of Medicine from 2008 to 2009. He returned to the University of Lagos in 2010 and was appointed Head of the Anatomy Department, a role he held until 2012.Between 2012 and 2014, Osinubi served as Sub-Dean of the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences at the University of Lagos. During this time, he also became the founding Editor-in-Chief of the University of Lagos Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. Beyond the university, he held leadership roles in various professional societies, including Secretary-General and later Vice-President of the Endocrine and Metabolism Society of Nigeria. From 2009 to 2018, he was the Treasurer of the Nigerian Chapter of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.
He was promoted to full Professor in 2015 and delivered his inaugural lecture, titled “The Anatomist: Jack-of-all-Trades, Master of All”, in 2017. He has chaired several institutional committees at the University of Lagos, including the Committee on Staff Training and Development and the Faculty Biomedical Research Committee. His teaching philosophy emphasizes Case-Based Learning, which he helped introduce at the College of Medicine.
In 2023, Osinubi was appointed Director of the Medilag Consult Board. He currently serves as Dean of the School of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Lagos and as Vice-President of the Lagos University Medical Society. Over his career, he has supervised numerous graduate theses, authored over 120 academic publications, and written two textbooks on anatomy.