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162 Professor Abiodun Adesiyun received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Ahmadu Bello University A.B.U. in Nigeria. He went on to the University of Minnesota in the USA where he completed his Master of Public Health and PhD degrees. He returned to Ahmadu Bello University where he lectured for seven years 1981-1988 in Veterinary Public Health before leaving for Bonn where he served as Research Fellow at the University of Bonn Germany. Professor Adesiyun was appointed Senior Lecturer at The University of the West Indies in 1990. He was promoted to the rank of Reader in 1997 and received Professorial appointment in 1999. In the Faculty of Medical Sciences he served as Associate Dean for Research Deputy Dean Basic Health Sciences and acting Dean on several occasions and has held the position of DirectorSchool of Veteri- nary Medicine since November 2006. Professor Adesiyun has received several awards for his research and also won numerous research grants as principal or co-investigator from local regional and international sources. Some of the awards include 1999 Recipient of The University of the West Indies Vice Chancellors Award for Excellence in the area of Research 2000 Virginia Perry Fellow School of Veterinary Medicine University of CaliforniaDavisUSA. 2008 Selected as one of The UWIs 60 leading academics 60 under 60 as part of the 60th Anniversary Celebrations 2010 Recipient of the Caribbean Veterinary Medical Association award for Meritorious Service in Recognition of Contribu- tion to Veterinary Education and to the Development of the Veterinary Profession in the region 2012 Recipient as Team Leader of the Tropical Medicine Cluster Infectious Disease the award of the Best Research TeamEncouraging Multidisciplinary Research at the Inaugural Research Ceremony captioned Celebrating Excellence in Research The UWI St. Augustine Campus October 032012. Administration Professor Adesiyun served as Director of the School of Veterinary Medicine SVM from 2006 to 2014 and during that period he served on several faculty campus and university committees. During his tenure he led the successful efforts of the SVM to be accredited by the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Medicine and Other Health Professions CAAM-HP from 2009 to 2015.He served as a member of the CAAM-HP Board from 2010 to 2014 and was also an observer on the American Veterinary Medical Association site visit team for the accreditation of the Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine programme from October 13-172014. Professor Adesiyun did not allow his administrative duties as Director 2006 2014 to hamper his research efforts as he published a total of 67 papers in peer-reviewed journals during that period. The major thrust of his research during this period has been a on brucellosis in water buffalo and this resulted in the gradua- tion of one PhD and two MPhil students and the publication of 18 papers and b on leptospirosis in dogs and livestock which has graduated one PhD student and yielded 15 publications with two MPhil students preparing their theses. He is particularly proud of the efforts and results obtained so far on the project on leptospirosis which he began in 2006. The investigations have confirmed that the vaccines developed from local isolates of Leptospira serovars Copenhageni and Mankarso demon- strated significantly better efficacy in hamsters in protecting vaccinated dogs challenged with virulent strains than the commercial vaccines used in Trinidad and Tobago. He is happy that the long-sustained efforts on the project have now confirmed the findings in hamsters and in Beagle dogs. He is looking forward to the next phase of the study which should result in the mass production of the vaccine for use in dogs in this country and in the region at large. Professor Abiodun Adesiyun proceeded on a 3-month study leave July to September 2014 to Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine TUSVM Tuskegee USA and thereafter accepted the appointment as Visiting Extra-ordinary Professor at the University of PretoriaSouth Africa during his sabbatical leave October 2014 to September 2015. At TUSVMhe collaborated with researchers in projects in the area of food safety and continues to assist in the supervision of two MS and two PhD students. He also assisted in developing a research proposal entitled Partnering with the poultry industry in Alabama on food safety which is a comprehensive farm to fork approach with the potential to attract several graduate students. MEDICAL SCIENCES Professor of Veterinary Public Health Director School of Veterinary Medicine Tel 868 777 7480 E-mail abiodun.adesiyunsta.uwi.edu PROF. ABIODUN ADESIYUN